FEST Writing Group

  Unfortunately I did not have time to really give this the time it needs but people may find some of it intersting.  I am writing a chapter for Pete's book and this is my part so far.  Warning not edited..  Andrea M. Schara   In June 1981 the C.D.C. reported an account of five young gay men.

I am thinking about the impact of resources (too many or too few) on human behavior. An abundance of resources may impinge on overall functioning; likewise a lack of resources could do the same. All of this would be influenced by the instinctive nature of man and his ability or inability to regulate his instinctual.

In some of his writings, Dr. Bowen asserted that democracy is unstable, at least in part, because elections are much too subjective and guided by the emotional system. He suggested that we could reach the point where we would need a monarch or benevolent dictator who could make thinking-based decisions and restore order and good functioning. I.

I am interested in the interface between the concept of structural violence (from anthropology, I think) and Bowen's concept of societal regression.  Are these concepts congruent, or are there differences? Here is a description of structural violence I wrote in a recent article in Family Systems Forum: Karen Armstrong locates the origin of structural violence at the point.

I presented this at the spring meeting and am writing it up for a book chapter. I'm interested in what makes sense to readers and what doesn't. Laura From the perspective of Bowen theory with the focus on the family as an emotional unit, it appears that people are often less affected by life events like.

TITLE:  Does Meditation Foster Differentiation of Self?   Erik Thompson, MA Licensed Psychologist-Masters Principal, Thompson Leadership Development, Inc. and Executive Director, Vermont Center for Family Studies   “Just as a solid rock is not shaken by the storm, even so the wise are not affected by praise or blame.”   -The Yoga Vashishtha, 6^th Century BC   Bowen theorists have developed a unique set of tools for.

In the last three months or so, I have been studying symbiosis; e.g. parent-child symbiosis. Why? When I reviewed the quantitative research on families of schizophrenics, it was striking how symbiosis as a factor in development of schizophrenia has been neglected by all the quantitative researchers. It seemed odd when you consider.