FEST Writing Group

"The Emotional System: What am I Missing?"  On Friday, Oct. 6, at 12:00 pm, I will begin with a short slide presentation to generate discussion about the Emotional System with Stephanie and Jim Edd, and any others who can participate on Zoom for 25-30 minutes. One issue for me is how to keep the concept of.

Undifferentiated Family Ego Mass--this is a short piece I submitted recently to an online encyclopedia on family theory and therapy and submitting it here for any feedback, would like to develop it further.  I enjoyed thinking about this early term. The undifferentiated family ego mass was an early term that Murray Bowen used to describe his.

The biologist Lynn Margulis would sometimes comment on what she saw as the greed and egocentrism of Homo sapiens. A lack of knowledge and appreciation of other forms of life is readily apparent in the human’s conventional view of bacteria, microorganisms Margulis knew well. Historically, this major domain of life has been studied by the.

Following is just a collection of (somewhat) related ideas, more like questions really, begun as a planned talk that was uncompleted for the New England Seminar on Bowen Theory’s Societal conference, 10/02/15. Thank you for any ideas, objections, or questions!   I got started by an interest in Pope Frances and the statements by many that what.

Some personal reflections on learning more about mammalian social behavior   I have been curious about the recent studies of mammal social groups.  As scientists learn more about mammal social behavior, they gain a more filled-in picture of the animals’ close ties to others in their social group, as well as their allegiance to the group as.

some thoughts on emotional cutoff: and bridging emotional cutoff

 These segments are from a slideshow I did for a webcast in March for the Rutgers Bowen theory trainees.  I wanted to look at the material again this week, as my 24-year-old moved out two days ago to live with friends.  The triangle of son, his.