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The Wisdom Box Version 3, Issue 1 August 15, 2000 The Wisdom Box The Official Newsletter of the Satir Institute of the Pacific Board of Directors Upcoming Special Event— Saturday, November 18, 2000 2000—2001 Peace Within, Peace Between, Peace Among President: Virginia Satir dedicated her life focused workshops for personal your colleagues and clients to Michael Callaghan to helping individuals, families and professional growth. attend this event. and communities to experience Personal workshops may focus Early Registration—by Sept. 15 Secretary: inner and outer peace in order on areas such as: $60—SIP/Student; $70 non-SIP Pauline Mullaney to become more fully human. v Parenting children and Registration after Sept 15 Before her death in 1988, she Treasurer: adolescents $65—SIP/Student; $75 non-SIP worked towards promoting Alan Baiss v Couples and relationships Lunch is included! world peace. v Self esteem— wellness Director of Training: For registration please call: This year the United Nations Professional workshops may Wendy Lum— Registrar of Pro- John Banmen has dedicated 2000 as the In- focus on specific applications of grams— 604.540.4415 ternational Year for the Culture Director of the Satir Model such as: of Peace. Membership Services: v Addictions “Human beings must evolve a new Anne Morrison The Satir Institute of the Pa- v Grief and loss consciousness that places a high cific’s 3rd Annual Special Train- v Art Therapy Directors: ing Event has been named value on being human, that leads The afternoon session will be Martin Bartel, Peace Within, Peace Between, toward cooperation, that enables Wendy Lum, conducted by Dr. John Banmen. Peace Among. positive conflict resolution and that Kathlyne Maki-Banmen, This will be a one day workshop This will be a great opportunity recognizes our spiritual founda- Don Potkins, on Saturday, November 18/00 to hear from our peers. Mem- tions.” 9:00 a.m.— 5:00 p.m. at the Dara Rosenzveig, bers of the Satir Institute of the UBC Law Building. Encourage Sue Taylor. Pacific will be conducting Satir — Virginia Satir Inside this issue: Message from the President XII World Family Therapy Confer- 2 Paradoxically, in the warmest this gives us a rich opportunity thank those who ran for the ence part of our summer, I am think- to reflect on our experience of Board of Directors. Martin ing about the Iceberg, a winter our own internal world during Bartel, Pauline Mullaney, and The Evolution of Psychotherapy: 2 metaphor. An Iceberg changes these times. myself were elected to fill the Who’s Who Anyway? as it melts in the heat. The long three vacant positions. A big What is happening with our feel- summer days often provide welcome to Pauline. She has News Around the Institute 3 ings, our perceptions, our ex- some kind of change. Our ex- taken on the job of Secretary pectations, our yearnings and perience of the physical world, from Kathlyne, who has done a our sense of Self? Are we look- Impressions of the Family Recon- 3 the longer summer days, the great job in that position and as ing forward to the fall and re- struction Workshop brightness and warmth of the a member of the Executive turning to our previous status sun, the flowers and fruits of Triad. Comments from Participants OF 4 quo or has our experience over the earth is different. the Training For Trainers Program the summer brought about Anne Morrison has taken on For many of us, our regular lives some permanent changes for the job of Director of Member- Euro 2000 5 slow down and change to ac- us? ship Services with a wider role commodate new places, experi- and set of expectations. Sue The AGM in May brought some ences and activities, visits with Ongoing & Upcoming Programs 6 changes and I would like to (Continued on page 3) friends and family members. All The Wisdom Box Page 2 XII World Family Therapy Conference— Oslo, Norway By— Kathlyne Maki-Banmen What do you get when 1500 sion with a 10 year old boy; Ja- Bartel who did a session on their cultural history. John at- people from 64 countries de- akku Seikkula, a psychiatrist “Satir & Spirituality” and my tended their workshop and was scend on the city of Oslo, Nor- from Finland who spoke about workshop on Working with Chil- very impressed with their pres- way, for five days in June to his work with psychotic patients dren and Families using the entations. learn about family therapy to- in terms of helping them proc- Satir Model. gether? Stimulation, growth, ess (in a very Satir-like way) the Once again, we were very aware excitement and fun! terror which cannot be spoken We each had an audience of that many of the people we (he has reduced hospitalization about 200 people in the second have in our Satir Institute would This year the International Fam- so dramatically that he is in largest meeting room at the have presented workshops at a ily Therapy Association held danger of having mental health conference and had very good much higher level than many of their annual conference in Oslo, services funding cut); E. Vrono feedback. the presenters we saw. I would and it seemed to be a great strongly urge