Murray Bowen developed extended family systems therapy to address his belief that levels of differentiation between family members decrease from one generation to the next, causing severe stress in family units. His theory is based on eight interlocking concepts. Which of those concepts refers to the process of one or both people in dispute with each other easing their own anxiety by psychologically making a unit of themselves and another family member?

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Triangulation is a process that happens when two people have problems with each other-one or both will triangle in a third member who becomes the focus of attention. Anxiety over the original problem is reduced by viewing the self and the third family member as the inside, while the troubling family member is on the outside.

Murray Bowen Developed Extended Family Systems Therapy to Address His