Fall Fundamentals Conference: Parenting During Anxious Times
The Bowen Center’s Fall Fundamentals Conference provides background on family systems thinking related to a topic of current interest to therapists in clinical practice. Held at the University of the District of Columbia since 2016, the conference will be offered via Zoom.
These are anxious times we are living in. Between global anxiety and family anxiety it is hard for a parent to catch a break. What difference does it make for both client and therapist to look at parenting and anxiety through a systems thinking lens? During this day leaders in family systems will share their thoughts on how knowledge about systems theory can lead to more effective parenting and an increased capacity to manage anxiety. Multigenerational patterns, projection process, differentiation of self and other systems concepts will be explored.
Fees
Regular Rate: $75
Student Rate (Full-Time and Part-Time Students): $25
CEs: $15
Overview
Date: Friday, September 30, 2022
Location: Online via Zoom
Time: 9:30 AM- 3:30 PM Eastern Time
Schedule
Time |
Title |
Presenter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 9:30 | A Description of Parenting Through the Lens of the Nuclear Family Emotional System and the Effects of Anxiety of Family Functioning Dr. Millikin will present a basic introduction to Bowen theory, emphasizing the four basic relationship patterns that make up the concept of the nuclear family emotional system and will address such topics as the effects of anxiety on family functioning and how family functioning intersects with various parenting trends. |
John Millikin, Ph.D |
| 10:15 | Parenting During Anxious Times: Why the Family System Matters? The nuclear family emotional mechanisms play into the system of parenting offspring. By using the family unit functioning questionnaire one can better understand how to think about parenting behaviors as part of one’s family system. Participants will better understand how nuclear family emotional mechanisms play into the system of parenting offspring. Participants will learn about the family unit functioning questionnaire to better understand how to think about parenting behaviors as part of one family system. |
Carrie E. Collier, Ph.D., LPC, CRC |
| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 | Parenting, Anxiety and Differentiation of Self: What does Sex Have to Do With It? Stress can either be an accelerator for sexual intimacy or a brake for it. By making moves towards differentiation each partner can better communicate their desires (or lack thereof) and create a place for different types of intimacy. By having this connection and keeping the anxiety between the couple there is less opportunity for projection of anxiety onto children. |
Ashley L. Mader, Ph.D., LICSW |
| 12:00 | Breakout Rooms | |
| 12:30 | Lunch Break | |
| 1:30 | The Adoptive Family as Natural System Research of the adopted child and family has focused on the family as a collection of individuals with certain characteristics that affect outcome. In contrast, in this presentation, a family systems perspective describes a broader view of the emotional process in the family unit that variably impacts the functioning of the adoptive family and its members. |
Laura R. Brooks, LCSW-C |
| 2:15 | The Impact of Anxious Times Across Generations This presentation will focus on how external challenges and family events impact the stability of a family and the capacity of parents to function effectively. Researching the history of one family across the generations will illustrate their capacity to function effectively in raising offspring as well as how events both outside and within the family affect the outcome for their children’s functioning . The presentation will discuss how mechanisms that moderate family anxiety including distance/cutoff, over/underfunctioning reciprocity, conflict, and child projection process can repeat across generations of a family’s life. |
Anne S. McKnight, Ed.D., LCSW |
| 3:00 | Closing Panel | |
| 3:30 | Adjournment |
CEs
The Georgetown Family Center is approved as an independent provider of continuing education credit by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners and the District of Columbia Board of Social Work. Georgetown Family Center/Bowen Center for the Study of the Family has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6225. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Georgetown Family Center/Bowen Center for the Study of the Family is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. The number of hours of Category I continuing education credit for social workers and for counselors will be announced.
If you plan to participate in the CE process, it is necessary to:
Register in advance and pay the CE fee of $15
Prepare to stay for the entire conference with video on
Submit a completed evaluation within one week
Return policy: Refund will be issued if cancellation is given within 24 hours
Learning Objectives
Identify the four basic relationship patterns that make up the nuclear family emotional system
State how challenges in the family have an impact on the family emotional process and parenting.
Describe how differentiation of self impacts intimacy and the role anxiety plays in intimacy in a partnership.
Georgetown Family Center, Inc.
Fall Fundamentals Conference
ACEP No. 6225
