Making Sense of Human Life

Drawing from rich archival material, this book provides unprecedented access to the professional documents and historical context surrounding the life’s work of Dr. Murray Bowen (1913-1990), medical doctor, psychiatrist, and pioneering researcher of Family Systems Theory. To understand the origins a...

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description Drawing from rich archival material, this book provides unprecedented access to the professional documents and historical context surrounding the life’s work of Dr. Murray Bowen (1913-1990), medical doctor, psychiatrist, and pioneering researcher of Family Systems Theory. To understand the origins and evolution of this theory, Catherine Rakow explores Bowen’s early years as a psychiatrist at the Menninger Foundation - at which time he became curious about the possibility of determining a factual basis for psychoanalytic theory - and explains how this research would foreground Bowen’s lifelong study of the family unit at the National Institute of Mental Health. From those seminal years of study and observation, Rakow explains how Bowen developed Family Systems Theory: A theory of human functioning that conceives of family as a naturally occurring, regenerating system. Rakow’s close engagement with Bowen’s practice and influences at this time allows for a fulsome account of the research process that Bowen undertook to develop this innovatory approach. In this book, Rakow demonstrates the value of Bowen’s work as a model and research methodology for those exploring the role of theory in improving family relationships, making it essential reading for marriage and family therapists, mental health professionals, students, those interested in the history of medicine, and curious individuals alike.The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.
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Mother Daughter Relationship
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Innate Growth
Mother Daughter Pair
Bowen's Life
Family Psychotherapy
Bowen’s Thoughts
Bowen’s Years
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Making Sense of Human Life
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topic family dynamics
psychiatric residency
Menninger Foundation history
NIMH research
psychoanalytic foundations
symbiotic relationships
historical development of family systems theory
Young Man
National Library
Clinical Practice
Bowen’s Theory
University Of Wisconsin
Bowen’s Effort
Mother Daughter Relationship
Bowen’s Research
Outpatient Clinics
Menninger Clinic
Menninger Foundation
Innate Growth
Mother Daughter Pair
Bowen's Life
Family Psychotherapy
Bowen’s Thoughts
Bowen’s Years
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psychiatric residency
Menninger Foundation history
NIMH research
psychoanalytic foundations
symbiotic relationships
historical development of family systems theory
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Clinical Practice
Bowen’s Theory
University Of Wisconsin
Bowen’s Effort
Mother Daughter Relationship
Bowen’s Research
Outpatient Clinics
Menninger Clinic
Menninger Foundation
Innate Growth
Mother Daughter Pair
Bowen's Life
Family Psychotherapy
Bowen’s Thoughts
Bowen’s Years
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