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STUDY GUIDE AND INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT
TO ACCOMPANY VIDEOTAPE
“FAMILY THERAPY WITH THE EXPERTS”
FEATURING JEAN McLENDON
Jon Carlson
Diane Kjos
Governors State University
University Park, IL
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SATIR FAMILY THERAPY
with
Jean McLendon
Introduction
This video is one in a series portraying the leading theories of family
therapy and their application. This series presents the predominant theories and
how they are practiced. Each video in the series features a leading practitioner and
educator in the field of family therapy. The series is unique in that it features real
couples and families with real problems. It is also timely because family therapists
need to understand and be able to use a variety of approaches in order to
effectively serve the diverse families that seek help.
A theory is a framework that helps us understand something or explains
how something works. Just as there are many different people and personalities,
there are different theories of understanding how couples and families interact and
how change occurs, each with its own guidelines for understanding and procedures
for operation. Each theory has devotees who think and act as the theory prescribes
in order to help people change their lives. Certain theories explain certain
phenomena better than others. The individual marriage or family therapist needs to
develop his or her own approach to helping couples and families with problems.
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Specific objectives in family therapy include (1) removing, modifying, or retarding
existing symptoms, (2) mediating disturbed patterns of behavior, and (3)
promoting positive growth and development within the family system.
The video begins with a brief discussion with the practitioner concerning
the theory. We then move to the actual counseling session. After the session, Jean
McLendon discusses the session with Jon Carlson, Diane Kjos, and an audience
made up of counselors, graduate students, and counselor educators.
Because the video series contains actual counseling interviews, professional
integrity is required to protect the confidentiality of the clients who have
courageously shared their personal lives with us.
Purpose
The series is designed for pre-professional training in graduate and
undergraduate classes in family counseling theory. Students will learn about the
theory and watch a leading practitioner work with a couple or family in a “first
session” interview.
The series is also appropriate for workshops or individual study for the
professional development of practicing family counselors, social workers, clinical
psychologists, or psychotherapists. Professionals will learn from the practitioner by
gaining new ideas and insights which can be helpful in working with current or
future clients.
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How to Use the Video
1. As a stand alone activity for professional development or orientation to
Satir Family Therapy. If you are using the video this way, it might be helpful to
first read about Satir Family Therapy. See page 26 of this guide for a list of
suggested readings. Or, you may wish to watch the video, read about the theory,
and then watch the video a second time.
As you watch the video, note the questions included on the enclosed test.
This will help you identify key points related to this theory. If you wish continuing
education credit, complete the test and submit it as directed.
2. As an integral part of a course in theories of family therapy with the
textbook, student study guide, and instructor’s guide. The text by Jon Carlson and
Diane Kjos (1999), Introduction to Family Therapy, Needham Heights, MA:
Allyn & Bacon with accompanying Study Guide to Introduction to Family
Therapy, and Instructor’s Guide to Introduction to Family Therapy, published by
Allyn & Bacon of Needham Heights, Massachusetts, are coordinated with the
videotapes and can assist in guiding the student through the learning process,
including key concepts, application, and techniques.
3. As an adjunct in classes to demonstrate a practical application of Satir
Family Therapy or to demonstrate specific interventions and techniques. Guidelines
and suggested discussion topics will be included in Carlson and Kjos (1999),
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Instructor’s Guide to Introduction to Introduction to Family Therapy, Needham
Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
4. As a basis for a series of class sections or a workshop for either
professional development or counselor education. You may choose to use all or
parts of the video to support specific teaching objectives. Suggestions for
scheduling, discussion questions, and other activities will be included in Carlson
and Kjos (1999), Instructor’s Guide to Introduction to Family Therapy, Needham
Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Family Therapy with Jean McLendon
Jean McLendon is a management consultant and psychotherapist based in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jean was mentored for more than twenty years by
Virginia Satir and is known as one of the foremost practitioners of Satir’s
methods. In addition to her private practice, Jean serves on the faculty of the
Avanta Network, Inc., the Satir Institute of the Southeast, Inc., and is a faculty
specialist for the Whole Systems Design graduate program at Antioch University in
Seattle.
