Cohorts
Live, synchronous formation groups grounded in family systems thinking
Cohorts are structured, time-bound spaces for developing the self in relationship through shared thinking, disciplined dialogue, and practical application in real life. These cohorts are non-therapeutic: they do not provide diagnosis, treatment plans, or crisis services, and they are not a substitute for psychotherapy.​
Family of Origin: A Systems Primer
An introductory live cohort for learning how relationship patterns form, repeat, and shape adult functioning. This cohort provides a clear systems lens for understanding how family dynamics continue to influence present choices, stress responses, and relational habits.
In this cohort, we will:
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Learn core Bowen concepts in plain language: chronic anxiety, differentiation, and relationship patterns that repeat over time
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Map your family system using a genogram (as a thinking tool, not a therapeutic exercise)
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Identify how triangles operate in your relationships (when tension between two gets carried by a third)
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Notice patterns of pursuing / distancing, conflict / silence, and over-responsibility for others
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Explore emotional cut-off and how distance can function as relief without real differentiation
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Track how anxiety moves through the family via roles, alliances, and “who calms whom”
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Begin forming a systems-based way of thinking about your present life without blaming the past
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Leave with a clear framework for observing your own family and current relationships over time
Defining Self in Relationship
A deeper live cohort focused on practicing self-definition, reducing reactivity, and staying connected without losing clarity. Participants spend time with practical applications in their real relationships and develop language for what they are observing over time.
In this cohort, we will:
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Practice I-position thinking: speaking and acting from a clear stance without demanding agreement
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Work directly with reactivity—the pull to defend, appease, withdraw, fix, or escalate
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Learn de-triangling moves: staying in direct contact without recruiting allies or carrying others’ tension
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Explore the difference between being clear and being intense (and why intensity often increases fusion)
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Build a personal practice for maintaining contact with key people while staying more self-defined
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Use real situations to distinguish principle-based action from anxiety-driven action
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Develop language for patterns you repeatedly enter (your “signature moves” under stress)
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Strengthen the ability to stay thoughtful when others are anxious, disappointed, or demanding
The Systems-Work Intensive
A year-long live cohort devoted to sustained systems practice—tracking patterns over time and strengthening one’s stance in shared life. This is a longer container for those who want continuity, careful observation, and steady practice rather than quick insight.
In this cohort, we will:
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Commit to long-range observation—patterns across seasons, not moments
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Track how you function as anxiety rises and falls in multiple domains
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Revisit core questions repeatedly: Where do I fuse, cut off, or triangle?
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Strengthen steadiness without becoming rigid, avoidant, or controlling
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Practice staying in contact with key relationships with less reactivity
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Use the group as a disciplined mirror (no fixing, no advice culture)
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Develop a personal systems-work practice you can carry beyond the year
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Build capacity to hold tension and remain a self in shared life