Teaches students working with couples and families the theoretical foundations of Bowen Family Systems, while applying the theory to their own families and clinical practice. Bowen Family Systems is grounded in the natural sciences and thinking about families as living systems. Presented in this course are Bowen theory’s eight interlocking concepts, including triangles, differentiation of self, nuclear family emotional process, family projection process, multigenerational transmission process, emotional cutoff, sibling position, and societal emotional process. Family of origin work, which involves the effort to understand one's family processes and make consistent efforts towards self-differentiation, will be the main focus of this course.