Bowen Family Systems Theory

Welcome to a brief overview of Bowen Family Systems Theory.
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[DrChristy]

I made this silly mnemonic to help with memory aids. Imagine a BOW-en arrow. Hopefully, this tip can help you with recall.
1) When you shoot with a bow and arrow, and miss the target=Triangle (visualize this instead of a circle) you become emotional.
2) Each arrow is unique=differentiated self.
3) the whole bag of arrows=nuclear fam system
4) you project where it will land=fam projective process.
5) how good your dad's dad's dad was at aiming will determine your multi-generational transmission process.
6) if you run out of arrows, you will be cut off and more emotional.
7) You compete based on sibling order.
8) and society's emotional process will determine if you got a bulls-eye!
Furthermore, BOW-en-IAN therapists assume the role of COACH. To drive it deeper, (pun intended) You are an 'exTENSION' of your family's 'PROJECTION' process, it refers to the TRANSMISSION of emotional immaturity from one generation to the next.
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[nalawatson]

Fantastic break down. I has having some difficulty with Bowens theory and you made it much simpler to comprehend! Thank you

[sayen]

Wow, thanks for this information! I am currently a nursing student which is working on a thesis related to family relationships. This helped a lot as i am considering this theory in my theoretical framework. Thank you so much and more power to your channel!

[AnDitaLee]

Wow, I’m so glad to have come across this info. Non of my therapist have discussed this with me before so it’s very exciting. I wonder if Americans could use some of this info to help resolve the division in our country. Certainly I can see many of these dynamics at play in the push and pull between the left and the right.

[KizzleTheKonqueror]

Thank you for this. My therapist uses this modality, so I wanted to look into it, and I really appreciate the explanation and animations. 💚

[meriamestrada]

The video captures the important constructs of Bowenian's family systems theory

[AaronChristian]

Bowen theory 8 concepts 2:04
Emotional triangle- 2:23
Differentiation of self - 3:23
Nuclear family systems- 4:04
Family projective process - 4:29
Multi - Generational transmission process - 5:09
Emotional cut off- 5:47
Sibling position- 6:18
Societal emotional process : 6:32

[gregorfong-rose]

Absolutely excellent. A few typos but content is awesome and easy to understand. Keep making these

[gustavosanchez]

hecks yes! MSW student up in this beyatch! thanks for sharing, cuhhh.

[joelmasantos]

This is my family, we always thought that these intense characteristics among us were due to the energy of our home.

[kevincruz]

Excellent overview before jumping into the book that started out with 2 some, 3 some, triangles.

[thejessicassmith]

This was very helpful for the class I'm taking now. Thank you!

[Walters]

Thank you for this video Ghesline, I am getting a bit of a head start on my couples and families Counselling unit that commences in a week's time!

[bricksInMyBp]

I appreciate the video. I stumbled upon it...lots of questions are forming.

[selfhealingbabe]

great explanation of the theory! Thank you so much for putting in the work for this video!!

[carolinewalradt]

Helpful video! Please note misspelling at minute 7:33. The word should be "affairs, " not affiars.

[Sakurasparkly]

This is way better than my textbook, thank you. :)

[tonywildey]

Great information! Affairs misspelled at 1:45

[shilohpettipas]

Great break down. Very informative. Thank you!

[kaiyataylor]

This was really helpful considering I have to analyze a family questionnaire and write 15 pages on my analysis. I felt like I was running out of things to say but now I know other things I can talk about. Thank you for this.