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This article traces professional and personal influences that helped Virginia Satir to shape her worldview. She was an integrative humanist who included body, mind, emotional, and spiritual processes to transform systems ranging from the molecular to the cosmic. Her theories and techniques offered a wellspring of hope and possibility to individuals as well as large assemblies. The presentation of a case with young, abused children demonstrates her use of self (through physical touch) by sensitively reframing the cycle of violence as an opportunity for safe, cooperative contact.
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Haber, R. Virginia Satir: An Integrated, Humanistic Approach. Contemporary Family Therapy 24, 23–34 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014317420921
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