This workshop will include a number of different components in an effort to communicate essential pieces of Bowen Family Systems Theory and therapy. The first presentation will examine the field of family therapy as a whole and compare and contrast Bowen theory and therapy with the the field as a whole.

The second presentation will illustrate the importance of family theory to all of medicine, with a special emphasis on the role of chronic anxiety in symptom development.

The third presentation is a videotaped interview with a man and his wife discussing his gradual and complete recovery from a diagnosis of schizophrenia and a period of homelessness. The last presentation will focus on the process of differentiation. It is made up of a series of personal vignettes that help bring to life this often misunderstood process.

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