Family Systems Journal

Current Issue: Volume 18.1: 30th Anniversary Issue!

Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems Thinking in Psychiatry and the Sciences is an interdisciplinary journal, published since 1994 by the Georgetown Family Center. The aim of the journal is to advance the understanding of human emotional functioning and behavior based on Bowen theory. Reflecting the assumption of Bowen theory that the human family is governed by the same natural forces that govern all life, the journal publishes articles that contribute to a better understanding of any living system.

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Submit an article to the Journal. Family Systems is a peer reviewed and indexed journal that welcomes original manuscripts for articles, brief reports, and book reviews. Please review our submission page to learn more. Articles and inquiries may be sent to Family Systems editor, Robert Noone.

 

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Family Systems Publisher
Georgetown Family Center Inc.

Editor
Robert J. Noone, PhD

Founding Editor
Michael E. Kerr, MD

Managing Editor
Paulis Waber, MA 

Copy Editor
Elizabeth M. Utschig

Proofreader
Karen T. Allen

Editorial Board 
Laura R. Brooks, MSW
Randall T. Frost, MDiv
Joan Jurkowski, MS
Anne S. McKnight, MSW, EdD
Douglas C. Murphy, MA
Daniel V. Papero, PhD, MSSW

Advisory Board
Joanne Bowen, PhD
Anthropology, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Mark V. Flinn, PhD
Anthropology, Baylor University

Barbara King, PhD
Biological Anthropology, College of William and Mary

Michael Lumpkin, PhD
Neuroendocrinology, Georgetown University

Charles Raison, MD
Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Mary Beth Saffo, PhD
Biology, The Scientific Consulting Group

Jan Sapp, PhD
Evolutionary Biology, York University

Thomas D. Seeley, PhD
Biology, Cornell University

Barbara Smuts, PhD
Psychology, University of Michigan 

Stephen Suomi, PhD
Psychology, National Institutes of Health

Editorial Consultants
John F. Butler, PhD
Wichita Falls, Texas 

Patricia A. Comella, JD
Cambridge, Maryland

Margaret G. Donley, MSW
Leawood, Kansas

Stephanie J. Ferrera, MSW
Oak Park, Illinois

Victoria Harrison, MA
Houston, Texas

Laura Havstad, PhD    
Sebastopol, California

Ann Jones, PhD
Columbus, Ohio

James E. Jones, PhD
Lafayette, Colorado

Cynthia Larkby, PhD
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Laurie Lassiter, PhD
Leverett, Massachusetts

Barbara Laymon, PhD
Washington, DC

Anthony J. Wilgus, MSW
Findlay, Ohio

Design and Layout: Paulis Waber

Family Diagrams: Elizabeth Utschig