Videotapes
Five new videos! We have added transcriptions and closed captioning to make listening easier. Watch as Dr. Bowen address topics including passions and polarities and staying in the middle, the righteousness of war and peace and the end of democracy. These videos take on topics of today through the lens of the Bowen Theory. See Murray Bowen at his very best.
Technique Consistent with Theory
In this 5 minute clip a student asks Dr. Bowen how you know your technique is consistent with theory. Dr. Bowen discusses the importance of being guided by the therapists view of man as an evolutionary being versus being guided by the head of the therapist telling him what to do.
Transference and Countertransference
Listen as Dr. Bowen teases apart the work of transference and countertransference in the clinical setting. “What do you put into the package of knowing who you are?”
Listen as Dr. Bowen talks about Freud’s attempts to deal with feelings and where Freud fell short. Bowen also discusses the scientific method which he sees as a way to deal with feeling data.
Get Clear About What You Believe
Bowen challenges students to be clear about what terms are scientific. Echoing the challenges facing us today he asks, “How much are you influenced by the looseness in society?”