59th Symposium on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy - Friday Afternoon

This set of videos includes the following presentations: 

Clinical Research Based on Bowen Theory - Randall T. Frost MDiv

Murray Bowen wrote that therapists could help theory one day become a real science "if they could find a way to govern their thinking in a scientific direction." A model of clinical research, based on theory, could help therapists move theory further toward science.

Bringing the Triangle to Life: Managing Short-Term Stress Towards Self-Regulation - Laurie Lassiter

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Family Emotional Process, the Adoptive Family and Epigenetics - Laura Brooks, MSW, LCSWC-C

This presentation will explore the relationship between family emotional processes and epigenetics in the adoptive family. Epigenetic research across species documents the plasticity of gene expression in the human as well as in other species. The results of cross-fostering studies of non-human species stir questions about the impact of the family emotional process on adopted children.

Lessons From Two Pioneers in the Study of Natural Systems - LeAnne Howard

The fundamental contribution to natural systems thinking by Dr. Murray Bowen and Dr. Deborah M. Gordon respectively will be highlighted by a long-term student of both systems. Potential contribution to a new way of thinking provides a path for human adaptation to the rapidly shifting conditions of the 21st century.

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