Bowen

Question 1

What are the 4 components of Bowen family therapy ?

Answer 1

A) differentiation

B) emotional triangles

C)family projection process

D) multigenerational process

Question 2

Describe differentiation

Answer 2

INTRA-personal
Ability to distinguish between his/her own feelings

INTER-personal
Makes it possible to separate his/her own emotional+intellectual functioning from OTHERS

Question 3

Describe emotional triangles

Answer 3

Dyad experiences tension and May recruit third member to form EMOTIONAL TRIANGLE

Likelihood of emotional triangle INCREASE and differentiation DECREASES

Question 4

Describe family projection process

Answer 4

Parents projection of their emotional immaturity onto their children = low differentiation.

Question 5

Describe multigenerational transmission process

Answer 5

Transmission of one family’s emotional immaturity from one generation to the next

Occurs when the child most involved in the family’s emotional system becomes the LEAST differentiated.

Question 6

What is the primary goal of Bowen’s extended family system therapy

Answer 6

INCREASE each family members differentiation

Question 7

Questions are designed to

Answer 7

DIFFUSE émotions

Help family members understand how they contribute to family problems