About this Issue
Vol. 3, No. 1 – 2009

From meditation to memories of the Holocaust, this issue reflects the wide spectrum of human experiences that people have moved through on their journey through this life. From the depths of our feelings, through our universal yearnings and through our connectedness with spirituality, we can move to freedom from past limitations.

We open this issue with Virginia Satir’s Guided Meditations. Being Centered has been collected and presented by Dr. Carolyn Nesbitt, D. Psych. We then offer Virginia Satir Verbatim, previously unpublished transcriptions from Virginia’s workshops. Our first is “Learning and Making Meaning” transcribed and edited by Jennifer Nagel.

Research and Clinical Practice articles include reviews of previous research and their application in our professional practice with clients. This issue includes Dr. John Banmen’s succinct description of the building of the Satir Model from its earliest “Seed Model” to “S.T.S.T.” in The Development of the Satir Model.

Does gender bias exist in couple therapy? Max Innes presents a recent study by Ro and Wampler, whose findings suggest that gender bias is indeed alive and well in couple therapy, including the biases of university faculty. As a marriage and family clinical supervisor, Innes suggests ways to examine our own beliefs in “How Do You View Your Clients in Couple Therapy?”

In Page Littlewood’s article, The Satir Model and Emotionally Focused Therapy: A Response to Lorrie Brubacher  we are presented with the need to acknowledge attachment theory in the healing of trauma and its incorporation in the approach of The Satir Model. Marilyn Wolf tells a personal tale of  being a therapist who is challenged by her client’s issues that resemble that of her own father, in My Father, My Client: The Hidden Power and Influence of the Therapists’ Family of Origin on Clinical Work.

Insights

Dr. Banmen offers a chronological description of his mentor’s life in Virginia Satir; the Story. There are many people who have been strongly impacted by knowing this pioneer of family therapy, and have followed in building her therapeutic model of health.

Stephen Buckbee, M.Ed., LMSW offers a heart-wrenching tale that was told to him in Israel by Shmuel Ron, a survivor of the Holocaust and someone who was a pioneer of the family therapy movement in Israel. “Love Before the Ashes: A Tale from the Holocaust” is a true story of Shmuel’s uncle, and of the amazing ability of the heart to love through the worst period of the past century.

We sincerely hope you enjoy this issue!

Steve Bentheim, PH.D.,
Editor