Death with Priscilla Friesen
Season 3: Episode 18
Welcome to Elevator Systems! For the last episode of our season on relationships across the lifespan, we will be looking at Bowen family systems theory and death. Priscilla Friesen joins hosts Dixie Vandersluys and Katie White to talk about her personal and professional perspective.
Priscilla Friesen is a family consultant who trained as a licensed clinical social worker. She was introduced to Bowen theory in 1976 and has spent years at the Bowen Center. Priscilla has a special interest in biofeedback and neurofeedback and how physiological reactivity is regulated in relationships. Priscilla has also worked to make Dr. Bowen’s archival legacy available to the world.
Resources
- The Murray Bowen Archives Project
- Dr Murray Bowen: Family Therapy in Clinical Practice
- Dr. Jenny Brown: Growing Yourself Up
- Death and Chronic Illness in the Family, Ed. Peter Titelman & Sydney K. Reed
- Living Beyond Loss: Death in the Family, Ed. Froma Walsh & Monica McGoldrick