That's a wrap...
My ten day trip to the midwest (Chicago area and Dearborn) is coming to an end. It's been a good week and half of meetings, conferences, and strategy sessions. I've really enjoyed spending time with the faculty from the Center for Family Consultation. I am the newest faculty member and super honored to work with these people I've known and studied with for five years or so. The trip started last week with the summer conference in Oak Park, and a great day with Dr. Anne McKnight who taught on the Complexity of Cut-Off, from Bowen theory. Cut-off is not a pathology. It's not even "bad". It is the way that members of a family manage their response to tension and anxiety. Distancing is part of the evolutionary process of survival. Managing one's self in complex family emotional processes requires, in part, the capacity to notice what one is feeling and how that influences what one does and how one behaves. Self-awareness is key, but the second step is hav