Bowenian Therapy (Deep Dive) (2016 Rerun)

Psychology In Seattle Podcast

Kirk Honda

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 25 December 2022

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[Rerun] Dr. Kirk presents his deep dive into Bowenian Therapy. What exactly is differentiation and triangulation? How did Murray Bowen come up with his theory? How is used to help families function better? May 18, 2016

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0:00.0	So, I've had a long history with Murray Bowen and his famous theory.
0:06.8	My very first lecture as a professor was on Bowenian theory.
0:12.2	At the time, I was 26 and terrified out of my mind.
0:17.4	The night before I had to give the lecture, I almost quit my assistant teaching gig because
0:23.0	I was so terrified.
0:25.0	I remember I was pacing back and forth in my apartment and so close to just picking
0:30.6	up the phone and saying, I give up, I never mind, I don't want to be a teacher.
0:35.9	This is too terrifying for me, I'll just be a therapist and that'll be that.
0:40.6	But I didn't make that phone call and the next day I stood up and gave my lecture on
0:46.7	Bowenian theory.
0:49.2	And as I think about it right now, perhaps Bowen himself might have told me at that moment
0:54.4	as I gave that lecture or the night before when I decided that I would actually do it
0:58.9	instead of quitting, he might say that my intellectual guidance system had prevailed over
1:05.3	my emotional reactivity thereby I was expressing my differentiation.
1:12.5	So since that first lecture, I've continued lecturing on Bowenian theory to my family
1:19.0	therapy students and counseling students.
1:22.2	I've also supervised post-grad therapists to consider themselves to be Bowenian therapists.
1:30.5	Among other family therapists, when I talk to them, we often use Bowenian terminology.
1:37.2	Mainly we use words like differentiation and triangulation because there's really
1:41.2	no other words in our field that capture what those words mean that Bowen invented.
1:48.9	I've also used this theory in my own work with my clients.
1:53.5	And as a professor in a family therapy program for the past, well, since 98, so almost
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