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. 

	* http://www.abacon.com/famtherapy/satir.html -- profile
	* http://www.intuition.org/txt/satir.htm -- interview
	* http://www.intuition.org/txt/satir2.htm -- interview
	* BetirChangeModel -- Revision


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Virginia Satir has composed a list of behaviors that help a person "deal in a relatively competent and precise way with the world". She says that such persons will 

	* be clear when they deal with others
	* be aware of their own thoughts and feelings
	* be able to see and hear what is outside themselves
	* behave toward other people as separate from themselves and unique
	* treat differentness as an opportunity to learn and explore, rather than as a threat or a signal for conflict
	* deal with persons and situtations in their context, in terms of how it is rather than how they wish it were or expect it to be
	* accept responsibility for what they feel, think, hear, and see, rather than denying it or attributing it to others
	* have open techniques for giving, receiving, and checking meaning with others

From Weinberg, Gerald M. ''Becoming a Technical Leader - An Organic Problem Solving Approach'', New York: Dorset House Publishing, 1986. ISBN 0-932633-02-1

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