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Global Vs.
Differentiated
Models
Murray Bowen
 Murray Bowen

supports the Developed the

American conception that self-differentiation
psychiatrist and a anxiety and stress theory which
professor in can disrupt the applies to human
psychiatry quality of one's development and
relationship family dynamics

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MURRAY BOWEN
Born in Waverly, Tennessee

B.S. degree from University of

Tennesse, Knoxville (1934); M.D. from
University of Tennessee Medical
School, Memphis (1937)

Interned at Bellevue Hospital in New

York City (1938) and at Grasslands
Hospital in Valhalla, New York (1939-
1941)
Psychiatric training at the Menninger
Foundation in Topeka, Kansas (1946-
1954)
Founded Georgetown Family Center
(1975)
Visiting Professor in medical schools
(1956-1963) and part-time professor
(1946-1978)
 The Self
A N IND I V I D U A L ’ S T Y P I C A L
C H A RAC T E R O R B E H A V I O R
 Bowen's
Differentiation
of Self
"The ability to be in emotional
contact with others yet still autonomous in one’s
own emotional functioning is
the essence of the concept of differentiation.”

“Differentiation is a product of a
way of thinking that translates into a way of
being. Such changes are reflected
in the ability to be in emotional contact with a
difficult, emotionally charged
problem and not feel compelled to preach about
what others “should” do, not
rush in to “fix” the problem and not pretend to
be detached by emotionally
insulating oneself.”
(Kerr & Bowen. 1988)
 The differentiated self is characterized as the solid self

Total self concept views the self as multiple cognitive

structure and is integrated into one single view of the self

Bowen developed a theory of The self as part of his which

is called the Family Systems Theory
 The term self-differentiation was first introduced by
Murray Bowen, whose ideas are the basis of family
systems therapy.

There are two aspects to self-differentiation:

intrapsychic differentiation and interpersonal
differentiation.

Intrapsychic differentiation is when we can tell

apart our thoughts from our emotions. In other
words, it’s self-awareness. On the other hand,
Interpersonal differentiation is when we can
distinguish our experience from the experience of
people we are connected to.
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outlined as the awareness of good
lS possessed by the self and refers to the
overall appraisal of one's worth or
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value as a person
Glo

is an idealized version of
yourself created out of what you have
learned from your life experiences, the
demands of society, and what you
admire in your role models.
"Self is an immortal soul that Transcends the
Physical Being"

PLATO KANT
"Self is Nothing more than a Bundle of
Perceptions"

DAVID HUME
"Self is a Center of Negativity Gravity"

DANIEL
DENNETT
"Self is a complex system operating at four
different levels"

PAUL THAGARD
The Four Social

Levels of Neural
Mechanisms
Psychological
According to Paul Thagard

Molecular
PSYCHOLOGICAL

A deeper understanding that requires to consider

both neutral and molecular levels

NEURAL

A sufficiently complex account of neural

representations can explain how people apply

concepts to themselves and others and use them for

explanatory purposes
SOCIAL

Experiments in social psychology established the

behavior depends not only on innate and learned

factors but also on situations

"You can't be a self by yourself" - Hazel Rose Marcus

MOLECULAR

It's relevance is to understand what makes people who

they are
2019) About Murray Bowen. The Bowen Center for the Study of
a Family.
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