I have been thinking about the core concept of Bowen Theory - Differentiation of Self. It seems to broaden the field of vision in so many ways. How differently would we think and act if we assessed ourselves, our family, the Supreme Court and world leaders, and large social groups based on the concept of.
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Yearly Archives: 2020
I will sketch here a paper I want to write.
In the 1950s through the 1980s, there was an abundance of family research, both quantitative and clinical, which followed efforts of the major pioneers of family therapy. A great deal of this research dealt with families of schizophrenics. This focus expanded to the family,.
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(Colleagues: Here are some summer notes from my inner/outer research on the effect of long-term mediation on differentiation of self.)
I am interested in a state of awareness described by ancient texts, and translated as "knowingness". My colleague and fellow meditation researcher Mark Roberts, and increasingly I, at times, experience a clear, concentrated, abstract sense of.
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Draft for FEST: Ideas for presentation at the 2020 Symposium, The human family as a product of evolution—Any ideas about this draft? Including how does the multigenerational emotional process fit with evolution? Thank you for any feedback,
Laurie
Murray Bowen described in detail how a human family tends to compromise the functioning of one or more members,.
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The social hierarchy and Laurie Lassiter’s chapter in the Handbook of Bowen Family Systems Theory and Research Methods
I have been interested in the subject of the social hierarchy for a while. My reading of Sapolsky, deWaal, E. O. Wilson, and other scientists has helped me understand the adaptive value of groups organizing rank orders.
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The Symptom and the System: As modelled in the Family Diagram app by Patrick Stinson
With the Applied variables of the Havstad Model, A Framework for Clinical research Based on Bowen Theory
Hello Festwg,
The link above is to a 30 minute video I just recorded, demonstrating the use of Patrick Stinson’s Family Diagram App with.
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Being the other
Posted by Barbara Le Blanc
The protests across the United States have gotten me thinking about the many conversations I’ve had with my son and stepdaughter about race. They also have renewed my questions about what it means to be “the other” in society and what Bowen theory has to say about that.
My family is racially mixed. My husband and.
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The first part is what I posted last time. The rest is new.
Years ago I heard from somebody that Murray Bowen had been asked, “What is the single best indicator of level of differentiation?” And that he answered, “occupational attainment”, or “educational attainment”.
I don’t know if he said any of this.
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First, we saw only the tall green tree,
We were blind to the surrounding forest.
The earth was flat.
The forest, dark.
. . . They knew not what to do.
January 19, 2020, the Washington Post carried a very personal story of one family’s experience in the effort to find help for their son, Aaron. Reading this family's misadventure through.
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I am thinking about the elections and choosing a candidate to lead the nation. I am wondering how a poor functioning group could elect someone who is capable of functioning at a better level. We all seem to be looking for someone who will save us from this steady decline without upsetting our comfortable existence.
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