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The classic book for families about families
Living as a family is not easy. No group of people of different temperaments and different likes and dislikes can be constantly in agreement, and it takes a special kind of understanding to resolve disputes and prevent unhappiness.
This beautifully readable and good-humoured book, written by a world pioneer in the practice of family therapy, shows how to make relationships work, how to make it possible for every member of the family to be heard and understood, and how to get away from the old stereotypes of family organisation. It deals with the special problems of couples, children, separated and single-parent families. It can help to make family life a happy, liberating environment in which all its members can grow and develop.
Virginia Satir, who died in 1988, spent her life delving into the relationships and motivations that govern the behaviour of human beings and was honoured for her work in popularising human psychology. Her best selling book, "Conjoint Family Therapy", is also available from Souvenir Press. (From the publisher)

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Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Introduction
2 What's Your Family Like?
3 Self-Worth: The Pot That Nobody Watches
4 Communication: Talking and Listening
5 Patterns of Communication
6 Communication Games
7 The Rules You Live By
8 Systems: Open or Closed?
9 The Couple
10 Your Family Map
11 The Can of Worms in Action
12 Special Families: One-Parented and Blended
13 The Family Blueprint:
Your Design for Peoplemaking
14 The Family Blueprint:
Some Essential Ingredients
15 Family Engineering
16 The Extended Family
17 The Family in the Larger Society
18 The Family of the Future