Murray Bowen introduced this concept to describe
the strategy of dealing with the particularly strong (overt or covert) binding or fusing
forces that link a person to one or more family members (usually in the family of origin).
Emotional cutoff may manifest itself as the breaking off of all emotional ties,
the search for physical distance from one's family, or a self-imposed isolation. In
general, any situation is avoided in which strong emotional ties could reactivate
emotional fusion. Emotional cutoff is an attempt to
offset strong centripetal forces with strong centrifugal ones (centripetal/centrifugal
patterns).*
Books and Other
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The Christmas Bunny :
Florence Henderson 2010 -
The Color Purple
Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey 1985
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 Five Easy Pieces
Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Billy Green Bush 1970
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Last
Chance Harvey Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy
Baker, James Brolin 2008
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A Loving Father
Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu 2000
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 Off the Black
Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Timothy Hutton 2006
*Extracted with permission from Simon, Fritz et al Language of Family
Therapy - A Systemic Vocabulary and Source Book (Family Process Press Series)
Paperback 1985 Family Process, Inc.
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