Bowen Family Therapy

When working with families I have an interest in Narrative therapy, but I do not have any experience implementing the techniques of using this therapy. Therefore, Bowen family systems appear to be less complicated when applying the techniques used. When using Bowen family systems also called Intergenerational family therapy it looks at the entire family system by using a genogram as a tool in order to identify intergenerational patterns (Gehart & Tuttle, 2003). As children we tend to model the behaviors of our parent’s or primary caregivers, therefore, the importance of a genogram.
Often when parents argue or engage in other altercations the child or children one or both of the parents place the child in the middle of their conflict.