Category: Bowen Theory

In the fall of 2002, I began my first formal training in Bowen family systems theory. I understand it to be a theory of human neurophysiological functioning and development, for both individuals and their human systems, with both inextricably intertwined as are the human mind ...

Recently, I was walking with a friend through snowy woods, talking about some hopes and plans I have for my vocational future. As I spoke about this, my mind became fuzzy, and I was muddled in a deep feeling of insecurity and doubt, even as ...

How can we understand human functioning?  Through facts? Feelings?  Something else? Philosophy, theology, literature, ethics, and other disciplines have their own methodologies for making sense of being human.  However, Dr. Bowen took a scientific approach.  This did not replace other disciplines, but rather provided a ...

This pandemic is bringing out the best and the worst in human beings. “We’re all in this together” and “Keep a Social Distance” have taken on powerful meanings as Covid-19 has spread. I am a social worker by training; used to working ‘in-person’. The current ...

“People speak glibly of love as if it is a well defined entity.” Murray Bowen, Family therapy in Clinical Practice, p. 419   That clutch in my gut when my son called to say there were three COVID deaths and a shortage of masks at his ...