Murray Bowen Quotes & Sayings

I consider rugged individualism to be an exaggerated pretend posture of a person
struggling against emotional fusion. The differentiated person is always aware of others and the relationship system around him. — Murray Bowen

The overall goal [of counseling] is to help family members become 'systems experts' who could know [their] family system so well that the family could readjust itself without the help of an expert. — Murray Bowen

We all have an infant inside of us, but the infant doesn't have to run the show. — Murray Bowen

You have inherited a lifetime of tribulation. Everybody has inherited it. Take it over, make the most of it and when you have decided you know the right way, do the best you can with it. — Murray Bowen

That which is created in a relationship can be fixed in a relationship. — Murray Bowen