Established an international reputation as an inspiring therapist & trainer leading workshops throughout Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, North & South America; Well known in her teaching for her unique & creative integration of abundant life experience & rich learnings from her great teachers; Worked intensively with Virginia Satir for over 20 years　

Approved Supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT); Retired Associate Professor with the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba; Faculty member and advanced trainer at the Virginia Satir Global Network (formerly Avanta) since 1981; Founder and Director of Manitoba Satir Institute

Authored the books, "Passion for Freedom" & "Personal Alchemy: the Art of Family Reconstruction"; Co-authored the books, "The Satir Model" & "The Satir Approach to Communication"

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Distinguished Practitioner of the National Academy of Practice in Psychology of the National Academies of Practice; Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 29, Psychotherapy) and Fellow of the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

Has been Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at Arizona State University; Teaching internationally at universities and hospitals in more than 40 countries and conducting private practice in Phoenix, Arizona

Founder and Director of the Milton H. Erickson Foundation; Architect of The Evolution of Psychotherapy Conferences and Organizer of the Brief Therapy Conferences, the Couples Conferences, and the International Congresses on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy.

President of Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, Inc., publishers in the behavioral sciences; on the Editorial Board of numerous journals, edited, co-edited, authored and/or co-authored more than 20 books on psychotherapy appearing in eleven foreign languages

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Having established an international reputation as author, therapist　and educator devoting in training the family and psychotherapists in eleven countries; A long time colleague of Virginia Satir

Approved Supervisor of AAMFT; Director of Training of the Satir Institute of the Pacific; Private practice as psychologist and family therapist in Delta, BC, Canada

Had taught as Sessional Instructor at University of Manitoba, as Associate and Adjunct Professor in University of British Columbia and as Honorary Associate Professor in University of Hong Kong; Currently serving as International Psychological Consultant in Capital Normal University, Beijing, China

Had sat at boards of the Virginia Satir Global Network, International Family Therapy Association, American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and British Columbia Psychological Association

Authored "The Use of the Satir Model in Treating Suicide Clients”; Co-authored "The Satir Model: Family Therapy and Beyond”; Edited "Meditations of Virginia Satir", "Application of the Satir Growth Model", "Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy" and "Virginia Satir….In Her Own Words"

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 Associate Professor and Founding Director of the HKU Family Institute; Faculty Member of the Minuchin Center for the Family in New York, USA; and AAMFT Approved Supervisor. Renowned for her work in Asian Chinese families, she has provided training in American and European cities, including New York, San Francisco, London, Torino, and Sicily.

Among her numerous publications, she has co-authored three books with Salvador Minuchin, including the first and second editions of “Mastering family therapy – Journeys of growth and transformation” and their most recent, “Assessing families and couples – From symptom to system” (with Michael Nichols), all of which have been translated into many different languages. Her popular volume “Family Dance” is widely distributed in Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

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Grace Cheung Pau Yi Kum, Ph.D

Marriage and family counselor for over thirty years; trainer in personal growth, suicide prevention, life and death education for teachers, social workers and medical professionals; The first local practitioner to combine the Satir Model and I Ching in research and counseling practice; Registered Social Worker in Hong Kong.

Honorary Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work and Social Administration at the University of Hong Kong; Teaches the Satir Model in degree, master program and post-graduate social work programs at the Centre on Behavioral Health of the University of Hong Kong; Provides clinical consultation, supervision and training in the Satir Model to social workers in social work agencies in Hong Kong and Macau.

Member of Executive Committee of the Center on Behavioral Health, the University of Hong Kong; Director and Human Relationship Consultant, Resculpt – Center for Personal and Relational Reconstruction, Hong Kong.

Peter Cheung Ka Hing, Ph.D

Researcher and clinical practitioner with strong interests in cancer, family, and marital sexual relationships; Private clinical practice brings together the Satir Model and Focusing; offers SHADE (“Sensing, Holding and Accompanying Difficult Emotions”) and Focusing training to medical professionals and social workers; Certified Focusing Trainer of the Focusing Institute in New York; A founder of the Hong Kong Satir Center

Director and Human Relationship Consultant, Resculpt – Center for Personal and Relational Reconstruction in Hong Kong; Honorary Research Fellow and Coordinator of Task Force on Cancer and Family Relationships at the Centre on Behavioral Health, the University of Hong Kong; Member of Advisory Committee of OASIS - Centre for Personal Growth & Crisis Intervention of Hospital Authority, Hong Kong

Authored and co-authored publications and dissertation on bereavement, and cancer and marital sexual experiences, including “Letting Go and Holding On: Grieving and Traditional Death Rituals in Hong Kong” and “Marital Sexual Experiences of Husbands of Women Treated for Breast Cancer”

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