any of you to sub- from Russia who presented re- There was also a triad from the success. For five days we heard search on the factors of moth- mit a proposal to present a from researchers and therapists Czech group John and I have Satir workshop at the next IFTA ers of suicidal children; and been working with for the past from around the world. Scott Miller from the U.S. who conference, scheduled to take three years, Olga Holobova, place in November 2001 in Bra- Highlights for me included: wowed John with his analysis of Milada Radosova and Larka (a 40 years of outcome research zil. We plan to and we hope you David Epston from New Zea- grad student) on their use of will join us there. land who demonstrated a crea- to find what works in therapy. Satir’s family reconstruction tive and effective therapy ses- Satir was represented by Martin process to heal the wounds of The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conference: Who’s Who Anyway? By— John Banmen When nine members of the Jay Haley, Strategic Family and many, many more. It made books, provided us elegantly Satir Institute of the Pacific Therapy; the choices of who to see and with many research findings leave the country to attend the Thomas Szasz, Myth of Mental hear more than a dilemma. that have had great impacts on same event, something impor- Illness; our couples and family therapy tant must be happening. E & M Polster, Gestalt Therapy; It was great to meet, once practice. Zerka Moreno, Psychodrama; again, so many founding lead- Every five years since 1985, the Irvin Yalom, Existential Therapy; ers, even though some of them And, like in politics, some big Milton Erickson Foundation has James Bugantal, Humanistic like Carl Rogers, R.D. Laing, names are only big names, of- sponsored the Evolution of Psy- Therapy. Virginia Satir, Carl Whitaker, fering very little. To check with chotherapy Conference. It Lewis Wolberg, Murray Bowen them about their experiences brings together the founders and Joseph Wolpe have passed and learnings, call on Alan and leaders of psychotherapy beyond and were missing from Baiss, Beth Lisson, John and family therapy to share with this 2000 conference. Riopka, Don Potkins, Wendy 5,000-7,000 professionals from Lum, Anne Morrison, Deborah around the world the old and In addition to the historical Fish, and/or Kathlyne Maki- the new in therapeutic evolu- value, many presenters added Banmen. tion. to my therapeutic understand- ing. I found Francine Shaprio, At the conference, we met and Jeff Zeig, Bert Hellinger and heard people like Alexander Eugene Gendlin the most valu- Lowen, founder of bioenerget- Add to this the familiar list the able to my therapeutic learning. ics, Salvador Minuchin, foun- likes of: James Hillman, author of The der of Strategic Family Therapy, John Gottman, Research on Soul’s Code, shared with us as well as: couples and families; some provocative, challenging, Aaron Beck, Cognitive Therapy; Claudia Black, Addictions illuminating throughts about the Albert Ellis, Rational Emotive Treatment; external and internal worlds in Therapy; Francine Shapiro, EMDR; which we live and practice ther- Eugene Gendlin, Focusing; Bert Hellinger, Family Constel- apy. William Glasser, Reality Ther- lation; apy; Herbert Benson, Relaxation Researcher John Gottman, au- Mary Goulding, Transactional Response; thor of Why Marriages Succeed Anaylsis; Jeff Zeig, Ericksonian Therapy and Fail and numerous other The Wisdom Box Page 3 News Around the Institute Deborah Fish has submitted workshop at the Canadian As- Model can be adapted to early 250.389.1776. her Master’s thesis to her the- sociation for Suicide Prevention intervention for youth and sui- The Board appreciates all the sis committee at Manchester (CASP) 11th Conference. Their cide. They are also involved in efforts of Brian Taylor (Sue’s University. It is on “Health Care workshop is titled “What Kids the Satir Task Force on Suicide. son) for setting up our website. Practitioner burnout and the Are Teaching Us.” Anne Morrison will be hosting Thank you Brian! Don’t forget to psycho-spiritual Satir Model: A Jim has worked as a behav- an one day workshop led by visit… www.satirpacific.org phenomenological study of ioral investigator for the BC Sass Anderson on August 26th, managing personal energy.” Coroner’s Services and to- 10:30—4:30 p.m. For more in- Jim Smith, Judy Ferris and gether with Judy and Wendy, formation and registration Wendy Lum will be presenting a they will share how the Satir please contact Sass at New Members For information and Don’t forget to visit our A warm welcome to the follow- ing new member of the Satir membership applications new website!!! Institute of the Pacific: contact: www.satirpacific.org Upgraded to Clinical— Sue Taylor Tim Head Coordinator of Submit ideas and content Membership Applications to Sue Taylor 604.988.5353 Impressions of the Family Reconstruction Workshop By— Wendy Lum The family reconstruction work- origin with her parents, as well I heard positive feedback from shop was another full day of as her present day family with various attendees of how pow- learning about the impact of the her children.