Jean served on the faculty of the International Satir summer Process
Communities for years and upon Dr. Satir’s illness and death directed the program
for two years. She now directs the nationally recognized Chapel Hill based fifteen
day Satir System Performance Development Training Program designed for
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therapists and organizational change agents.
Learning Objectives
1. Identify theoretical concepts which are descriptive of Satir Family Therapy.
2. Recognize specific interventions or techniques related to Satir Family
Therapy.
3. Describe the range of applications of Satir Family Therapy.
Abstract of Satir Family Therapy Video
This video is approximately 103 minutes long and is divided into three
parts:
Part I: Introduction of the theory with Jean McLendon, Jon Carlson and Diane
Kjos (24 minutes).
Part II: An initial therapy session with Jean McLendon and a mother and son in
which Jean McLendon helps the child understand his anger (35 minutes).
Part III: Discussion of the therapy session with Jean McLendon, Jon Carlson,
Diane Kjos, and a panel of human service professionals and graduate students (44
minutes).
Transcript
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TH 1 Okay. You just made a comment that I am very interested in hearing
more about. You said I think something like Jonathan this is the professional you
were wanting to see. And so I'm very interested to know what you wanted to have
happen for you, and what you wanted to have happen for your mother. You had
some ideas I bet. Great.
C 1 I just want, I just wanted to like stop having so much anger inside and
just stop being mean to other people.
TH 2 Wow. So the anger is on the inside and you can feel it
C 2 Mmhm
TH 3 . . . in your body?
C 3 Mmhm
TH 4 Where do you feel it in your body? How do you do anger inside?
C 4 Well, uh
TH 5 Do you feel it is your shoulders or your stomach, or your thoughts?
C 5 Well, when I look at somebody, I just grit my teeth at em and just want
to go up and hit em for no reason.
TH 6 You grit your teeth, and you just want to hit them for no reason? That
does sound like anger doesn't it? Well, you know how I show anger is I take . . .
Oops that’s not red is it? Take a red pen and kind of go like this. That doesn't look
too much like red either, but just to show that that's anger. That you are trying to
figure out and you are trying to cope with and you are trying to understand. That
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takes a lot of courage to say I'm angry and I would like for it to be different. Don't
you think?
C 6 Mmhm
TH 7 Do you know anybody else that's angry?
C 7 Well, my brother.
TH 8 Your brother. I don't have your brother on this map. Let’s see, you said
you were eleven, right? Your brother is how old?
C 8 Sixteen.
TH 9 He's sixteen. Okay, and what's his name?
C 9 Chris.
TH 10 C-H-R-I-S?
C 10 Yes.
TH 11 And how old is Chris?
C 11 Sixteen.
TH 12 That's right. You just told me. Thank you. And so he is angry too. Are
you all angry about the same thing?
C 12 No.
TH 13 No. What's he angry about?
C 13 He's angry because like he was supposed to come home a while ago but
he didn't get to come home, and he is just mad cause he is not gettin’ to do what
he wants to do.
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TH 14 Come home?
C 14 Yes.
TH 15 Is what he wants to do?
C 15 Yes.
TH 16 So, he wants to come home and that means come home and that means
come home and live with you and Janice?
C 16 Yeah.
TH 17 Where is he now?
C 17 He is in California.
TH 18 Okay, come home from California. So, what's he doing in California?
C 18 He’s goin’, he’s at this home where it's like he has a parole officer and
everything, and he has to just keep doing what he is supposed to do and he will be
able to come home, but he is having problems doing that.
TH 19 He is having problems staying out of trouble?
C 19 Mmhm
TH 20 That's too bad. Did he get in trouble in California or he got in trouble
here and . . .
C 20 Well, probably some here and some in California.
TH 21 Wow. Okay. You and your brother pretty close?
C 21 Mmhm
TH 22 Do you miss him?
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C 22 Mmhm
TH 23 How long has he been away?
C 23 I don't know. I don't remember.
TH 24 That long? Since you were how high?
C 24 Mm, probably since I was ten.
TH 25 So, about a year.
C 25 Yeah.
TH 26 So, you know why I do this, like California, ah, one year. Ah, when I put
it on a piece of paper it sticks in my head a little better. I don't know if that makes
any sense to you, but it just kind of, it goes into the computer in a different kind of
way if I kind of put it out there, and then you get to see what I'm doing too in a
way, where I am going in my head. So, Chris is angry. He wants to come home.
