Moving around the system: a way of working clinically using Bowen family systems theory

IF 0.7 4区 心理学 Q4 FAMILY STUDIES
Katherine L. White
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Dr Murray Bowen, developer of Bowen family systems theory (BFST), had this to say to clients about working in family systems: if you get bogged down in one area, move into another (Bowen & Kerr, 1985). This statement, along with the knowledge of BFST, offered an inspiration for thinking about a method of therapy. This article highlights a method of working with an individual through a systemic lens. Two ideas are integral to this focus. One is that a client can move more easily into observing self within the system when they are not just observing self in one context or relationship but rather looking at how they function in different contexts or relationships. And second, by moving into different contexts of the system, the therapist is better able to manage the tendency towards symptom focus and stay centred on the work of differentiation. A therapist can truly have a stadium view of the system when speaking with the client about how they function in different areas of life. This method defined happens in three phases: in phase 1, the client observes themselves in their system in different contexts and looks for patterns in their functioning; in phase 2, the client takes this new self-recognition and experiments with different ways of being in one context; and in phase 3, the insights gained from experiments in one context are applied in other contexts. Both client and clinician will benefit from less symptom focus and increased ability to observe patterns in relationships, both of which are core tenets of the work of differentiation in BFST.

在系统中移动:利用鲍温家庭系统理论开展临床工作的方法
鲍温家庭系统理论(Bowen family systems theory,BFST)的提出者默里-鲍温博士(Dr Murray Bowen)曾对客户说过这样一句关于家庭系统工作的话:如果你在一个领域陷入困境,那就进入另一个领域(Bowen & Kerr, 1985)。这句话以及对 BFST 的了解,为我们思考治疗方法提供了灵感。本文重点介绍一种通过系统视角与个人合作的方法。有两个观点与这一重点密不可分。其一,当客户不只是在一种情境或关系中观察自我,而是在不同的情境或关系中观察自己如何发挥作用时,他们可以更容易地在系统中观察自我。其次,通过进入系统的不同情境,治疗师能够更好地控制症状聚焦的倾向,并将注意力集中在分化工作上。当治疗师与客户谈论他们如何在不同的生活领域发挥作用时,就能真正对系统有一个全景式的认识。这种方法分为三个阶段:在第一阶段,客户在不同的情境中观察自己的系统,并寻找其功能的模式;在第二阶段,客户利用这种新的自我认知,在一种情境中尝试不同的存在方式;在第三阶段,将在一种情境中实验获得的见解应用到其他情境中。客户和临床医生都将从减少对症状的关注和提高观察人际关系模式的能力中获益,而这两点正是 BFST 中差异化工作的核心原则。
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CiteScore
1.60
自引率
14.30%
发文量
40
期刊介绍: The ANZJFT is reputed to be the most-stolen professional journal in Australia! It is read by clinicians as well as by academics, and each issue includes substantial papers reflecting original perspectives on theory and practice. A lively magazine section keeps its finger on the pulse of family therapy in Australia and New Zealand via local correspondents, and four Foreign Correspondents report on developments in the US and Europe.
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