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Discuss two strategies you could integrate into your life to be aware of your own level of differentiation and manage anxiety effectively. "In addition, child welfare professionals need to be aware of their own level of differentiation and develop the ability to manage anxiety effectively. Bowen often shared his own experiences of reflecting on the emotional reactivity he had within his own extended family (Brown, 1999). When training clinicians, Bowen would often encourage therapists to work on their own family-of-origin concerns. This requires clinicians to understand their own reactivity and level of differentiation when faced with anxiety or conflict. Bowen acknowledged that this was a lifelong process and complete differentiation is not possible; rather individuals are continually working on being well differentiated. It has been shown that professionals who are well-differentiated have better psychotherapy outcomes with their clients (Hayes, Gelso, & Hummel, 2011). Consequently, child welfare professionals must be aware of their own difficulties of managing anxiety before working with child welfare-involved families who often struggle with low levels of differentiation.