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December 2019
Speaker: Carrie E. Collier, PhD, LPC, CRC The speaker's clinical experiences with families with higher levels of member interdependency show that family members benefit from learning about emotions in self that are situated in the family emotional unit (Bowen, 1978). Emotional energy fuels the family’s capability and effort to adapt successfully to life challenges. Bowen…
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Find out moreJanuary 2020
Speaker: Peggy Chan, MEd, RSW Director of Program, ISS Family Institute, International Social Service Hong Kong Branch, Hong Kong The mother-in-law/daughter-in-law relationship is often experienced as complicated and intense for many families in Hong Kong. The introduction of unresolved emotional attachment to the family of origin into the spousal relationship often creates tensions in both…
Find out moreFebruary 2020
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…
Find out moreMarch 2020
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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