Satir Coaching & Mentoring Level 1 Workshop

The Satir Approach to Personal and Professional Development

The Satir Coaching & Mentoring Program, developed by Sharon Loeschen based on Virginia Satir's pioneering work, offers a thoughtfully designed pathway for personal and professional development. Level 1 focuses on enriching your relationship with yourself and others through methods that integrate mind, body, and emotions.

Whether you're a professional wanting to enhance your workplace effectiveness or someone seeking personal growth, this workshop provides powerful insights and practical tools for meaningful change.

Who Benefits from This Workshop

Leaders and Managers

• Deepen your self-awareness and understand your own communication patterns
• Experience how personal change creates ripples in your leadership
• Develop authentic presence that strengthens team interactions

Professionals in Various Fields (HR, Coaches, Consultants, Designers, Engineers, etc.)

• Understand your own patterns and how they show up in workplace relationships
• Experience change from within through experiential exercises
• Build personal capacity for managing stress and complexity with more ease
• Integrate emotional intelligence with your professional expertise

Individuals

• Deepen your understanding of yourself through guided exploration and group exercises
• Experience shifts in patterns that may be limiting your effectiveness
• Connect with others in a space that honors your wholeness as a person

The Satir Difference

Unlike conventional training that focuses primarily on cognitive strategies, the Satir approach offers:

• Mind-Body-Emotion Integration: Learn to access physical sensations, feelings, and thoughts as an integrated system
• Resource-Oriented Focus: Build on strengths rather than fixing weaknesses
• Potential for Meaningful Change: Create opportunities for significant personal insights and growth
• Versatile Application: Tools that work across professional settings and personal relationships

What You'll Experience

This highly interactive 3-day workshop includes:

• Self-Assessment: Understand your default patterns and their impact
• Experiential Exercises: Connect with physical sensations and emotional awareness
• Small Group Practice: Apply concepts to real-world situations
• Individual Reflection: Receive personalised insights and feedback
• Practical Application: Leave with tools you can implement immediately

Key Concepts You'll Experience

• The Five Freedoms – Explore how to express yourself more clearly and freely in challenging moments
• Coping Stances – Recognise your automatic responses and practice more congruent ways to respond
• The Iceberg Model – Discover the deeper layers beneath surface behavior
• Temperature Reading – Experience a structured process for enriching connection
• Stages of Change – Learn about how change unfolds and ways to support it
• Six Phases of Helping – Be introduced to Satir's process for growth

The Certification Journey

The Satir Coaching & Mentoring Program is a comprehensive certification path recognised by the Virginia Satir Global Network:

• Level 1: Enriching Your Relationship with Yourself and Others (This 3-day workshop)
• Level 2: Satir Theoretical Concepts and Process
• Level 3: Satir Coaching and Mentoring Skills (plus supervised practicum)

While completion of all levels leads to certification as a Satir Coach, Level 1 provides immediate, standalone value that can enhance your effectiveness in any role.

What Previous Participants Say

From a Leader:
"Stanly's training sessions are structured and intentional and take you on a journey of discovery! The insights you gain help you develop clarity and a better understanding of yourself. He creates a safe space and gently encourages you while playing the role of a guide."

From an Agile Coach:
"What I appreciate about the Satir approach is experiencing the human experience through a compassionate lens. For those tired of the zero-sum game mindset, this training offers a new way of viewing the world and practical tools to navigate our way through it. My most remarkable moment was the 'Making Changes' lesson - feeling equipped with what it takes to deal with challenges in both professional and personal life."

From a Software Engineer:
"Enriching Your Relationship with Yourself and Others is an opportunity to slow down and reconnect with yourself at a time when life is fast-paced. Through the conversations with your trainer, you gain awareness and learn how you can utilize your inner resources to manage and improve your social and emotional well-being."

About Virginia Satir and Her Legacy

Virginia Satir (1916–1988) was a pioneer of family therapy and visionary in human development who saw potential where others saw problems. At a time when therapy focused mostly on pathology, Satir championed the idea that people already possess the inner resources to grow and heal.

Inspired by Satir's work, Sharon Loeschen—a licensed clinical social worker and psychotherapist—developed this program to carry Satir's approach into coaching settings, making her principles practical and accessible for those working in leadership, coaching, and personal development.

About Your Facilitators

Stanly Lau is a Certified Satir Coach and Trainer dedicated to helping individuals and teams grow through greater self-awareness and authentic connection. Based in Singapore, Stanly works with individuals, managers, coaches, and cross-functional teams across Asia, including Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Darren Lai became a Satir coach after experiencing how the model transformed his approach to life and relationships. Drawing from his own journey in tech leadership, he helps professionals navigate personal growth challenges with genuine understanding and compassion.