He's gotten into trouble, and ah, you’re angry. Do you know what you’re angry
about?
C 26 Not really.
TH 27 Okay. So that would help you if you could understand what you’re angry
about?
C 27 Mmhm
TH 28 That makes sense to me. Thank you. I want to hear what your mother
would like to have happen. What for you Janice, what would you like to have
happen?
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M 1 I would just like for Jonathan to know what it is he is angry about. I
would like to know what it is.
TH 29 So there are these big questions marks around this anger, hm?
M 2 What role, if any, that I play in it, and how to be a better parent. That's
what I am looking for.
TH 30 So how to help Jonathan in his feelings. How are you doing with yours?
M 3 Mm, much, it’s better.
TH 31 Were you angry too?
M 4 For some time. Years ago.
TH 32 What was yours about?
M 5 Mine was about, you know, the divorce, separation, the result of that.
TH 33 Okay. So let's see. This is Jonathan's father we are talking about?
M 6 Mmhm
TH 34 Okay. So, this is the way I make a divorce. Okay. And his name?
M 7 John.
TH 35 John. And where does John live.
M 8 California.
TH 36 Okay, so he is in California. And how long have you all been divorced?
M 9 Ah, for as long as Jonathan has been here, about . . . eleven years.
TH 37 Okay. Eleven years. So do you know your father?
C 28 Not really.
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TH 38 Have you seen him?
C 29 Not that I can remember.
TH 39 So as far as you know, you never met him. Do you have any pictures of
him?
C 30 Yeah.
TH 31 What does he look like?
C 31 I don't remember.
TH 32 So you don't have pictures that are in your back pocket or in your
bedroom. Well, you have had two big losses. I'm thinking about your brother not
being with you, and not having your father. That seems pretty big to me. So this
relationship that Janice you and John had was not an easy one, huh?
M 10 No.
TH 32 And do you have any contact with John at this point.
M 11 None.
TH 33 And what about with Chris?
M 12 Frequent.
TH 34 So, Chris would have been about five or six when you all divorced.
M 13 Right.
TH 35 Okay. So we will show that. Five, six years old, and did Chris live with
you?
M 14 And his dad.
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TH 36 And his dad.
M 15 Mmhm
TH 37 And then when you were divorced . . .
M 16 He lived with me.
TH 38 He lived with you. And he visited with his father, his father moved to
California?
M 17 We lived in another state. His father lived in the same town as us for
approximately until Chris was ten, five or six years after the divorce. And then he
moved to California within the last five years.
TH 39 So how did you deal with, let's put your anger up here. You’re saying
you're not so angry anymore, so we will just put a little bit. How did you deal with
yours?
M 18 I just grew out of it.
TH 40 Time.
M 19 Yes. And I just, time. Let it go.
TH 41 So, you left this relationship or this, your time in this relationship left you
with some wounds?
M 20 Yes.
TH 42 Who stood by you? Who supported you?
M 21 My mom.
TH 43 Wonderful. And your mother's name is what?
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M 22 It was Lorrine.
TH 44 Lorrine. How do you spell that?
M 23 L-O-R-R-I-N-E.
TH 45 Lorrine. Okay. When did Lorrine die?
M 24 June of 1996.
TH 46 Not very long ago.
M 25 Right.
TH 47 Were you close to your grandmother?
C 32 Mmhm.
TH 48 Were you pretty special to her? (C nods) Let's see, if we were going to
show a real special line, what do you think about purple? And we will show a nice
big line between you and Lorrine. Okay. How does that look to you? That look
like that makes sense?
C 33 Yeah.
TH 49 So, you lost somebody very important to you and to you too. Did you all
live close together?
M 26 Um . . .
TH 50 Did you get to see her?
M 27 Different states. The same state that we came from where Christopher
and Jonathan grew up basically, were born, and where the marriage took place. So
far in distance geographically, but very close. We had daily contact.
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TH 51 Really.
M 28 Mmhm, all the holidays we were there. Mothers Day. Any other excuse
to be there we were there or she was here.
TH 52 What happened to her?
M 29 She had cancer. And so the last nine months of her life she lived with us.
