By increasing her focus on herself and supporting Vilma by accepting her decisions, I believe Bowen would try to decrease the anxiety Vilma feels about coming out as bisexual to her father, a man with whom her husband shared traits. I also believe that Bowen would work to break down the triangulation that might exist between Vilma's ex, their daughter, and herself, the source of Cristina's dislike of her father. He lacked the ability to find and solve his own problems, so he would take them home and blame his wife or child for his shortcomings. Although Ronaldo, Vilma's ex, no longer shares a living space, the triangle still exists because it takes place at work, when he visited their home and even on the phone. Their daughter and the decisions she had made in her life were constantly raised as issues of contention because, as he lamented, that was not the path he would have chosen for her. This could also be described as a multigenerational transmission process (Bray & Stanton, 2009). By helping Vilma understand her process and the structure of the various families she is a part of, as well as asking her to take the wheel in decision making, Bowen's technique would allow for greater differentiation, a primary goal for this