Virginia Satir Short Quotes

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Problems are not the problem: coping is the problem.

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So much is asked of parents, and so little is given.

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Why Family Therapy... because it deals with family pain. you

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I own me, and therefore, I can engineer me. I am me, and I am Okay.

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Our biggest problem as human beings is not knowing that we don't know.

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You came into this world like a mule, with no pride of ancestry and no hope of posterity.

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A growing body of clinical observation has pointed to the conclusion that the family therapy must be oriented to the family as a whole.

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Family life is something like an iceberg: most people are aware of only about one-tenth of what is going on—the tenth that they can see and hear.

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Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

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Parents teach in the toughest school in the world—The School for Making People. You are the board of education, the principal, the classroom teacher, and the janitor.

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Two big questions present themselves to every parent in one form or another: "What kind of human being do I want my child to become?" and "How can I go about making that happen?"

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Once a human being has arrived on this earth, communication is the largest single factor determining what kinds of relationships he makes with others and what happens to him in the world about him.

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Every word, facial expression, gesture, or action on the part of a parent gives the child some message about self-worth. It is sad that so many parents don't realize what messages they are sending.

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Just as a sailor's fate depends on knowing that the bulk of the iceberg is under the water, so a family's fate depends on understanding the feelings and needs that lie beneath everyday family events.

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