Well-Being Writ Large: The Essential Work of Virginia Satir
A comprehensive collection of Virginia Satir’s research and teachings around the nature of humanity, author Barbara Jo Brothers has written the first ever tribute to the Mother of Family Therapy’s life-work, capturing the essence of Satir’s groundbreaking philosophies about the human race and the impact human’s have on the Earth.

In her career, the “Mother of Family Therapy” Virginia Satir strove to make life work better: for the individual, for families, for the entire world. With a training objective of “becoming more fully human,” Virginia believed that the principles for peace within families could be extrapolated to peace within the “world family.” Having formulated her groundbreaking philosophies from her clinical observations of hundreds of families in multiple countries, Virginia’s practices continue to impact the world at large, spreading peace and understanding.

More than just a testament to Virginia’s legacy, Well-Being Writ Large is a window into her thinking—a “biography” of a deeper understanding of the nature of the human being and how that human being might live better in her or his world. Author, licensed clinical social worker, and Virginia scholar Barbara Jo Brothers has painstakingly researched and drawn from Virginia’s works—including books, articles, interviews, and transcribed lectures—personal notes made over the course of Satir’s career, and direct conversations during Brothers’s own extensive residential training to compile the most complete, most essential collection of Virginia Satir’s work.
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Well-Being Writ Large: The Essential Work of Virginia Satir
A comprehensive collection of Virginia Satir’s research and teachings around the nature of humanity, author Barbara Jo Brothers has written the first ever tribute to the Mother of Family Therapy’s life-work, capturing the essence of Satir’s groundbreaking philosophies about the human race and the impact human’s have on the Earth.

In her career, the “Mother of Family Therapy” Virginia Satir strove to make life work better: for the individual, for families, for the entire world. With a training objective of “becoming more fully human,” Virginia believed that the principles for peace within families could be extrapolated to peace within the “world family.” Having formulated her groundbreaking philosophies from her clinical observations of hundreds of families in multiple countries, Virginia’s practices continue to impact the world at large, spreading peace and understanding.

More than just a testament to Virginia’s legacy, Well-Being Writ Large is a window into her thinking—a “biography” of a deeper understanding of the nature of the human being and how that human being might live better in her or his world. Author, licensed clinical social worker, and Virginia scholar Barbara Jo Brothers has painstakingly researched and drawn from Virginia’s works—including books, articles, interviews, and transcribed lectures—personal notes made over the course of Satir’s career, and direct conversations during Brothers’s own extensive residential training to compile the most complete, most essential collection of Virginia Satir’s work.
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Well-Being Writ Large: The Essential Work of Virginia Satir

Well-Being Writ Large: The Essential Work of Virginia Satir

by Barbara Jo Brothers
Well-Being Writ Large: The Essential Work of Virginia Satir

Well-Being Writ Large: The Essential Work of Virginia Satir

by Barbara Jo Brothers

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A comprehensive collection of Virginia Satir’s research and teachings around the nature of humanity, author Barbara Jo Brothers has written the first ever tribute to the Mother of Family Therapy’s life-work, capturing the essence of Satir’s groundbreaking philosophies about the human race and the impact human’s have on the Earth.

In her career, the “Mother of Family Therapy” Virginia Satir strove to make life work better: for the individual, for families, for the entire world. With a training objective of “becoming more fully human,” Virginia believed that the principles for peace within families could be extrapolated to peace within the “world family.” Having formulated her groundbreaking philosophies from her clinical observations of hundreds of families in multiple countries, Virginia’s practices continue to impact the world at large, spreading peace and understanding.

More than just a testament to Virginia’s legacy, Well-Being Writ Large is a window into her thinking—a “biography” of a deeper understanding of the nature of the human being and how that human being might live better in her or his world. Author, licensed clinical social worker, and Virginia scholar Barbara Jo Brothers has painstakingly researched and drawn from Virginia’s works—including books, articles, interviews, and transcribed lectures—personal notes made over the course of Satir’s career, and direct conversations during Brothers’s own extensive residential training to compile the most complete, most essential collection of Virginia Satir’s work.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781582706337
Publisher: Beyond Words Publishing
Publication date: 01/29/2019
Pages: 368
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Barbara Jo Brothers is a licensed clinical social worker, certified group psychotherapist, and author. She was the 2017 recipient of the Outstanding Service Award given by the Virginia Satir Global Network and recognized for her contribution to Satir's legacy through her courses and writings. Brothers was the editor of the Newsletter of the American Academy of Psychotherapists (1979–1985), associate editor of Voices: The Art and Science of Psychotherapy (1979–1989), and editor of the Journal of Couples Therapy (1989–2001). She also contributed a chapter in Virginia Satir: Her Life and Circle of Influence. She has more than fifty years of experience in the field of mental health and psychotherapy.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jean Houston xiii

Preface xvii

1 Foundation: Life Equals Growth 1

2 Changing Consciousness 15

3 Making Connections: Third Energy 33

4 Full and Centered Selves 53

5 Personhood: Essential Core 75

6 The Patterns That Disconnect: Incongruence 97

7 The Patterns That Disconnect: Intrapersonal Incongruence 121

8 The Patterns That Disconnect: Implications in the Body 141

9 Incongruence and Cancer 163

10 Being Whole-Being Real 185

11 The Pattern That Connects: Congruence 211

12 The Pattern That Connects: Relationship 237

13 Gun Power and Seed Power 255

14 Cultivating, Blossoming, Bridging 275

Appreciations 293

Appendix A 297

Appendix B 303

References 311

Index 325

What People are Saying About This

MD, professor emeritus of psychiatry andbehavioral - DeWitt "Bud" Baldwin

“An invaluable resource for any and all persons who want to help families live and communicate more joyfully and effectively.”

PhD, AAMFT clinical fellow - Wray Pascoe

“Providing recipe and roadmap, Brothers has captured the personhood as well as thethought process of Virginia Satir in this remarkable book of scholarship. A must-read forall family therapists.”

PhD, MSW, Jungian analyst,president and founder of - Laura Dodson

“What Barbara Jo Brothers has done with her book is far beyond anyone’s work onVirginia Satir to date. Brothers has captured the essence of Satir along with her messageand the depth of her process! I am grateful!”

President of the Virginia Satir Global Network - Sharon Loeschen

“[Barbara Jo Brothers] is an exquisite writer who captures the essence of Virginia Satir’s teachings brilliantly.”

PhD, professor emerita and Satir scholar, graduate - Judith Bula Wise

“Brilliant. [Brothers has] such appreciation for the connections and bridges in thought and purpose.”

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