Notes
Chapter Two
1 My colleague Rob Schachter says, “Take the bull by the horns and then hand it back to them.” This applies to those delicate situations that call for both bold initiative and following a client’s lead simultaneously.
2 Self-differentiation was defined by Murray Bowen and later used by Edwin Friedman. I give it only the barest definition here. For an accessible introduction to the journey of self-differentiation, see Friedman (1985) and Kerr and Bowen (1988).
3 One path that can lead to greater mastery is called “family-of-origin” work. Since it is a developmental therapeutic process, it is beyond the scope of this book. For those interested in this topic, see Gilbert (1992) and Richardson (1984). For a related resource with ...
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