Salvete et Valete: On Saying Goodbye to a Deceased Former Parent*
- 1 April 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
- Vol. 6 (2) , 117-122
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.1980.tb01295.x
Abstract
Following Bowen's lead, a number of family therapists have shared accounts of their efforts at defining themselves in their families‐of‐origin. Some reports have been anecdotal in form, while others have been research oriented, with considerable theoretical exposition as to strategy and tactics. This report is neither. With a style more akin to that of the memoir, the paper deals with contacts between the writer and his family‐of‐origin over many years, the death of the writer's father providing the initial impetus.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- In Search of One's Past: An Identity TripFamily Process, 1973
- The Birthday Party: An Experiment in Obtaining Change in One's Own Extended FamilyFamily Process, 1971