1.
View the movie “Family
Stone.” It is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Redbox for you to rent.
2.
Write a paper of up to
10 pages with the following elements:
a.
The eight Bowenian
concepts observed among the Stone family members.
b.
A family genogram
identifying specific characteristics of the Stone family including individual
family member names, relationship to each other, and the quality of the
relationships between them; occupational status; and attitudes about gender and
sexuality.
c.
Develop a treatment plan
for the Stone Family based on the problems identified in the family.
d.
Identify cultural issues
(e.g., values, beliefs, lifestyle) that may impact both the Stone family
functioning and treatment.
Rubric:
Address concepts
as it relates to the family
a. Triangles
b. Differentiation
of self
c. Nuclear
family emotional system
d. Family
projection process
e. Multigenerational
transmission process
f. Emotional
cutoff
g. Sibling
position
h. Societal
emotional process
4.
Treatment plan using Bowenian model
a. examples
of techniques and treatment strategies as they apply to the Stone family
5.
Discusses cultural aspects/implications
for this family from Bowenian perspective
6.
Completed Genogram of family mapping the
following:
a. family
member
b. ages
births, deaths
c. marriages
d. relationship
connections
e. intergenerational
patterns
f. occupational
and educational status
g. marital
functioning
h. parent-child
relationships
i. socio-economic
status
j. religious
background and its significance to family life
k. health
problems
l. mental
health problems
m. attitudes
about gender and sexuality
n. Cultural
factors (e.g., language, values, beliefs, traditions, roles)
