Triangulation and the Identified Patient
Family-systems theory: homeostasis, triangulation, and the role of the identified patient.
Bowenian family systems treat the presenting symptom as a system-level equilibrium device — the family maintains homeostasis by routing its tension through one member, the identified patient.
The LHS Lens treats the identified-patient phenomenon as the inheritance-and-conditioning pattern at the household scale: the symptom moves when the system moves, not when the holder does.
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