Family and Self

In Family and Self: Bowen Theory and the Shaping of Adaptive Capacity, Robert J. Noone examines Murray Bowen’s theory of the family and its clinical application.

Robert J. Noone is faculty at the Center for Family Consultation and the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family.

Chapter 1: Family and Adaptive Capacity Chapter 2: Toward Emotional Objectivity Chapter 3: The Brain and Self-Regulation Chapter 4: The Family as an Adaptive System Chapter 5: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Family and the Brain Chapter 6: The Impact of Stress on the Family and Adaptive Capacity Chapter 7: Family and the Multigenerational Process Chapter 8: Emotional Cutoff and the Establishment of a Self in Each Generation Chapter 9: A Systems Theory of the Family Chapter 10: Family as a Pathway toward Enhanced Adaptive Capacity