Cutoff in Family Relationships

In this video, host and Bowen Center associate faculty member Dr. Kathleen Smith interviews Dr. Anne McKnight, Director of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Being cut off from your family is no rarity in today’s world. Cutoff could happen when an adult child leaves for college and stops speaking with her parents. Or when two siblings end contact after a dispute over their parent’s estate. Maybe you have a mysterious uncle whose information is missing from your family history. America has been called “a nation of cutoff,” but what does this term actually mean? Dr. McKnight explains Bowen theory’s concept of emotional cutoff and what potential negative consequences for the family may result when cutoffs are left unresolved.

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