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SIP provides a broad educational context including classes, workshops and seminars in which persons may experience and learn in depth the Satir model

The Satir Institute of the Pacific provides a broad educational context including classes, workshops and seminars in which persons may experience and learn in depth, the Virginia Satir Systemic growth model in order to understand, develop and use the Satir Model in their personal and professional lives;
The Satir Institute of the Pacific acts as a mutual support system for the members. The Satir Institute of the Pacific serves to promote research and study of the Satir Model and assists in the promotion and development of the model.

11/02/2026

How do you really learn a therapeutic model?
You learn the concepts.
You see them demonstrated.
You experience them.
You practice them.
You reflect on your experience.
And you begin to integrate them into your own way of working.
That's the value of experiential learning.
Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy offers an opportunity to explore the Satir Model through an integrated learning experience.
January 29–May 30, 2027
Online via Zoom
With Linda Lucas, MA, LCPC, LPC
Learn more at satirpacific.org.

10/31/2026

You can study a model. Or you can experience it. 💙

Learning a therapeutic model is about more than understanding concepts and theories. It’s also about exploring, experiencing, practicing, and discovering how the learning applies to our work with others.

The Satir Model invites us to look beneath behavior, deepen our self-awareness, and explore the feelings, perceptions, and relational patterns that influence how we experience ourselves and others.

✨ What happens when learning goes beyond theory and becomes an experience?

In Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST), practitioners have opportunities to explore the model experientially, observe demonstrations, practice skills, and reflect on their own learning.

Because the more we understand ourselves, the more possibilities we may discover in how we connect with and support others.

Ready to explore the Satir Model from the inside out?

💻 Level 1 STST begins January 29, 2027 — online via Zoom.

With Linda Lucas, MA, LCPC, LPC.

Learn more and explore registration through the link in our bio or visit:
https://satirpacific.org/event/level-1-satir-transformational-systemic-therapy/

10/29/2026

When does a strength become a limitation?

Calm under pressure.
Rational.
Analytical.
Objective.
Evidence-based.

These are qualities we often look for in leaders—and for good reason.

But what happens when reason becomes the only trusted voice in the room?

In Virginia Satir’s "Super-Reasonable" stance, logic can become a way of staying safe when we experience threat. Feelings are set aside. Vulnerability stays hidden. Analysis becomes the place we feel most comfortable.

In an organisation, this can look like:

📊 Decisions that make sense on paper but leave people unheard.
📊 Meetings where information is exchanged, but understanding isn't created.
📊 Difficult conversations replaced by more analysis.
📊 People quietly stop bringing uncomfortable truths.

The irony?

Super-Reasonable leaders often care deeply about their people.

The challenge isn't reason.

The challenge is when reason becomes disconnected from the human beings sitting across the table.

Virginia Satir called us toward Congruence, bringing together our thoughts, feelings, perceptions, expectations and authentic selves.

Leaders don't need to become less rational.

They may need to become more fully human.

Read the latest article in our Satir at Work series:

When a Perceived Strength Becomes Our Only Voice: Virginia Satir’s Super-Reasonable Stance

What happens when an organisation becomes overly dependent on one way of responding under pressure?

10/27/2026

Who you are in the room matters.
Therapeutic skills are important.
But therapy is also relational.
How we listen.
How we respond.
What happens inside us.
How we manage our own reactions.
How we stay connected when the conversation becomes difficult.

The Satir Model invites practitioners to develop awareness of themselves as part of the therapeutic relationship.

Because transformational work isn't only about what we do with clients.
It is also about how we show up.

Explore this dimension of therapeutic practice in Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy.

January 29–May 30, 2027 | Online via Zoom
Learn more at www.satirpacific.org.

10/26/2026

Did you know?

Virginia Satir believed that people have internal resources and strengths that can be accessed in the process of change.

Her work invited us to look beyond problems, symptoms, and behaviours to recognize the potential within each person.

Rather than seeing people as broken or needing to be fixed, the Satir Model encourages us to become curious about the whole person: their feelings, perceptions, beliefs, expectations, yearnings, and the resources they may not yet recognize or know how to access.

What does this mean for therapists and other helping professionals?

In Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy (STST), the work goes beyond understanding what a person does or why a problem occurs. It also involves creating opportunities for greater awareness, new experiences, and access to internal resources that can support meaningful change.

