Southern California Education and Training in Bowen Family Systems Theory
Programs
Annual Bowen Theory Conference
San Diego Bowen Theory Conference featuring Michael Kerr, M.D. from the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, D.C.
“Obstacles to Differentiation of Self”
Date: October 30, 2010
Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Brandman University – San Diego Campus
(Member of the Chapman University System)
7460 Mission Valley Road
San Diego, CA. 92108
Course Description: This day will begin with a lecture that places the concept of differentiation of self in an evolutionary perspective. The talk is an extension of a videotape in the Bowen-Kerr series, “A New Concept of the Midbrain,” in which Murray Bowen refers to the midbrain as the basis of automatic behaviors and the forebrain as the basis for self-regulation. Three clinical interviews will follow with people who have worked long and hard to apply Bowen theory in their families, but who only recently made important breakthroughs in their efforts. In one case, the person had been confusing staying calm and non-reactive with differentiation and, in another case, the person knew there was an alternative to continuing to deal with a rocky marriage and seriously acting out adolescent the way she always had, but could not act on the alternative until the family situation became dire. All the tapes will illustrate the difficulties involved in differentiation, but will affirm that progress is possible for those who persist in their efforts.
Course approved for 6.5 CE Credits for LMFT/LCSW (#959) and submitted to MCEP AA for approval for Psychology.
Register early – May conference was sold out!