TH 53 Oh really. You took care of her?
M 30 I did. Jonathan too.
TH 54 . . . a great person. So you were a young doctor, huh? What kind of
cancer did she have?
M 31 She had originally had breast cancer that had metastasized to liver, so
that's what she went out with, liver. Bone, blood, it got pretty bad.
TH 55 Was she at home when she died?
M 32 Yes. She was in our home, in my bed.
TH 56 Wow. Well, this is obviously a tremendous heart hurt for you. She stood
by . . . (offers M a tissue)
M 33 Thank you
TH 56 You’re welcome. . . . you when you were having a hard time, and you
were there for her. Is it hard for you to see your mother crying because her heart is
so full of her relationship with her mother?
M 34 It makes me want to cry, but I know I gotta get over it.
TH 57 Uh, I don't follow you, you have to get over it. You have to, I don't get
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that.
C 34 It’s like, I can't go my whole life that my grandma is going to come back.
TH 58 Right. Because she won't come back. But you must have wonderful
memories to bring her back with. And you have a big kind of hole in your heart to
not have her. It hadn't been that long ago really. Again, I'm just thinking about the,
the losses for you. To lose your granny, your brother, in different ways, and your
father. That's a lot Jonathan. That's a lot to have to handle as a little boy. You
know? You know how I feel about your tears? They just seem so healthy and so
wholesome. And so real. And I'm glad that you can have your tears, and I hope it's
okay for you to have your tears too. Because, you know, sometimes underneath a
lot of anger is a hurt. Like a, a hole in your heart. Does that make sense to you?
Seems like it does. Like there is a little, little boy inside, about, I don't know,
maybe about this little, and he has gotten hurt, and he’s inside of you, and what I
hear is that you are trying to get him to be “big boy,” tough, you know. Get on
with your life, you know. Ah, get past those tears. But this little guy still lives
inside of your like a little girl does inside of you that lost her mother. That's real. Is
it okay with you if I talk about you having a little girl inside of you?
M 35 Yes, it's okay.
TH 59 How does that fit for you? Does that make any sense to you?
M 36 Ah, yes.
TH 60 Who is with you now to help you with the pain of losing your mom,
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maybe some, the residual of not having things work out with John, your worries
about Jonathan and Chris?
M 37 There is no one that, was that, is with me like my mom was. When she
was alive she was like the center of my life, you know. I mean I have my kids and
everything, so I never developed close ties with any other person, and the only
other person that I can think of now that I'm closest to would be her oldest sister
who has been, I've been like her favorite niece since I was born. When I was born,
my mom, she asked my mom “Let me have her.” So we developed a relationship
over the years and over the distance of the two states, and now that I'm here, you
know, we are closer geographically, and we've developed a stronger relationship
based on what was already there.
TH 61 Wonderful. So you share the grief.
M 38 Yes.
TH 62 And papa?
M 39 He is in the other state.
TH 63 How is he doing?
M 40 Well, we don't have much contact with papa. He was a bit estranged
from granny at the time of the death
TH 64 Mmm, had that happened a good while? So they weren't divorced.
M 41 No.
TH 65 They were kind of separated a bit? Okay.
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M 42 They were living in the same house but separate lives. So that's why mom
had to,
TH 66 Okay
M 43 I took care of her at the end of her life because he said I guess you are
going to go with Janice because you are so ill, and the doctor told him what she
needed, and he said I guess you are going to go with Janice. So. . .
TH 67 Wow. Well, this is quite a story. This is quite a story that is all around
you. So you really knew granny, Jonathan, but I guess did you know papa well? Or
. .
C 35 Sort of.
TH 68 Sort of. So what color line would we put between you and papa?
C 36 Green.
TH 69 Green. That one I bet is just going to be really pale. Do you want to do
it? You make it like you think. Let me get this out of your way though. Mmm,
okay. Thank you. They’re very different, aren't they, the connection you had with
papa? When will you see him again do you think?
C 37 Probably Christmas.
TH 70 So you will travel?
M 44 With Chris coming home, he wants to see you know his relatives, his
cousins.
TH 71 So Chris is going to be home for Christmas?
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M 45 Mmhm.
TH 72 Wonderful.
