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When Bowen was a student and practitioner of classical
psychoanalysis at the Menninger Clinic, he became engrossed in
understanding the process of schizophrenia and its relationship to
mother-child symbiosis. Between the years 1950 and 1959, at
Menninger and later at the National Institute of Mental Health (as
first chief of family studies), he worked clinically with over 500
schizophrenic families. This extensive experience was a time of
fruition for his thinking as he began to conceptualize human
behavior as emerging from within the context of a family system.
Later, at Georgetown University Medical School, Bowen worked to
extend the application of his ideas to the neurotic family system.
Initially he saw his work as an amplification and modification of
Freudian theory, but later viewed it as an evolutionary step toward
understanding human beings as functioning within their primary
networkDtheir family. One of the most renowned theorist and
therapist in the field of family work, this book encompasses the
breadth and depth of Bowen's contributions. It presents the
evolution of Bowen's Family Theory from his earliest essays on
schizophrenic families and their treatment, through the development
of his concepts of triangulation, intergenerational conflict and
societal regression, and culminating in his brilliant exploration
of the differentiation of one's self in one's family of origin.
Family therapy has become a well-established treatment modality
across many mental health disciplines including clinical social
work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and counseling. This book
tells the story of how family therapy began based on the work of
one of the pioneers of family theory and therapy, Murray Bowen,
M.D. Bowen's psychiatric training began at the Menninger Foundation
in 1946. It was during the later part of his eight years at
Menninger's that he began his transition away from conventional
psychoanalytic theory and practice. Bowen left Menninger's in 1954
and began a historic family research program at the National
Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland. This
program, called the Family Study Program, involved hospitalizing
entire families on a specialized research ward. He was interested
in families with a child diagnosed with schizophrenia. There were
two central findings of Bowen's four year project. The first was
the concept that the family could be conceptualized and treated as
an emotional unit. The second, was family psychotherapy, which
began as staff-family daily meetings on the inpatient unit. The
findings of Bowen's project remain part of mainstream mental health
practice today. From that project, Bowen went on to develop his
well known eight interlocking theoretical concepts that continue to
be highly influential both in mental health and business. Bowen's
project also significantly transformed the therapeutic
relationship. The psychotherapist tried to achieve a balance when
working with the families by making emotional connections while
staying out of intense emotional reactions. They also worked
diligently to avoid psychologically replacing parents. This book
details the story of how these transformative changes came about by
highlighting the original papers of the project.
Family therapy has become a well-established treatment modality
across many mental health disciplines including clinical social
work, psychology, psychiatry, nursing, and counseling. This book
tells the story of how family therapy began based on the work of
one of the pioneers of family theory and therapy, Murray Bowen,
M.D. Bowen's psychiatric training began at the Menninger Foundation
in 1946. It was during the later part of his eight years at
Menninger's that he began his transition away from conventional
psychoanalytic theory and practice. Bowen left Menninger's in 1954
and began a historic family research program at the National
Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH) in Bethesda, Maryland. This
program, called the Family Study Program, involved hospitalizing
entire families on a specialized research ward. He was interested
in families with a child diagnosed with schizophrenia. There were
two central findings of Bowen's four year project. The first was
the concept that the family could be conceptualized and treated as
an emotional unit. The second, was family psychotherapy, which
began as staff-family daily meetings on the inpatient unit. The
findings of Bowen's project remain part of mainstream mental health
practice today. From that project, Bowen went on to develop his
well known eight interlocking theoretical concepts that continue to
be highly influential both in mental health and business. Bowen's
project also significantly transformed the therapeutic
relationship. The psychotherapist tried to achieve a balance when
working with the families by making emotional connections while
staying out of intense emotional reactions. They also worked
diligently to avoid psychologically replacing parents. This book
details the story of how these transformative changes came about by
highlighting the original papers of the project.
When Bowen was a student and practitioner of classical
psychoanalysis at the Menninger Clinic, he became engrossed in
understanding the process of schizophrenia and its relationship to
mother-child symbiosis. Between the years 1950 and 1959, at
Menninger and later at the National Institute of Mental Health (as
first chief of family studies), he worked clinically with over 500
schizophrenic families. This extensive experience was a time of
fruition for his thinking as he began to conceptualize human
behavior as emerging from within the context of a family system.
Later, at Georgetown University Medical School, Bowen worked to
extend the application of his ideas to the neurotic family system.
Initially he saw his work as an amplification and modification of
Freudian theory, but later viewed it as an evolutionary step toward
understanding human beings as functioning within their primary
network-their family. One of the most renowned theorist and
therapist in the field of family work, this book encompasses the
breadth and depth of Bowen's contributions. It presents the
evolution of Bowen's Family Theory from his earliest essays on
schizophrenic families and their treatment, through the development
of his concepts of triangulation, intergenerational conflict and
societal regression, and culminating in his brilliant exploration
of the differentiation of one's self in one's family of origin.
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