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In her training of therapists, Virginia Satir sought to change the way her trainees perceived themselves, their clients, and the therapeutic endeavor. The change she sought was a movement from hierarchical models of therapy where clients were diagnosed in terms of paradigms of how they ought to be to an organic model where the therapist attempts to understand the client by entering the client's internal context. Contemporary training in the Satir model attempts to bring about the same change. Research indicates that the trainers are succeeding.
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Smith, S. Transformations in Therapeutic Practice. Contemporary Family Therapy 24, 111–128 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014377706808
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1014377706808