M 46 So we are going to go there so that he can see the cousins that he grew
up with and, and probably see papa at the same time.
TH 73 Well, you must be pretty excited about that. How about you?
M 47 Yes, very much so.
TH 74 Well, I want to give you a picture that I have about your challenge. Do
you know, ah the word challenge like if something’s a challenge? It's like if you
had to climb a, a big hill and you had a lot of weight on you, that would be like a
challenge, and that's kind of what I think you have. This is the picture I have. Here
it is right here. This is like the little one inside of your, okay? And this is like his
heart, and his heart is sad. But he is not supposed to be sad. He is supposed to be
big, what were you going to say?
C 38 Happy.
TH 75 He is supposed to be happy. So he is supposed to smile, but he has a
heart that's hurting. So what do you think that would be like for this little one?
C 39 Hard?
TH 76 It would be very hard. It would be very hard. So here's my idea. My idea
is that you have to take this little one, and you have to let this little one know that
you are going to be there with him and that it is okay to be sad when you’re
unhappy and when you feel lonely, when you miss your brother, when you wonder
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where your dad is, when you think about your grandmother. I bet you saw her
suffer. And when you think about how special she was. It seems like to me that we
need to find a way for this little one inside of you to not have to pretend because I
think when you have to pretend, it probably makes you angry. It probably makes
you real angry to have to pretend something that's not true for you. What do you
think about that? What do you think would have to happen for you to have more
freedom to just be with your heart? What do you think would help?
C 40 I don't really know.
TH 77 What do you know about Jonathan? What do you think would help him?
M 48 Just be allowed to be and feel I guess what he’s feeling and express it. Be
able to express it. Ah, he didn't know what it was. You know, it's like those things
were there, but I guess he’ll have a better understanding of what's causing it and
feel free-er to express what's going on, and I guess it's my job to get him the help
to get through it.
TH 77 Are there any, ah, men like would papa be able to help Jonathan?
M 49 No.
TH 78 Would Chris?
M 50 No. There, there . . . we have a family friend that Jonathan has
confidence in, Mr. Jay.
TH 79 Okay, so let's put Mr. Jay here. Mr. Jay. So what kind of color line would
you put to Mr. Jay?
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C 41 Red.
TH 80 Red. Okay. Want, mhm, to do the line? I didn't know the heart had a
sound. There. Okay. Thank you. So do you get to see Mr. Jay?
C 42 Mmhm.
TH 81 Would he understand how much loss you have suffered?
C 43 Yeah.
TH 82 Great, great.
M 51 He was there. He knew granny. He was there during that time period for
us. He knows Chris. He knows that situation.
TH 83 Wonderful.
M 52 He knows papa.
TH 84 Wonderful.
M 53 So he is, ah, Jonathan's closest male friend that he trusts.
TH 85 Wonderful.
M 54 He is just super busy.
TH 86 Yeah. But a little understanding from a man could go a long way for
Jonathan because you know it's like you have a similar job here. This could be your
little girl. Mama has a little girl inside of her too. So you have this little girl and she
has a heart that has to be taken care of, and of course, ah, me too. I have a little
girl inside of me too, and you know, she has hurts and disappointments and stuff
that I have to deal with. I'm just thinking that you, Janice, you seem to do such a
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wonderful job of being able to be where your heart is, and that's so wonderful for
you to, to see, and I suspect at times it may feel a little overwhelming, I don't
know. It may, as you say, make you feel like maybe you want to cry too. And
maybe that would be okay. And if there is a man like Mr. Jay who’s in your life
and who could say, yeah, you know, Janice has sadness. She lost her mother, ah,
and Jonathan has sadness because he doesn't get to see his brother. He lost his
grandmother. It sounds like not much is there for you and your father at all. Is that
right? Well, that must be a tremendous loss for you. So I suspect if you don't
figure out how to love that little one and have, have a good open heart to yourself,
that you probably are going to clench your jaws and find your muscles tight and
have to express it some way. I suspect that's what's happened with Chris. And
he’s, hasn't been able to take care of the, that part inside of him with his hurts, his
wounds, his pain, his disappointments, and I suspect it's just come out.
