SATIR IN EUROPE

Sharon Loeschen is a licensed clinical social worker with a private practice in California, US. She is the author of The Satir Process and Enriching Your Relationship with Yourself and Others and the developer of the Satir Coaching and Mentoring program offered through the Virginia Satir Global Network. She also taught Marriage and Family Therapy for 19 years at California State University Long Beach.

Walter F. Zahnd has been a student of Virginia Satir since 1982. He traveled with her the last year of her professional life. He has been an active teacher and trainer in the Satir, Human Validation Process, often called The Satir Model. He has presented at professional organizations in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and the Philippines. He is a Professor Emeritus and taught Social Work from 1970 till 2007. He has publications in professional Journals, worked with incarcerated inmates, residential treatment with adolescents, plus founded a social work agency. His professional practice took him to working  with street addicts in an African American Community, consulting in residential treatment as well as extensive workshops with men, growth groups and co-founder with Olga Holubova the Satir Institutes in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Recently he has developed the Human Kaleidoscope which has been published in the Satir Journal, he has done training on it and other Satir Processes. He has 56 years of professional practice and teaching.

Steven Buckbee is from Escanaba Michigan. He retired from Bay College where he taught in the social science division. He became interested in Satir while employed as a social worker in the 1970's. In the mid 80's he had the opportunity to have her as a teacher. In 1988 he was invited to join a group called "Avanta" which is now known as the Virginia Satir Global Network. He is also a member of the International Human Learning Resources Network and retired from the faculty of the Banmen Satir China Management Center. He is currently serving on the board of The Virginia Satir Global Network. He is a Licensed Masters Social Worker and a Licensed Professional Counselor in the State of Michigan and a partner In BDD Training Associates. He a moderator for the Satir Global Network Web Site, the VSGN FaceBook account and is developing online courses focused on Satirs process.

Michael Dupont is a partner in BDD Training Associates, an adjunct instructor at Bay College and the mental health/substance abuse counselor at Bay College. He is a retired therapist from Pathways Mental Health Center in Escanaba, Michigan. He has a M.Ed. in Counseling and Guidance from Northern Michigan University. Mike is a Licensed Master's Social Worker and a Licensed Professional Counselor by the State of Michigan. Michael has over 40 years of clinical experience in the mental health and substance abuse field. Michael has been licensed as a Certified Advanced Addictions Counselor by the Michigan Certification Board for Addiction Professionals. He is a past board member of the Satir Global Network. He is a clinical member of the Satir Institute of the Pacific.

Madeleine De Little has been a student for twelve years of Transformational Systemic Therapy. She is currently the research chair of the Satir Institute of the Pacific in Canada and a faculty member of the Banmen Satir China Management Centre. Her studies of the latest developments in neuroscience and transformational change have led her to develop a unique model of sand tray therapy and write a book, Where Words Can’t Reach – Neuroscience and the Satir Model in the Sand Tray. Madeleine has been an elementary and high school for 28 years and continues to be a therapist in private practice and an international trainer in her model of sand tray work. Madeleine has taught NSST in Slovakia and the Czech republic since 2008 and the participants are some of the most experienced users of NSST in the world. The research for her Ph.D. focused on the personal and professional impact on student therapists learning and practicing this model of sand tray therapy. Dr. De Little is a Master Therapeutic Counsellor and a Registered Clinical Supervisor.