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Annual Symposium
Spring Conference
Clinical Conferences
Thursday Lectures
Programs Outside the Center
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Clinical Conference
October 3, 2008
Emotional Objectivity:
Oxymoron or Possibility
Michael E. Kerr, MD
Do we have to get less reactive to our families to view them objectively or do we have to view them objectively to get less reactive? The processes are inseparable. The bad news is that people may struggle for years to be more objective, but the same problems keep recurring. The good news is that life offers an unending supply of challenges and people who persist in their efforts to become more objective sometimes “suddenly” view their relationships more factually. Emotional objectivity is no longer an oxymoron for them. What a difference it makes!
9:30-3:30
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church
3401 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC (see link above for directions)
Thursday Professional Lecture
October 2, 2008
Back to the Family for Treatment
of Eating Disorders
Tamara J. Hawk, MSW
7:30 PM
Georgetown Family Center
This multi-case study reviews the family diagrams and clinical records of seventy families that presented with an eating disorder symptom, primarily anorexia and bulimia. The study addresses these symptoms using Bowen theory, especially the concept of nuclear family emotional system and the process of child focus. It also examines common patterns across several generations in each family and describes current trends in treatment.
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