for mental, physical and social symptoms.
“Bowen theory assigns a very important role to heightened and sustained levels of anxiety in the development of clinical symptoms of all types, whether they manifest as mental illness, physical illness, or social illness.” (Kerr, Bowen Theory Secrets, 118)
for mental, physical and social symptoms.
“Bowen theory assigns a very important role to heightened and sustained levels of anxiety in the development of clinical symptoms of all types, whether they manifest as mental illness, physical illness, or social illness.” (Kerr, Bowen Theory Secrets, 118)
Business and clergy leaders.
“…any differentiation in any key person in society automatically rubs off on others. Anyone who moves in this direction benefits society.” (Bowen, Family Therapy in Clinical Practice, 450)
“…human nature is a part of all nature, so that it is as knowable and predictable and reproducible as other phenomena in nature; but I believe that research should be directed at making theoretical contact with other fields, rather than applying the scientific method to subjective human data.” (Bowen, Family Therapy in Clinical Practice, 340)
“I fashioned a natural systems theory, designed to fit precisely with the principles of evolution and the human as an evolutionary being.” (Bowen, Kerr & Bowen, Family Evaluation, 360)
MFT/Social Work/Psychology/ Nursing/Psychiatry/Counseling
“One reason it is difficult to apply systems thinking to human behavior is that cause-and-effect thinking is our default mode. It is easier, more automatic to react to a situation and blame someone for it (or blame oneself, which is an equal problem). If anxiety escalates, it becomes harder to do the type of thinking and reflection necessary to maintain a systems understanding of a situation. Decades of clinical experiences have shown that, with persistence, people can get better at it.” (Kerr, Bowen Theory’s Secrets, 6)
“The core of my theory has to do with the degree to which people are able to distinguish between the feeling process and the intellectual process…. Those with the most ability to distinguish between feeling and thinking, or who have the most differentiation of self, have the most flexibility and adaptability in coping with life stresses…” (Bowen, Family Therapy in Clinical Practice, 355-356)