Virginia Satir was the catalyst which lead to the development of the Association of Family Therapists of Northern California. The stories that are told about her work and her presence are legendary and although she is no longer with us, her legacy lives on. Although her name stands out in the history of family therapy, many of those new to the field of family therapy don't know much about her work. In this presentation, we will be discussing Virginia Satir's contributions to family therapy and reviewing videos of her work. We will also have a panel of therapists who worked with, trained with, and were supervised by Virginia Satir. Please join us for this night of remembrance and sharing.
Kaye Bishop is an MFT in private practice for more than twenty years. She attended two month-long Process Communities in Colorado with Virginia Satir and studied with her for six years until Satir died in 1988. Kaye is a member of the Virginia Satir Global Network. Kaye is an Adjunct Professor at Santa Clara and JFK Universities, supervises interns and trainees for Almaden Valley Counseling Services and is a group leader and workshop presenter, working from a Satir Model perspective.

Terence Patterson, EdD, ABPP is a Diplomat in Couple & Family Psychology since 1998, and an APA Fellow since 2002. He is a Professor of Counseling Psychology at the University of San Francisco , where he teaches Ethics and Couple & Family Psychology, and chairs the Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects. He also maintains an independent practice in San Francisco, specializing in couple therapy. He has served as President of the Society of Family Psychology and the Association for Family Therapy of Northern California and is currently a member of the California Psychological Association Ethics Committee. Dr. Patterson's scholarship has focused on diverse ethical issues and on couple and family psychology, and more recently on issues relating to competence in specialty practice. His objective in organizational efforts is to establish clear criteria for specialty practice and to make standards widely known among professionals and consumers. Dr. Patterson was privileged to attend training at the Family Therapy Institute of Marin whereVirginia consulted. He also consulted with Virginia on a case "The Missing Boy", involving the disappearance of ten-year old Kevin Collins of San Francisco, and the family was interviewed and the video is available as part of the AAMFT Master Series. Terry presented an analysis of the Satir Model at the World Satir Conference in Prague in 2008.

Joan M. Ross, MFT, RN, MS is retired from the Family Therapy Program (formerly the Family Study Unit) at the Palo Alto VA after 26 years as trainer, supervisor and eventually assistant director. During her early years there, in the 1980's she participated in many trainings from Virginia Satir, who was a consultant to the unit. She also participated Virginia's Family Reconstruction Group. As an Emerita member of the Stanford University Adjunct Clinical Faculty and as an AAMFT Approved supervisor she has continued to provide training in Systemic Family therapy based on many of the concepts she learned from Virginia. She also uses concepts and experiential techniques that she learned from Virginia in her private practice in Palo Alto.

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