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January 2020
Speaker: Anne S. McKnight, EdD, LCSW, LICSW This presentation will discuss Bowen’s concept of cutoff, which addresses the unresolved emotional attachment that resides in an individual when separating from his/her family of origin. Cutoff addresses the emotional dependency on the previous generation in individuals as they move toward adulthood. The dependency can result in never…
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Speaker: Barbara Laymon, PhD, MPH Faculty member at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, Washington, DC Dr. Laymon will discuss her efforts to define herself each week with a regular writing/spiritual practice on her blog, Reflections on the Sunday Lectionary Readings. Augmenting her efforts, she encounters many surprises and insights along the…
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In The Hidden Life of Trees, author Peter Wohlleben’s observations about the underground system with which trees use to communicate offer valuable insights into how human groups – such as congregations – function. Like the hidden life of trees, the connections in congregations are deep, with many relationships, associations, and loyalties operating under the surface.…
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Speaker: Kathleen Cotter Cauley, MEd, LMFT If people engage in ongoing practice with navigating triangles in their family, it can be a bridge to seeing triangles in other areas of life, such as organizations, churches, and the clinical setting. This presentation will cover how one person can make a difference when triangles activate, alongside highlighting…
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Speaker: Patricia Comella, Esq (retired) Ms. Comella will describe her efforts to apply Bowen’s natural systems theory of human emotional functioning to mitigate tensions in the relationship between human societies and their sustaining environments. The human is inextricably attached to the Earth. Humans depend on nature’s bounty for their survival and cannot sustain their existence…
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Speaker: Kenton T. Derstine, MDiv, DMin This conference will explore the idea that the effort for differentiation of self in one’s own family contributes to enhanced functioning in one’s work. Increasing one’s awareness of emotional and relationship patterns across one’s previous generations informs the effort to become a more connected and a more defined self…
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Speaker: Robert J. Noone, PhD The concept of emotional cutoff was originally developed by Dr. Murray Bowen to describe the emotional process between the generations, or how individuals manage their unresolved emotional attachment to their parents. This process does not begin anew with each generation, as it is influenced by the parents’ degree of cutoff…
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Creating a Climate for Change is an opportunity for those who study and practice Bowen theory and also for educators, students, policy makers, and community organizers to think together about how to live in better harmony with nature in the midst of climate challenges. What are facts about climate changes? What is the human impact…
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