Satir Institute of the Southeast

Facilitating choice, positive change, and fully human connections.
"Change is possible only in the present. Even if external change is limited, internal change is possible."   -- Virginia Satir
Integrity within, between, and among.
Learn how the Satir Model can improve the quality of your health, relationships, and performance.
The Congruent Development Leadership workshop can improve leadership and enhance emotional intelligence.
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The Key To Congruence

Deepening the Satir Experience: Beginner's Mind Revisited

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Practitioner Jean McLendon is conducting a series of two-day workshops in Chapel Hill, NC. The workshop series, called Deepening the Satir Experience: Beginner's Mind Revisited, is offered quarterly and provides intensive training in the Satir Growth Model to therapists, consultants, managers, and trainers. The next workshop will be held July 24-25, 2009. Download Deepening Satir Workshop brochure to learn more!


Satir's Legacy: 20 Years Later and Beyond September 4-14, 2009

Satir's Legacy: 20 Years Later and Beyond September 4-14, 2009 is a ten-day intensive, residential training experience for therapists, leaders, managers, life coaches, owners, consultants, trainers and other change agents based upon the methods and teachings of The Satir Growth Model. For more information about this Satir Institute program, registration and Early Bird Savings visit The Haven Institute.


Our MissionThe mission of the Satir Institute of the Southeast (SIS) is to foster congruence by increasing the number of individuals and systems adept at using the models and methods of Virginia Satir.

Discover Virginia Satir Virginia Satir held high hopes and great enthusiasm for the ability of the human spirit to make this world a better place to live. Her vision was to help empower people to reach their full potential. Learn more about the woman referred to by many as "the pioneer of family therapy".

What is congruence? The essentials of congruent living developed by Virginia Satir include:

  • Clear communication
  • Cooperation rather than competion
  • Empowerment rather than subjugation
  • Enhancement of individual uniqueness rather than categorization
  • Use of authority to guide and accomplish "what fits," rather than forced compliance, tyranny or power
  • Love, value, and respect for oneself fully
  • Being personally and socially responsible
  • To use problems as challenges and opportunities for creative solutions
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