As practitioners, we are not simply looking for what needs to change. We are also helping people discover what is possible.

Because sometimes transformation begins not with identifying what is wrong, but with recognizing the strengths, possibilities, and life energy that are already there.

💙 What might shift in your work if you looked not only at the problem, but also at the resources within the person?

Explore the Satir Model with the Satir Institute of the Pacific.

10/23/2026

🌿 Join Dr. Darya Haitoglou for our next Free Friday Morning Satir Circle!

Darya Haitoglou, Chartered Psychologist (BPS), Systemic Family Therapist, and Director of Research for the Satir Institute of the Pacific, will be joining us on October 30 to explore her recently released book, The Art of Transformation in Therapy and Coaching.

Darya will share how Virginia Satir’s Growth Model can be integrated with contemporary perspectives on neuroscience, trauma, systemic coaching, and embodied transformation to support deeper authenticity, self-worth, relational awareness, and meaningful change.

Whether you are a therapist, coach, leader, or simply interested in the Satir Model, this is an opportunity to learn, reflect, and connect with others in the Satir community.

🗓 Friday, October 30, 2026
⏰ 8:00–9:30 am Pacific
💻 Free | Online via Zoom

Register at www.satirpacific.org

✨ We hope you’ll join us!

10/19/2026

What happens when you stop asking, “What’s wrong with me?”

And begin asking:

“What is happening inside me right now?”

There is a difference between judging ourselves and becoming curious about ourselves.

When we ask what is wrong with us, we may move quickly into self-criticism, shame, or the belief that something about us needs to be fixed.

But when we pause and ask what is happening inside us, we open the door to awareness.

What am I feeling?
What am I telling myself?
What do I need right now?
What might be happening beneath my reaction?

In the Satir Model, greater awareness can help us understand our responses with compassion rather than judgment. Instead of simply trying to change our behaviour, we begin to explore the feelings, perceptions, expectations, and yearnings beneath it.

We don't have to have all the answers. Sometimes, the first step is simply to become curious.

A moment of curiosity can create space for a different choice.

💙 Take a moment today to ask yourself: What is happening inside me right now?

10/16/2026

🌿 What does it mean to understand the whole Self?

In our latest Satir Circle, Stephen Buckbee, MSW, LPC, invites us to explore Virginia Satir’s Self Mandala, a simple yet profound concept for understanding the many dimensions of who we are.

Stephen shares how this concept can be applied not only in therapy, but also in education, business, and personal growth, drawing on his own experiences and observations from around the world.

What can the Self Mandala reveal about how we understand ourselves and connect with others?

🎥 Watch the latest Satir Circle on YouTube and explore the Self Mandala with Stephen.

10/14/2026

Don't just learn the Satir Model.
Experience it.
STST is an experiential approach.
In Level 1, learning isn't limited to lectures or reading about therapeutic concepts.

Participants have opportunities to:
• Experience demonstrations
• Practice therapeutic skills
• Work in small groups
• Explore their own internal processes
• Reflect on their learning
• Develop practical ways to apply the model

Because understanding a concept is one thing.
Experiencing it for yourself is another.

Join Linda Lucas, MA, LCPC, LPC for Level 1 Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy.
January 29–May 30, 2027
Online via Zoom
Learn more at satirpacific.org.

10/09/2026

📖 The Art of Transformation in Therapy and Coaching

What happens when Virginia Satir’s pioneering work is brought together with contemporary insights from neuroscience, trauma theory, systemic coaching, and embodied approaches to change?

Join us for our Free Friday Morning Satir Circle on October 30, when Dr. Darya Haitoglou will share insights from her recently released book, The Art of Transformation in Therapy and Coaching.

Drawing on more than 20 years of applied experience, Darya brings Satir’s Growth Model to life through practical tools, case studies, metaphors such as the Iceberg and Mobile, and her original Stasis-Kinesis Model—offering an integrative approach to supporting authenticity, emotional resilience, connection, and lasting transformation.

🗓 Friday, October 30, 2026
⏰ 8:00–9:30 am Pacific
💻 Free | Online via Zoom

Come explore how Satir’s timeless principles continue to inform transformational work today.

Address

201, 20627 Fraser Highway
Langley, BC
V3V1N1

Website

http://www.satirpacific.org/

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