Emotional cutoff,according to Bowen,is:
A)separation from one's family.
B)emancipation from one's family.
C)differentiation from one's family.
D)a flight from unresolved emotional ties to one's family.

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Emotional cutoff is the act of severing emotional ties with one's family, in an attempt to distance oneself from unresolved emotional issues or conflicts within the family system. Therefore option D, "a flight from unresolved emotional ties to one's family" is the correct answer. Options A and B refer to physical separation from one's family, while option C refers to the process of establishing a clear sense of self within the family system, but emotional cutoff involves neither physical separation nor clear differentiation.

Emotional Cutoff,according to Bowen,is