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E.Ext F Sys Therapy
Extended Family Systems Therapy - Intergenerational Approach by Murray Bowen
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Founder | Murray Bowen |
| Assumption | Emphasizes the family’s emotional system, triangulation, and the history of this system as it is traced through the family’s past generations. Features eight interlocking concepts. |
| Goals | The goal is to increase the differentiation of all family members. |
| Differentiation of self | This refers to how well a family member can be aware of and distinguish feelings from thoughts. With low differentiation, a person in a family conflict may Fuse thoughts and emotions and not be able to stand up for himself, increasing risk of triangu... |
| Emotional Triangulation | When there is stress between two people in a family, they may bring another member into the fray in hopes they will dilute the anxiety. If this arbitrator – who can be the therapist - is differentiated, the situation can improve. |
| Nuclear family emotional system | People will likely select partners who deal with tension and instability similarly. For instance, if two people with low levels of differentiation marry, they will likely be a highly fused couple. |
| Family projection process | When parents have conflicts or emotional immaturity, they often project these onto one child, who is usually the child who is most emotionally attached to the parents. |
| Emotional cutoff | When a child encounters overstimulation due to stress in the family, he may free himself of emotional ties by physically separating himself. |
| Multigenerational transmission process | The process by which dysfunctional family styles can escalate over the generations as spouses with similarly undifferentiated styles marry. |
| Sibling position | The sibling order of a child affects the way the grown adult treats his or her future relationships with other people. |
| Society emotional process | As societal stress increases, a family reflects that stress by moving toward lower levels of differentiation. |
| Techniques | Very important is that the therapist remains neutral and objective as he becomes the third member in a therapeutic triangle. To stay differentiated, he asks thinking rather than feeling questions and has family members direct their comments to him. |
| Genogram | This is a method for diagramming family relationships, geographic locations, and dates of significant events. It can help the therapist notice patterns of differentiation in extended families that reflect problems in current family. |
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