August 2010

The 47th Annual Symposium
The 47th Annual Symposium will be held November 5-6, 2010. A special early bird registration rate of $375 is available to those who register for the conference by September 15th. Please view the schedule.

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This year’s Distinguished Guest Lecturer is Dr. Peter Stearns, provost and professor of history at George Mason University and founder and author of Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America.

Please note that the November Clinical Conference will be held on November 4, 2010 at the Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church. Daniel V. Papero, PhD, LCSW will be presenting On the Process of Triangling and Its Effects.

The Symposium will be held at the George Mason University Law Center, Original Building at 3401 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201.

A block of specially priced rooms is reserved at the Key Bridge Marriott hotel through October 10th or until they have sold out.

The special rate is $149/night. Reservations can be made by calling 1-800-676-2959 and asking for the Bowen Center Room Block at the Key Bridge Marriott.

You can register online by following this link which takes you to the Key Bridge Marriott's home page with the group rate already displayed. Please enter your arrival date to begin the reservation process.

2010-2011 Clinical Conference Series
The schedule for the Clinical Conferences is now available for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Michael E. Kerr, MD will present the first Clinical Conference, The Process of Differentation, on October 1, 2010.

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The Clinical Conference Series features Bowen Center faculty members who address subjects in Bowen theory that are demonstrated in videotaped clinical interviews with families.

Special News from the Bowen Center
The Board of Directors has appointed Dr. Anne S. McKnight and Mr. Douglas C. Murphy to the Board of Directors effective July 1, 2010. They will join current Board members Michael E. Kerr, Ruth Riley Sagar and Daniel V. Papero.

Annual Fund
Thank you to all the donors who contributed to the 2009-2010 Annual Fund Campaign. Please see the Honor Roll of Donors.

New Feature - Download Index to Family Therapy in Clinical Practice
A New Index to Murray Bowen’s Family Therapy in Clinical Practice is now available for download. Dr. Bowen's book is a collection of all the journal articles and book chapters he published from 1957-1978.

The new index was developed to be as complete and specific as possible and therefore has more entries and subentries than a reader would ordinarily find in an index. There are also more cross-referenced items because, in the evolution of the theory, Murray Bowen used multiple terms with similar or closely related meanings.

New Feature! - Download Family Systems Articles
All individual full length articles as well as faculty case conferences, brief reports and book reviews are now available for purchase as PDF downloads. With this new feature, it is now possible to have the articles immediately without the costs of shipping. Hard copies of back issues continue to be available at a special reduced rate as long as the inventory lasts.

Thursday Professional Lecture Series
The schedule will be updated as speakers are confirmed.

The Thursday Professional Lecture Series is a free, monthly lecture series which is open to the public. It features scientists, historians, physicians, writers, and clinicians.

DVD and Publication Special
An Overview of Bowen Family Systems Theory and One Family's Story - $90 (save $20) Restored and remastered, this one hour DVD, first recorded by Dr. Bowen in 1980, provides a brief summary of the eight concepts of Bowen family systems theory. What distinguishes this tape is Dr. Bowen's detailed description of what he calls the conceptual dilemmas that stand between the listener trained in conventional psychological theory and a full understanding of the theory. One Family's Story: A Primer on Bowen Theory is offered as a supplement to the DVD to provide a more in-depth description of the eight concepts.

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