Clinical Conference

September 30, 2011
Defining Self across Generations

Anne McKnight, EdD, LCSW

This conference will address efforts of individuals to define self across generations: a mother taking responsibility for self in relation to her problem child and a young adult defining herself in the triangle with her divorced parents. Concepts in Bowen theory important to understand defining a self will be discussed: observing and moderating reactivity in self, identifying and managing self in triangles, addressing cutoff, distilling principles and living with them, and being capable of identifying emotional patterns of which one is a part. Videotaped interviews will illustrate efforts and obstacles to defining a self in one's family.

When: 9:30-3:30
Where: Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church
3401 Nebraska Avenue NW, Washington, DC (see link above for directions)