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Michael E. Kerr, MD
Michael E. Kerr, MD succeeded Murray Bowen as Director of the Georgetown Family Center in 1990, following a close twenty-year association with him. Dr. Kerr is the co-author with Murray Bowen of Family Evaluation: An Approach Based on Bowen Theory which was published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 1988. He has also written many articles and book chapters related to Bowen theory and its applications. He is the editor of Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems Thinking in Psychiatry and the Sciencespublished by the Georgetown Family Center.
Dr. Kerr’s primary research interests have been the relationship of Bowen theory to evolutionary theory, the relationship of physical, emotional, and social symptoms to family emotional process, and the process of differentiation in clinical work. At the recent 42nd Annual Family Symposium, he proposed a new concept in Bowen theory called, “the unidisease.” He is currently working on an article about it, but the videotape of the presentation is available now.
He speaks frequently around the country at medical schools, universities, meetings of national organizations, and regional conferences on these and other topics related to Bowen theory.
He has produced a videotape lecture series on Bowen family systems theory and its applications, a new lecture tape entitled, “Why Do Siblings Often Turn Out Very Differently?” and will soon produce another new videotape lecture presentation called, "Towards A Systems Concept of Supernatural Phenomena: A Status Report.”
E-mail: mekerr@thebowencenter.org
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