Family evaluation : an approach based on Bowen theory / Michael E. Kerr and Murray Bowen.
By: Kerr, Michael E
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Contributor(s): Bowen, Murray.
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BookPublisher: New York : Norton, c1988Description: xii, 400 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0393700569 .Subject(s): Bowen, Murray, 1913- | Family psychotherapy | Family counselingDDC classification: 616.89156 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Michael Kerr (who worked with Bowen for many years) and Bowen propose that the enormously complex task of evaluating a clinical family can be orderly when it is grounded in family systems theory.
Using family diagrams and case studies, the book is devoted to an elegant explication of Bowen theory, which analyzes multigenerational family relationships and conceptualizes the family as an emotional unit or as a network of interlocking relationships, not only among the family members, but also among biological, psychological, and sociological processes. Bowen's persistent inquiry and devotion to family observation, in spite of obstacles and frustrations, have resulted in a theory that has radically changed our ways of looking at all behavior.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 387-388) and index.
Toward a natural systems theory -- The emotional system -- Individuality and togetherness -- Differentiation of self -- Chronic anxiety -- Triangles -- Nuclear family emotional system -- Multigenerational emotional process -- Symptom development -- Family evaluation -- Epilogue: An odyssey toward science / Murray Bowen.
CIT Module COUN 6001 - Core reading.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Murray Bowen, M.D. , and Michael Kerr, M.D., worked together for twenty years. When Bowen passed away in 1990, Kerr took over his position as the Director of the Georgetown Family Center.Michael E. Kerr , MD, succeeded Murray Bowen as director of the Georgetown Family Center. He is coauthor with Bowen of Family Evaluation (Norton) and lives in Islesboro, Maine.