Bowen Theory's Secrets: Revealing the Hidden Life of Families
Book Details
- Publisher : WW Norton & Co
- Published : 2022
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 408
- Category :
Family, Couple and Systemic Therapy - Catalogue No : 98683
- ISBN 13 : 9781324052647
- ISBN 10 : 1324052643
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Core Concepts in Bowen Theory
1. Systems Thinking
2. Evolution and the Emotional System
3. The Molecule of an Emotional System
4. Patterns of Emotional Functioning
5. Differentiation of Self
6. Emotional Regression
7. Emotional Regression and the Individuality-Togetherness Balance
8. Emotional Objectivity
9. Emotional Programming
10. Chronic Anxiety
11. The Multigenerational Family Organism
12. Sibling Position
13. Emotional Cutoff
14. Societal Emotional Process
Part II: The Process of Differentiation
15. Key Ingredients in the Process of Differentiation
16. Personal Vignettes of the Process of Differentiation
17. Clinical Example of the Process of Differentiation
18. The Process of Differentiation: Theory, Method, and Technique
Part III: Applying Bowen Theory to Families in the Public Eye
19. The Unabomber and His Family
20. Gary Gilmore and His Family
21. Adam Lanza and His Family
22. John Nash: A Beautiful Mind
Part IV: Special Applications
23. Unidisease: A Proposed New Concept in Bowen Theory
24. Toward a Systems Concept of Supernatural Phenomena
Epilogue: Applying Bowen Theory to My Own Family
References
Index