The Satir Model
Satir's Therapeutic Beliefs

These are some of the more common beliefs and principles upon which the Satir Model is built:

1.	Change is possible. Even if external change is limited, internal change is possible.
2	We all have the internal resources we need in order to cope successfully and to grow.
3.	We have choices, especially in terms of responding to stress instead of reacting to 		situations.	
4.	Therapy needs to focus on health and possibilities instead of pathology.
5.	Hope is a significant component or ingredient for change.
6.	A major goal of therapy is to become one's own choice maker.
7.	We cannot change past events; only the impact they have on us.
8.	Process is the avenue of change. Content forms the context in which change can take 		place.
9.	Most people choose familiarity over the discomfort of change, especially during times of 		stress.
10.	The problem is not the problem; coping is the problem. How seriously one takes the 		problem impacts how great a problem it becomes to that person. Check how a complaint 	becomes a problem for the person. Take the presenting problem seriously, but not 		necessarily as the area on which the therapeutic work needs to take place.
11.	Coping is the manifestation of the level of self-worth. The higher one's self-worth, the more 	wholesome the coping.
12.	Parents often repeat the familiar patterns from their growing up times, even if the patterns 	are dyfunctional.
13.	Most parents do the best they can at any given time.
14.	Appreciating and accepting the past increases our ability to manage our future.
15.	One goal in moving towards wholeness is to accept parental figures as people and 		meet them at their level of personhood rather than only in their roles.
16.	People are basically good. They need to find their own treasure to connect and validate 		their own self-worth.
17.	Congruence and high self-esteem are major goals in the Satir Model.
18.	Healthy human relationships are built on equality of value.
19.	Human processes are universal and, therefore, applicable in different settings, cultures 		and circumstances.
20.	Feelings belong to us; we all have them.
21.	People connect on the basis of sameness and grow on the basis of being different.
22.	We are all manifestations of the same life force.