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Virginia Satir is one of the key figures in the development of family therapy. She believed that a healthy family life involved an open and reciprocal sharing of affection, feelings, and love. Satir made enormous contributions to family therapy in her clinical practice and training. She began treating families in 1951 and established a training program for psychiatric residents at the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute in 1955.Satir served as the director of training at the Mental Research Institute in Palo Alto from 1959-66 and at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur beginning in 1966. In addition, Satir gave lectures and led workshops in experiential family therapy across the country. She was well-known for describing family roles, such as “the rescuer” or “the placator,” that function to constrain relationships and interactions in families (Nichols & Schwartz, 1998. Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods. 4th ed. Allyn & Bacon).Satir’s genuine warmth and caring was evident in her natural inclination to incorporate feelings and compassion in the therapeutic relationship. She believed that caring and acceptance were key elements in helping people face their fears and open up their hearts to others (Nichols & Schwartz, 1998. Family Therapy: Concepts and Methods. 4th ed. Allyn & Bacon). Above all other therapists, Satir’s was the most powerful voice to wholeheartedly support the importance of love and nurturance as being the most important healing aspects of therapy. Unfortunately, Satir’s beliefs went against the more scientific approach to family therapy accepted at that time, and she shifted her efforts away from the field to travel and lecture. Satir died in 1988 after suffering from pancreatic cancer.In these 2 videos (supposedly out of 7) Virginia demonstrates her wonderful ability to use her audience as “the parts” she is dealing with and bring families closer by making them understand the other from the various perceptual positionsBandler and Grinder modelled NLP on Virginia Satir and many of the processesstem from her work with individual patients as well as groupsVirginia was a teacher and therapist par excellence. She utilized sight, sound, touch, metaphor, demonstration, dialog and group exercise in the process of change and learning. Watching her at work is inspiring and a catalyst for an integrative left and right brain experience.  Theses teaching tapes are intended for family therapists and family life educators, especially for the purpose of training professionals (psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, ministerial counselors and drug and alcohol abuse counselors. 1.Families and Relationships:Using “role plays” as a therapeutic tool, Satir contrasts effective and ineffective communication styles, demonstrates how to change viewpoints and perceptions, and illustrates how to get beyond old roles and personal history.Embracing your self-worth. Giving space to others. Expressing your feelings.2. Forgiving Parents video:Virginia counsels Linda, a woman who holds anger and resentment toward her mother (feels her mother is too critical).with foreword by Connirae AndreasMore DVDs and Tapes here:http://www.avanta.net/BookStore/Video/Video.htmhttp://shop.nlpco.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.166/.f