Gloria Taylor
About Gloria
Gloria's
background is as a nurse with a MA in Marriage, Family and Child Therapy.
She practices and lives in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Gloria has been described as a quiet
beacon which "will never stand up before us and talk about the generous
gifts she has given to us. She sits quietly in the middle, bereaving acutely
what is happening in the room, getting her own satisfaction from her own
wisdom gleaned from the brilliance of the Satir Model and molded into her
own personal brilliance." (Sandy Novak)
Gloria has two children and four
grandchildren. We saw many of the family photos at her celebration. Some of
us have witness her love and caring for the next generation. We have seen
her sitting with her granddaughter, Taylor, when she was little, and beaming as she
sat with her.
Satir Connection
Gloria attended Process Community Level
I and Level II. She was able to understand and integrate Satir from the
beginning. She had presented and brought others to present Satir training
and workshops in her area. She started the Satir Learning Center of Ontario.
She also worked on "focus family reconstruction "for clients as well as
teaching this to many students. As Sandy Novak wrote Gloria "may well be
among 2 or 3 leading experts on family reconstruction today."
Gloria joined Avanta in 1991 and besides
all her work has chaired two Avanta Conferences and Annual Meetings. One
Conference was in 1996 and the other one was in 2005. She volunteer
hours and hours of preparation as well as during the Conference. Being the
leader she is, she also had members of SLCO helping and the work at the
desk, registering and giving information as well as helping with the auction
and bookstore. This is one of her main
qualities, her capacity to do, and at the same time her capacity to involve
others in the "doing". In both Conference she was able to bring great
entertainment.
Gloria has also gone outside North
America to teach and support programs. She went to Latvia for two weeks as
part of an Avanta program and outreach grant. She also went to Malta in 1994
for the Year of the Family. Those who have traveled with her have found her
easy going, supportive, and intuitive in deciding what to present as well as
how.
Gloria continues to do counseling, teaching, supporting other, and she is also an AMFT supervisor. This year she also presented with Sandy Novak at Avanta's 2006 Conference, this time going out of their comfort zone and presented a new adaptation of the Satir Growth Model.