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Jean McLendon

Currently: Director of Training Programs, Satir Systems, Chapel Hill, North Carolina; President of Avanta: The Virginia Satir Network

Faculty assignments: Avanta: The Virginia Satir Network, the Satir Institute of the Southeast, Inc. and OSR.

Mentored: for nearly twenty years by the late Virginia Satir, renowned educator-author and family systems therapist. Satir died in 1988, leaving the bulk of her estate to Avanta: The Virginia Satir Network, Inc. and naming a seven member learning committee to provide transitional planning for Satir's long range goals. Jean was a member of this committee and was also named by Avanta as a member of their triadic Directorate of Training.

Career highlights: Featured in Allyn and Bacon's video series "Family Therapy with the Experts"; Keynote Presenter, American Academy of Psychotherapists 2002 Annual Conference

Awards: Champion of the Family Award 2003, North Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; Avanta's Living Treasure Award 2004, by Avanta, The Virginia Satir Network, Inc.

Journal articles: Anchor Point, Training and Development, IEEE (International Electrical Electronic Engineers) Software; Journal for Couples Therapy.

Degrees and certification: Clinical social work, University of Hawaii; Mental Health Administration, School of Medicine, Community Psychiatry Division at the University of North Carolina.

Previous faculty positions: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Staff College of the National Institute of Mental Health: adjunct faculty, Union Institute.

Consulting clients: leaders and teams in young, high-tech, fast-growing businesses; large well-established insurance and finance companies; hospitals; state and federal governmental agencies; manufacturing companies; and educational institutions.

Consulting focus: team development, succession planning, conflict resolution, transition and change management, and leadership development.

Psychotherapy clients: individual, couples and families and supervises other psychotherapists.

Methodology and beliefs:

• The level of one's self- or system-esteem directly effects how one communicates with others and how well an individual or group is able to make use of their internal resources (e.g. their mental, spiritual, emotional, and physical).
• Congruence is the single most powerful strategic intervention for changing one's health, relationships, and performance
• Leadership is the strategic and conscious use of the self for promoting positive outcomes via human connections
• Her esteem-building approach to change blends her psychotherapeutic, teaching, and organizational development skills with family systems and communication theories.

At her best: working with organizations, teams, families, and partnerships who are seeking to unlock their ability to access the best they and others have to offer.

Satir Systems
87 S. Elliott Road, Suite 212
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: +1-919-967-2520
www.satirsystems.com

Page updated Wed, March 25, 2009