In this first episode of season 1, you will be hearing excerpts from an interview I did with Dr. John Banmen at the 2023 Virginia Satir Global Network online conference.  Dr. John Banmen is internationally known as an author, therapist, and educator.  His training programs have taken him to over a dozen countries in Asia, Europe, South America and North America.  John’s co-authored book, The Satir Model: Family Therapy and Beyond (1991), received the AAMFT/Satir Research and Education prize in 1994.

Dr. Banmen is the founding president of the BC Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), a former member of the Board of Directors of the BC Psychological Association, a member of the Board of Directors of the International Family Therapy Association and the founding Director of Training for the Satir Institute of the Pacific.

In this interview, Dr. John Banmen shares his thoughts on the current application of Satir’s Model and his vision of its application going forward into the future.  It was quite an honor to sit down with Dr. Banmen, and I know you will enjoy his insights.

If you want to see the full interview with the questions and answer session with the audiance, please go to satirglobal.org. Members get full access to all recorded sessions in the 2023 Satir Global Network Online Conference.