M 55 Chris is really effected by the divorce. He was you know the center of
attraction for five years before Jonathan came, and then he just, he blamed me for
it, and then he is angry because his dad has not been what he needed, you know,
emotionally and even physically.
TH 87 Really?
M 56 And supportive, and so it's a never ending cycle.
TH 88 I'm sorry to not get to meet Chris. I kind of feel like he is here a bit, and
granny, and papa. So Jonathan, what do you think about the time we've spent here
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tonight. Do you think . . .
C 44 It helped.
TH 89 I'm so glad. I am so glad too that somehow or another that you and your
mother knew how to communicate about this so that you could get help. How did
that come about?
M 57 He told me about two weeks ago. He said, “Mom I have some anger. I
need to talk to a counselor.” I said, “Well do they have counselors at your
school?” He said, “No.” I said, “Okay.” And then he mentioned it again a couple
of days later. “Mom, what about the counselor?” and that's when I began to search
out resources and I heard about this opportunity.
TH 90 You are a very wise young one. You, I know when you have that ability
to know what you’re feeling, it gives you choice about what to do. If you didn't
know that you were feeling angry and you just went around punching, all you
would do is get in trouble, but to be able to know it and to ask for help is just so
impressive. You must be very proud of him.
M 58 I am.
TH 91 I would love for Chris to know about what you were able to do. I think
that would be wonderful. I don't know if he knows how to do that. Do you know?
C 45 Not really.
TH 92 Don't know if he does not, or you don't think he does know how to know
what he is feeling and ask for help?
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C 46 Well, he probably does a little bit, but probably not a little bit too.
TH 93 Just a little bit?
M 59 He's in counseling.
TH 94 Great.
M 60 It took him a long time to accept it, but part of the coming home had to
do with you have to go through counseling.
TH 95 Good. I'm glad. So how has it been for you for us to spent this time
together here.
M 61 Great. It helped a great deal to put things in perspective and I thought I'd
stopped crying about granny, but I see I haven’t . But it's important to know so
that you can, you know, try to get some results. Very helpful. Very enlightening.
TH 96 I'm glad. It has been a real honor for me to step into your live and your
world for just this little bit of time. I won't forget you Jonathan, and I won't forget
you either Janice.
M 62 I thank you for taking the time.
TH 97 I thank you for listening to your son with such attentiveness. You are a
very good mother.
M 63 I try to be.
TH 98 And I am imagining that you have learned a lot from granny about how
to be a mother.
M 64 Oh yeah. Yeah.
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TH 99 And you are going to have to figure out a very creative way to learn
about how to be a daddy, you know, because maybe you'll learn from Mr. Jay
because John's not there for you. So it's going to be a little tougher for you and for
you as a parent if you have children. But you are off to such an incredible start as a
young boy. Really. So, I would like to say goodbye to you and goodnight to you,
and can I shake your hand and tell you, “You are very special.”
C 47 Thank you.
TH 100 You are welcome. You are a very special woman.
M 65 Thank you.
TH 101 I hope your holidays are wonderful.
M 66 Same to you.
TH 102 Thank you. And I'll take these little ones. They have become more special
because they've been here with you two. Yours has a heart sound, did you notice?
You know what, maybe you should take this home with you. What do you think?
C 48 Yes.
TH 102 What do you think? Do you think it would help, that you would
remember about your heart and about your losses and about how it's okay to feel
said when you're sad, you don't have to cover it up with being tough and angry?
What do you think?
C 49 I guess. Thank you.
TH 103 You’re very welcome.
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Treatment Plan for this Family
In future sessions, McLendon would want to gain information about
Jonathan’s school, the neighborhood Janice and Jonathan live in and their relative
sense of safety. She would continue to help Jonathan increase his awareness of
how his body feels when he is angry and look for productive ways that he could
discharge his energy. She also follow up on Jonathan’s sadness and help him
search out ways he could deal with that. It would also be helpful if, at some point,
Chris (Jonathan’s brother) could participate in a session.
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To Learn More About Satir Family Therapy
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Satir, V. (1976). Making contact. Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts.
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TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES
The Satir Institute of the Southeast offers a residential program of three, 5-
day experiential workshops. For more information, contact the Satir System
Training Administrative Office, P.O. Box 44, Childs, MD 21916-0044. The e-mail
address is [email protected].
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