EP85 Invited Address 03a - Psychotherapy - Past, Present and Future - Murray Bowen, M.D.
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- Topic Areas:
- Invited Addresses | Psychotherapy | History of Psychotherapy | Family Systems | Family Therapy
- Categories:
- Evolution of Psychotherapy | Evolution of Psychotherapy 1985
- Faculty:
- Murray Bowen, MD | James F. Masterson, MD
- Duration:
- 1:32:08
- Format:
- Audio Only
- Original Program Date:
- Dec 12, 1985
- License:
- Never Expires.
Description
Description:
Educational Objectives:
- To know how family systems therapy helps therapists to construct effective interventions
- To help psychotherapists keep an open mind to science
- To help psychotherapists assist patients to form clear choices in their interactions
*Sessions may be edited for content and to preserve confidentiality*
Outline: Evolution of Psychotherapy & Family Therapy
Introduction & Context (Sharon Cotter)
- Highlights the evolution of psychotherapy and the role of family therapy.
- Compares real-life family dynamics to relationships within the psychotherapy field.
- Introduces Murray Bowen and his contributions to family systems theory.
Murray Bowen’s Historical Perspective
- Traces psychotherapy from ancient times to modern practice.
- Explores family dynamics through evolutionary biology.
- Discusses brain development and its role in human evolution.
Theory, Evolution & Psychotherapy
- Integrates family relationships into a systems theory of evolution.
- Defines psychotherapy theory as an evolving scientific framework.
- Examines resistance to new theories in psychology.
Impact of Psychoanalysis & Rise of Family Therapy
- Reviews Freud’s influence and the development of psychoanalysis.
- Discusses major shifts, including the rise of family therapy and use of tranquilizers.
- Addresses countertransference and challenges in integrating family therapy.
Modern Psychotherapy Challenges
- Covers the impact of the Mental Health Act, brief therapy, and crisis intervention.
- Discusses the shift toward biological psychiatry and the decline of psychotherapy.
- Stresses the need for psychotherapists to expand academic knowledge.
James Masterson’s Discussion
- Praises Bowen’s overview of psychotherapy’s evolution.
- Links family relationships in animals to human psychotherapy.
- Highlights countertransference and personal theories in therapy.
Challenges & Future of Psychotherapy
- Examines the effects of brief therapy and growing roles of psychologists and social workers.
- Explores biological research’s impact on understanding anxiety.
- Urges psychotherapists to stay updated on theoretical developments.
Audience Q&A
- Topics include the future of family therapy, feminism’s influence, and transference.
- Bowen & Masterson stress integrating knowledge and long-term therapy.
- Concludes with a call for interdisciplinary collaboration in psychotherapy.
Credits
Faculty
Murray Bowen, MD Related Seminars and Products
Murray Bowen (31 January 1913 in Waverly, Tennessee – 9 October 1990) was an American psychiatrist and a professor in psychiatry at the Georgetown University. Bowen was among the pioneers of family therapy and founders of systemic therapy. Beginning in the 1950s, he developed a systems theory of the family. From 1954 to 1959, Bowen worked in the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland, where he continued to develop the theory that would be named after him: Bowen Theory.[4] At that time, family therapy was still only a by-product of theory. Bowen did his initial research on parents who lived with one adult schizophrenic child, which he thought could provide a paradigm for all children. After defining the field of family therapy he started integrating concepts with the new theory. He claimed that none of this had previously been described in the psychological literature. What began the first year became known nationally in about two years.
From 1959 to 1990 he worked at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC as clinical professor at the department of Psychiatry, and later as director of Family Programs and founder of a Family Center.
James F. Masterson, MD Related Seminars and Products
James F. Masterson (M.D., Jefferson Medical School, 1951) was Director of the Masterson Group, P.C., which specializes in the treatment of adolescent and adult character disorders. Additionally, he was Director of the Masterson Institute (formerly Character Disorder Foundation); attending psychiatrist at New York Hospital, Payne Whitney Clinic; and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College. Masterson has authored seven books and edited two volumes, mostly on the topic of psychoanalytic approaches to character disoreders and adolescents. His seminal work on the borderline personality has made him one of the most influential and studied practitioners of modern psychoanalytic methods.