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Bowenian Theory
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- 1Bowenian Theory- Murray Bowen- Psychiatrist trained in psychoanalysis
-1940's Menninger clinic- Schizophrenia patients+ mothers (bing family to therapy)
-1950's NIMH- research of entire family
-1959 George Town- Developes family systems theory - 2Bowenian Theory- Family systems Theory- Natural systems theory NOT cybernetics
- Humans and Human families are guided by the family emotional system
*what is the general mood and tone of this family? - 3Bowenian theory-Family systems theoryGoal of the therapy is to decrease anxiety and increase differentiation
- 4Boweinan Theory- Family systems theoryOne core concept- Togetherness VS individuality
- Unresolved emotional attachment to one's family must be resolved
* Have to resolve conflicts with the family to not move the conflict to next generation - 5Bowen Human RelationshipDriven by two counterbalancing forces
* Individuality and togetherness - 6Bowenian Theory- 8 concepts1. Triangles
2. Differentiation of self
3.nuclear family emotional system
4. family projection process
5. Multigenerational transmission process
6. emotional cutoff
7. Sibling Position
8. Societal emotional process - 7Bowenian theory- Concept - TrianglesTriangles- Three-person relationship
- Smallest stable relationship system
* odd man out- Results in anxiety - 8Bowenian Theory- concepts- Triangle TensionMild tension- between insiders causes the most uncomfortable one to seek closeness to outsider
Moderate tension- one side in the conflict, 2 sides in harmony
High tension- outside position becomes desirable- insider gets the outsider to fight with the other insider - 9Triangles- " wedding gift Triangle"Wife and mother in law form a bond that can later make him jealous
- Wife overinvolved in mother and son relationship - 10Triangles- " Loyalty alignmnet Triangle"Partner and parents remain overly close
- Transforming the relationship from adolescent to adult - 11Triangles- " Dominant father in law Triangle"Wife and father unite to criticize the husband
- 12Detriangulation1. Increasing partner/ parent ability to manage their own anxiety
2. Fortifying couples emotional functioning by increasing their ability to operate with less anxiety - 13Bowenian Theory- Concepts- Differentiation of self* self VS others
* Thoughts VS emotions
- Families determine how much self one gets to develop - 14DifferentiationCapacity to think and reflect, to not respond automatically to emotional pressures
* Balance thinking and feeling - 15Highly differentiated individuals- Can separate emotional from rational thoughts
- have a balance of "I" and "We"
Emotion- "I'm angry"
Thought-" it is not ok to fight"
Bhevaior- To fight or not fight - 16Poorly differentiated individuals- Less developed self, the more influence others have on functioning
* depend heavily on acceptance and approval of others
* can try and control other people - 17Bowenina Theory- concept- Nuclear family emotional systemFour basic relationship patterns that govern where problems develop in a family
- marital conflict
- dysfunction in one spouse
- impairment on 1 + children
- emotional distance - 18Bowenian theory- concept- Nuclear family emotional system- Marital conflictFamily tension increases - spouses get anxious internalized anxiety to marital relationship
* each focuses on what is wrong with the other - 19Bowenian theory- Concepts- Nuclear family emotional system- Dysfunction in one spouseFamily tension rises further- one pressure other to think and act in a certain way, both accommodate to preserve harmony but * one does more
- 20Bowenian Theory- Concept- nuclear family emotional system- impairment on 1 or more childrenFamily tension- spouses focus their anxieties on 1 or more of their children
- worry excessively
- the more the parent focus on the child the more child will focus on them - 21Bowenian Theory- concept- nuclear family emotional system- impairment of one or more children ( how it affects the child)- Childs anxiety can impair their school performance, social relationships, and health
- process undercuts the Childs differentiation from the family - 22Bowenian Theory- Concept- Nuclear family emotional system- Emotional distanceConflict/ tension- distance from others to reduce the intensity of the relationship
* risk becoming isolated - 23Bowenina Theory- Concept- Family projection process- Primary way parents transmit their emotional problems to a child
- can impact functioning in child
- Three steps - 24Boweninian Theory- Concept- Family projection - Three steps1. Parent focuses on a child out of fear that something is wrong with the child
2. The parents interpret the child's behavior as confirming the fear
3. The parents treat the child as if something is really wrong - 25Why family projection process?- All is done to avoid the problems happening in the relationship
- Sibling less involved in the projection process more differentiated - 26Bowenian theory- concept- multigenerational transmission process- Anything we don't resolve in one generation will continue to the next generation
- people select mates with levels of differentiated that matches their own
- Differentiation increases and decreases at every generation - 27Bowenian Theory- concept- emotional cutoffUnresolved emotional issues with parents, siblings and other family - reducing or cutting off emotional contact
* problems are dormant but not resolved - 28Bowenina Theory- concept- sibling positionIdea that people who grow up in the same sibling position predictability have important common characteristics
- expected to raise children differently
- oldest VS youngest - 29Bowenina theory- concept- societal emotional processEach concept applies to nonfamily groups
- emotional systems govern behavior on a societal level
* how we affect society? - 30Therapist stance and tasks- 4 tasks- task 11. Control emotional tone of the session
* control the level of anxiety in the room - 31Therapist stance and tasks- task 22. Maintain a detriangles stance with the couple
* don't choose sides - 32Therapist stance and tasks- Task 33. help family members take " I position"
* it's ok to be yourself and be in the relationship ( "I" and "We") - 33Therapist stance and tasks- Task 44. Teach how emotional systems operate and help to differentiate from families of origin
* how to become diffrentiated- improve emotional vocabulary - 34Principal practitioners of the transgenerational model of family therapy- Murray Bowen
-Philip gverin
- betty carter
- norman paul
- monica McGoldrick
- Ivan boszorneyi- Nogy
- James franco - 35Behavior change- Lowering anxiety increasing self-focus- ability to see one's own role in interpersonal processes
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