Bowen, Multigenerational Flashcards
Undifferentiated Family Ego Mass
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Multigenerational
Nuclear Family Emotional System
How fused the family is, how much reactivity
Triangles
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Multigenerational
When a 3rd party is brought in to diffuse tension between two others, to lower the anxiety.
Family Projection Process
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Multigenerational
When we have unmet needs from our family, we are likely to project them on to our current family.
I was neglected, now my family is enmeshed.
Societal Emotional Process
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Multigenerational
The way society can influence family systems and individuals within the system; the more differentiated someone is the less they are impacted.
Emotional Cutoff
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Multigenerational
When someone manages anxiety by emotionally withdrawing. Often looks differentiated but isn’t. Cutoff is often used by those most fused.
Sibling Position
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Multigenerational
The order in which you were born may impact your personality. Oldest - responsible, parent. Youngest.
Multigenerational Transmission Process
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Multigenerational
Passing down of symptoms, emotional processes throughout the years.
Multigenerational Family Systems
WHO? Individuals, couples, entire, family, or combo
HOW LONG? Long term up to several years
Goals? Decrease anxiety, increase differentiation
Conflict between togetherness & self.
Process Questions
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Multigenerational
Makes family slow down and be more rational when stress/anxiety influences what’s going on.
Going Home Again
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Multigenerational
Intervention to go home and repair conflict with F.O.O
Displacement Stories
Bowen / Guerin
Multigenerational
Create distance between you and your problem - rationally thinking through a reflection of conflicts other people are having.
“I” Position
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Multigenerational
Helps diffuse emotional reactivity by having people take ownership of their feelings/thoughts/emotions.
Relationship Experiments
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Multigenerational
This was HW to try outside of session.
Multigenerational Family Systems: Treatment Phases
Early: Take rich family hx, genogram as assessment, look for individuality/togetherness
Middle: Genogram, triangles, multigenerational transmission process
Late; “I” statements, etc.
Nuclear Family Emotional System
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Multigenerational
The way reactivity and non-reactivity is established through patterns in a family.
Individuality & Togetherness
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Multigenerational
There is anxiety when individually & togetherness are polarized. Need balance to be high functioning.
Need self differentiation in order to achieve the balance.
Differentiation of Self
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Multigenerational
What is mine, what is yours. Ability to maintain rational thinking - non-reactive in conflict vs highly reactive and emotional.
Non-anxious Presence
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Multigenerational
Role of therapist is to be non-anxious. Regulate the room. State differentiated from system.
Detriangulate
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Multigenerational
Therapist to remain neutral so as not to be pulled into the system, which helps diffuse emotionality in room.
Coaching
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Multigenerational
Role of therapist is coach or teacher. Client has to do the work, therapist is just there to guide.
Multigenerational Family Systems: Assessment & Diagnosis
Assessment: Rich family hx often through a genogram. Looking for individuality & togetherness. Triangles, differentiation.
Non-pathologizing.
Triangulation
Bowen
Multigenerational
When 3rd party is brought in to reduce anxiety, often the therapist.
Genogram or Family Diagram
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Multigenerational
Guerin coined term genogram.
Used to see how families operate in 3 generations, can be used to establish patterns.
