Level 1 Class Outline
LEVEL ONE
Day One
The Satir Model. A Systemic Approach
I. Overview of the training.
II. Therapeutic beliefs and goals
III. Satir in action –video session
IV. Intrapsychic and interactive systems
V. Congruence
VI. Skill development
Day Two
Satir’s Three Generation Family Maps
I. Making three-generational family maps
II. Reading family maps and sculpting family members
III. Externalizing the internal coping process through Satir stances
IV. Assessing family dynamics and communication patterns through the primary triad
V. Surfacing family resources and strengths
VI. Skill development
Day Three
Preparing to Change: The Initial Interview
I. The role of the therapist
II. Making contact and building rapport
III. Assessing the presenting problem
IV. Focusing the problem into a positively directional goal
V. Getting a commitment for change
VI. Assessing the client’s internal experience through process questions and the “iceberg”
VII. Bringing about transformational change through process questions
VIII. Skill development
Day Four
Intrapsychic Change
I. Changing the impact, not the event
II. Changing three types of expectations
III. Reframing perceptions
IV. Owning and transforming feelings: anger, hurt, and fear
V. Tapping the life energy through universal yearnings
VI. Skill development
Day Five
Therapy from the Inside Out
I. Surfacing the impact of family rules
II. Transforming the impact of family rules
III. Resolving internal conflict and integrating internal resources
IV. Satir in action – video session
V. Skill development
Day Six
Interactive Change
I. Practice sculpting triads and sculpting family maps
II. Assessing family maps for treatment formulation
III. Case presentation and practice
IV. Skill development
Day Seven
Working with Internal Parts of the Individual
I. Working with an “external” parts party
II. Working with parts in individual therapy
III. Satir supervision
IV. Skill development
Day Eight
Couples Therapy using the Satir Model
I. Stages of relationship development
II. Working with “differences”
III. Enhancing communication & intimacy
IV. The ingredients of an interaction
V. Skill development
Day Nine
Symptoms as Solutions
I. Working with anger and rage
II. Working with depression
III. Satir in action – video session
IV. Skill development
Day Ten
Integrating Learnings
I. Reviewing personal and professional growth
II. Question and answer period
III. Appreciating participants’ uniqueness within the Satir Model
IV. Triad work completion
V. Feedback, evaluation and closure of Level I
VI. Celebration