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 November 14-15. Click here to learn more!.

Fundraiser for Virginia Satir Global Network Announced For February 2009

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Learn more about this intensive training experience in The Satir Growth Model at the Haven Institute in British Columbia on Gabriola Island.


Congruent Leadership Development Workshops Available

The Congruent Leadership Development Workshops are three-day intensive training for leaders, managers, owners, consultants, trainers, and other change agents based on the methods and teachings of Virginia Satir and led by master trainer Jean McLendon, LCSW, LMFT.

You will become part of a community of learners that will include leaders from many industries — pharmaceutical, information technology, nonprofit and banking — serving in diverse roles, from executives to team leaders and frontline managers. However, anyone who is in a position to influence others, whether you are in a "formal" leadership position or not, will benefit from this workshop.

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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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