The Basic Series

Purchase price: Available on DVD or videotape individually or as a complete set.
DVDs are $120 each.
Videotapes are $180.00 each or $900.00 for complete set of seven videotapes.

Rental fee: $80.00 each per showing.

The first six tapes are "chalk-talk" theoretical presentations by Dr. Bowen. Each is equivalent to a one-hour personal lecture. The theoretical concepts are covered on each of the first four tapes. Tape five is a one-hour presentation by Dr. Bowen on the four primary variables which govern the development of symptoms in the nuclear family. Dr. Bowen then illustrates how these mechanisms work in the family, how they are interrelated, and how one may account for the differences in those who develop physical, emotional, or social illnesses. Tape six is on the emotional process surrounding death in a family and has been considered one of the series' most significant tapes. Tape seven is the newest addition to the series. It is an interview between Dr. Bowen and Kathleen Yanks which demonstrates the theoretical implications of emotional cutoff from one's own family.

1. Triangles and the Scale of Differentiation
2. Nuclear Family Emotional System and Family Projection Process
3. Multigenerational Transmission Process and Sibling Position
4. Differentiation of Self or the "I" Position
5. Symptom Development in the Nuclear Family
6. Family Reaction to Death
7. Emotional Cutoff: A Clinical Example