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Houston Graduate School of Theology
CS 654
FAMILY SYSTEMS THINKING
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
My story
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
My story
Varieties of systems
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
My story
Varieties of systems
In our culture, the focus has been solely on changing the
systems to the neglect of individual responsibility in
relation to the system.
INTRODUCTION TO BOWEN THEORY AS A WAY TO THINK ABOUT PASTORAL LEADERSHIP
My story
Varieties of systems
In our culture, the focus has been solely on changing the
systems to the neglect of individual responsibility in
relation to the system.
Family systems thinking leads to the conclusion that the system will be
changed as the individuals within the
system focus on managing self in the
context of the nuclear family.
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
Sibling Position
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
Sibling Position
Societal Emotional Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
Sibling Position
Societal Emotional Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
Sibling Position
Societal Emotional Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
Sibling Position
Societal Emotional Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
Sibling Position
Societal Emotional Process
THE EIGHT CONCEPTS OF BOWEN THEORY
Nuclear Family Emotional System
Differentiation of Self Scale
Triangles
Cutoff
Family Projection Process
Multigenerational Transmission Process
Sibling Position
Societal Emotional Process
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
The nuclear family, rather
than the individual, is the emotional unit.
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
The nuclear family, rather
than the individual, is the emotional unit.
Whatever affects one affects each one in the
system, i.e., anxiety moves easily from
person to person in the group.
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
The nuclear family, rather
than the individual, is the emotional unit.
Whatever affects one affects each one in the
system, i.e., anxiety moves easily from
person to person in the group.
Acute Anxiety
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
The nuclear family, rather
than the individual, is the emotional unit.
Whatever affects one affects each one in the
system, i.e., anxiety moves easily from
person to person in the group.
Acute Anxiety
Chronic Anxiety
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces• Individuality forces
Family members trade “self” into the family
relationship (togetherness) in a
family “fusion” of selves.
NUCLEAR FAMILY EMOTIONAL SYSTEM
• Togetherness forces• Individuality forces
Family members trade “self” into the family
relationship (togetherness) in a
family “fusion” of selves.
• Triangling• Conflict• Distance• Overfunctioning /underfunctioning
Patterns or postures of anxiety within the
system
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
The scale of differentiation of self is the only of the eight concepts that considers, in depth, characteristics of the
individual.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
The scale of differentiation of self is the only of the eight concepts that considers, in depth, characteristics of the
individual.
This is the work of differentiating self from one’s
emotional systems.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
The scale of differentiation of self is the only of the eight concepts that considers, in depth, characteristics of the
individual.
This is the work of differentiating self from one’s
emotional systems.
But even this concept is derived from the basic idea of family as the emotional unit. The degree of individuality each has depends on how fused he or she was/is in
family relationships.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Pseudo-self
Participant in the relationship exchange involved in fusions
Immature Automatic Reactive
Lets in the anxiety from the system, functions on borrowed self from another, or conversely, gives up self to another
in an instant.
DIFFERENTIATION OF SELF SCALE
Basic-self
Guided by principles arrived at
through the best thinking, based on logic
and fact.
Higher on the scale,
boundaries between the
basic-self and pseudo-self are
less permeable.
The most effective place to
change relationship or
personality difficulties is in
the system where they first
developed.
Since anxiety figures so large in
relationship dilemmas, many people work on
regulating anxiety as part of their
work of differentiation.
TRIANGLES
TRIANGLES
A three-person emotional configuration—the basic building block of any emotional system.
TRIANGLES
A three-person emotional configuration—the basic building block of any emotional system.
The smallest stable relationship system.
TRIANGLES
A three-person emotional configuration—the basic building block of any emotional system.
The smallest stable relationship system.
When tension in the triangle is too great for the threesome, it involves others to become a series of interlocking triangles.
TRIANGLES
A three-person emotional configuration—the basic building block of any emotional system.
The smallest stable relationship system.
When tension in the triangle is too great for the threesome, it involves others to become a series of interlocking triangles.
A three-person system is one triangle, a four-person system is four primary triangles, a five-person system is nine.
TRIANGLES
Resist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).
TRIANGLES
Resist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).
Work to get to a calmer, more “outside” position.
TRIANGLES
Resist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).
Work to get to a calmer, more “outside” position.
Become the calmer observer in order to think objectively.
TRIANGLES
Resist the urge to be in the middle of it, not feeling “left out” when outside the intensity (Gilbert, 51).
Work to get to a calmer, more “outside” position.
Become the calmer observer in order to think objectively.
Stay emotionally neutral in order to think.
CUTOFF
A process of separation, isolation, withdrawal, running away, or denying the importance of the parental family.
CUTOFF
A process of separation, isolation, withdrawal, running away, or denying the importance of the parental family.
An extreme form of distancing.
CUTOFF
A process of separation, isolation, withdrawal, running away, or denying the importance of the parental family.
An extreme form of distancing.
One of the ways people attempt to resolve the relationship tension that results from that unresolved attachment, fusion, or undifferentiation and the anxiety it engenders.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESS
An explanation of how differentiation levels are passed from parents to offspring as well as how that process can be different for each child in the family.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESS
An explanation of how differentiation levels are passed from parents to offspring as well as how that process can be different for each child in the family.
Levels of differentiation can be quite different among siblings.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESS
An explanation of how differentiation levels are passed from parents to offspring as well as how that process can be different for each child in the family.
Levels of differentiation can be quite different among siblings.
The worried “child-focus” or “projection” of anxiety gets off-loaded to offspring.
FAMILY PROJECTION PROCESS
An explanation of how differentiation levels are passed from parents to offspring as well as how that process can be different for each child in the family.
Levels of differentiation can be quite different among siblings.
The worried “child-focus” or “projection” of anxiety gets off-loaded to offspring.
It seems that the projection process is different for different children.