The focus of the presentation will include some theory, and will cover the role of the therapist in their own family and in the clinical setting. Triangles with pets at home, work, and in a hospice setting will describe what the animals can teach us about self-regulation and observation. Focus on differentiation of self will be highlighted.
This presentation will cover how one person can make a difference.

Self-management by the therapist is of utmost importance when working with stepfamilies. This day will include information about stepfamilies through the lens of Bowen Theory. Awareness of the interlocking triangles in the consultant’s own family and in clinical families will be included.  With Differentiation of self as a guide, the complex terrain of stepfamily triangles can be less daunting.

Keynote Speaker

Kathleen Cotter Cauley is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Florida, Virginia, and the District of Columbia and has a private practice in Falls Church, Virginia. She joined the Bowen Center faculty in 2012 and chairs the Social Media and Outreach Committees there.

Ms. Cauley worked with Catholic Charities in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1972-1985, as an adoption caseworker, therapist, and deputy director of a branch office. She received her master’s degree in counselor education at the University of Pittsburgh in 1977. In 1980, while at Catholic Charities, she sought out a supervisor who had trained at the Bowen Center. She attended the training program at the Western Pennsylvania Family Center in the 1980s.

Ms. Cauley had a private practice in Tampa, Florida, where she lived, 1985-2001. She continues to work in this practice in a remote capacity. She was involved in founding the Florida Family Research Network with other Bowen colleagues and serves on their advisory board. Ms. Cauley was on the faculty of the Extraordinary Leadership Seminars, 2003-2016. She continues to coach in the Systems Leadership Seminar with people who attended three years in the Extraordinary Leadership Seminars.

She has been a member of the review board dealing with the sex abuse scandals of the Catholic Church for the Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida, since 2002. Ms. Cauley was also a member of the Maryland Province Jesuit review board, 2006-2015. She has volunteered for Southeastern Guide Dogs Inc. since 1990.

Contact Information: kcauley@thebowencenter.org

Fee (whole day) :

Regular : HK$800 /person
COF: HK$760 /person
Group of two persons (Accompany Discount Package) : HK$700 /person

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