Bowen Flashcards
Who invented Genogram?
Geurin
Who invented Family Diagram?
Bowen
What is coaching?
Bowen believed this was to help coach clients thru their differentiation of self. He would get the process started, but then they had to do the work - like a coach.
Detriangulate
Bowen believed that families try to triangulate their therapist. The therapist detriangulates family by remaining neutral, theraby decreasing emotionality across the family, making room for solving problems
Differentiation of Self
Bowen referred to concept that one needs to balance individuality with togetherness. Highly differentiated individuals are able to act rationally in the midst of anxiety. Low levels of differentiation are highly reactive and driven to emotionality.
Displacement stories
Geurins idea to assist individuals in creating distance from their problems. Have couples reflect on other couples conflict as opposed to their own.
Family Projection Process
Bowen . Individuals with limited emotional resources project their needs on to others in the family. Ex. A mother who was rejected as a child may become overly involved with their children.
Going Home Again
Bowen - This was an intervention used to encourage adult individual clients to go home and repair any conflicted relationships
Individuality and Togetherness
Bowen - the two counterbalancing forces that drive human relationships. Balance is achieved in relation to the extent that the individual has learned to manage emotionality, that is the individuals level of self differentiation.
Non - Anxious Presence
Bowen emphasized the importance of the therapist remaining differentiated and providing a non - anxious presence throughout the session. This helps the family become less reactive and access rationality. Provides higher levels of differentiation thru modeling
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Bowen - the emotional forces in a nuclear family that are expressed thru recurrent individual behavior and interpersonal connectedness
Person to Person Relationships
Bowen - defines two family members that are able to relate to one another openly and freely without triangulating the third party. Individuals tell each other how they feel with I statements.
Process Questions
Bowen - These questions aim to slow individuals down, thereby decreasing emotionality and increasing rationality and the individual becomes more aware of how stress and anxiety influence behavior.
Relationship Experiments
Bowen - help clients become aware of systemic processes with their relationship with understanding how their behaviors impact others. These were directive in nature and instructed clients to experiment with different ways of behaving and responding to each other.
Sibling Position
Bowen - Individuals personality development is highly influenced by their birth order. Also plays a role in how children are chosen for family projection process
