Bowen Center for the Study of the Family

03/06/2025

Check out this article, "The Adoptive Family as a Natural System," from faculty member Laura Brooks, recently published in the American Journal of Family Therapy.

Emotional and epigenetic processes in adoptive families have a profound impact on the adopted child’s development and life course. A common view of the family as a social or psychological unit with...

03/04/2025

Join us Thursday evening at 7pm EST as Lauren Errington from The Family Systems Institute presents "Tracking Emotional Process in Relationship Interactions in Clinical Practice."

Tracking Emotional Process in Relationship Interactions in Clinical Practice  Lauren Errington, MCFT Human emotional reflexes operate largely out of awareness in response to a huge range of stimuli. In relationships, the automatic reactivity that is stirred up in the stimulus-response s

02/27/2025

Faculty member Dr. Carrier Collier appeared on the Elevator Systems podcast. Give it a listen.

02/12/2025

Bowen Center faculty member Mariana Martinez was interviewed on the Elevator Systems podcast.

02/05/2025

Are you registered for the free professional lecture on Thursday evening? Dr. Lance Simkins is presenting on using Family Systems Coaching in Obesity Medicine. Hope to see you there!

The Professional Lecture Series is free and open to the public.

01/14/2025

Registration is now open for the Bowen Center’s Spring Conference
SEXUAL DIVERSITY AND THE HUMAN FAMILY: A BOWEN THEORY PERSPECTIVE
April 25-26, 2025 | Washington, DC or Online
Visit our webpage to learn more and Register!
https://www.thebowencenter.org/2025-spring-conference

This two-day conference will focus on s*xual diversity as a variation in natural systems, including the human family. The topic will be viewed through the lens of Bowen theory, evolution, biology, genetics, hormonal processes, and the environment.

Joan Roughgarden, PhD, will be the distinguished guest scientist speaker. Dr. Roughgarden is an American ecologist and evolutionary biologist. She is Emeritus Professor at Stanford University, Department of Biology, an adjunct professor at the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, and the author of numerous publications on s*xual diversity and evolution.

The conference features a screening of the documentary Second Nature which follows Dr. Roughgarden as she meets other groundbreaking scientists exploring the 1500+ animal species who engage in same-s*x s*xual behavior and parenting, change s*x, form matriarchies, and more…

Questions: info@thebowencenter.org

01/09/2025

Catch faculty member Kathleen Cauley this week on the Elevator Systems podcast.

11/11/2024

Faculty member Amie Post on the Elevator Systems podcast.

11/10/2024

Day 2 of the Symposium with Dr. Darby Saxbe.

11/07/2024

Today's clinical conference at The Hill Center.

10/10/2024

Are you registered for the Oct 24th free professional lecture? Faculty member Amie Post will be presenting, "Isn't Life Grand?! A Family Systems Perspective on Grandparenting." Register below.

The Professional Lecture Series is free and open to the public.

06/20/2024

Interested in learning about Bowen theory or have colleagues who are just getting started with the theory? Our Intro to Bowen Theory program is taking applications for the 2024-2025 academic year. There will be a morning and afternoon group.

https://www.thebowencenter.org/introduction