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    Selected Faculty Publications

    This page is designed to provide visitors with a list of readily available resources to further their education in Bowen theory. It includes works frequently requested by graduate students and researchers, and aims to demonstrate the breadth of application of Bowen theory. Please note that only resources published by the Bowen Center are available for purchase on this site.

    Edward W. Beal, MD

    1996. “Family Theory of Child-Focused Divorce" in Bowen Family Systems Theory: Clinical Application. Peter Titelman, ed. Lakewood, Florida: Gardner Press.

    1996. “The Use of the Extended Family in the Treatment of Dissociated Identity Disorder” in Bowen Family Systems Theory: Clinical Application. Peter Titelman, ed. Lakewood, Florida: Gardner Press.

    and Gloria Hochman. 1991. Adult Children of Divorce. New York: Delacourt Press.

    Ann D. Bunting, PhD

    1996. Faculty Case Conference: "Societal Responses to Juvenile Violence in a Small Town (Neighborhood)." Family Systems 3(2):166-190. (Guest Contributer)

    Patricia A. Comella, JD

    2003. “Observations of Reciprocal Functioning in a Challenging Environment.” Family Systems 6(2):101-116.

    1997. “Naturally Constrained Social Systems.” Family Systems 4(1):19-33.

    1995. “Natural Selection, Technology, and Anxiety.” Family Systems 2(2):138-152.

    Priscilla Friesen, LCSW

    2003. “Emotional Cutoff and the Brain” in Emotional Cutoff: Bowen Family Systems Theory Perspectives. Peter Titelman, ed. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

    1997. Faculty Case Conference: "Neurofeedback and the Developing Child." Family Systems 4(1):63-83.

    Roberta Gilbert, MD

    2003. “Addressing Cutoff in Residential Care of Disturbed Adolescents.” Family Systems 6(2):135-146.

    2003. “Bridging Cutoff In A Divorced Family” in Emotional Cutoff:Bowen Family System Theory Perspectives. Peter Titelman, ed. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

    2002. “Societal Regression and the Family.” Conference on Humanity at the Crossroads, Zurich, Switzerland. Mut zur Ethik.

    1999. Connecting With Our Children: Guiding Principles for Parents in a Troubled World. New York: Wiley and Sons.

    1995. “A Natural Systems View of Hierarchy” in The Emotional Side of Organizations. Comella, Patricia A., Bader, Joyce, Ball, Judith S., Wiseman, Kathleen K. and Ruth Riley Sagar, eds. Washington, DC: Bowen Center for the Study of the Family.

    1994. “Addiction to Prescribed Medications.” Family Systems 1(1):57-66.

    1992. Extraordinary Relationships. New York: Wiley and Sons.

    1987. “A Comparison of Bowen Theory and The New Mysticism as Exemplified in the writings of Teillhard de Chardin.” Conference on Implications of Bowen Theory for Catholic Theology.

    Victoria Harrison, MA, LICSW

    2005. “Stress Reactivity and Family Relationships in the Development and Treatment of Endometriosis.” Fertility and Sterility 83(4):857-864.

    2003. “Emotional Cutoff and Reproduction” in Emotional Cutoff and Bowen Theory. Peter Titelman, ed. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.

    1997. “Family Emotional Process, Reactivity, and Patterns of Ovulation.”Family Systems 4(1):49-62.

    1997. “Patterns of Ovulation, Reactivity, and Family Emotional Process.” The Integrative Neurobiology of Affiliation. Annals of the NY Academy of the Sciences 807:522-524.

    Roberta Holt, DSW

    1996. “Gender and Bowen Theory.” Family Systems 3(1):52-63.

    1995. Faculty Case Conference: "A Multiproblem Family in a Social Service Agency." Family Systems 2(1):62-86.

    Joan Jurkowski, MS, LCPC

    2004. “Heroin Addicts, Family, and Recovery: A Pilot Study.” Family Systems 7(1):45-66.

    Kathleen B. Kerr, MSN, MA

    2004. Faculty Case Conference: “A Methodological Experiment with a Quasi Mother Child Relationship.” Family Systems 7(1):67-82.

    2001. Faculty Case Conference: “Multiple Family Therapy.” Family Systems 6(1):77-96.

    1999. “The Projection Process in Health Care Systems.” Family Systems 5(1):71-80.

    1994. Faculty Case Conference: “Abuse as a Symptom of the Family System.” Family Systems 1(1):67-80.

    Michael E. Kerr, MD

    2006. Faculty Case Conference: "Efforts to Differentiate a Self in Response to a Cancer Diagnosis." Family Systems 7(2):164-179.

    2003. One Family’s Story: A Primer on Bowen Theory. Washington, DC: Bowen Center for the Study of the Family.

    2003. “Multigenerational Family Systems Theory of Bowen and Its Application” in Textbook of Family and Couples Therapy. G. Pirooz Sholevar, ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc.

    2001. Faculty Case Conference: “Emotional Fusion in Relationships.” Family Systems 5(2):162-175.

    1998. “Bowen Theory and Evolutionary Theory.” Family Systems 4(2):119-179.

    1995. Faculty Case Conference: "Cancer and the Family Emotional System." Family Systems 2(2):157-175.

    1994. “Murray Bowen: Family Therapy in Clinical Practice,” in The Book of Psychiatric Books. Sidney Crown and Hugh Freeman, eds. Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson, Inc.

    1992. “Physical Illness and the Family Emotional System: Psoriasis as a Model.” Behavioral Medicine 18:101-113.

    1989. “Darwin to Freud to Bowen: Toward a Natural Systems Theory of Human Behavior.” Georgetown 21:16-19, 44-45.

    and Bowen, Murray. 1988. Family Evaluation: An Approach Based on Bowen Theory. New York: W.W. Norton & Co.

    1988. “Chronic Anxiety and Defining a Self.” The Atlantic Monthly 262:35-58.

    1985. “Obstacles to Differentiation of Self” in Casebook of Marital Therapy. Alan Gurman, ed. New York: The Guilford Press.

    1984. “Theoretical Base for Differentiation of Self in One’s Family of Origin.” Clinical Supervisor 2:3-36.

    1983. “Family Evaluation and Diagnosis.” American Journal of Family Therapy 11:62-64.

    1981. “Cancer and the Family Emotional System” in Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Cancer Patients. Jane Goldberg ed. New York: The Free Press.

    1981. “Family Systems Theory and Therapy” in Handbook of Family Therapy. Alan Gurman and David Kniskern, eds. New York: Brunner/Mazel.

    1981. “Bowen Theory and Therapy” in A Handbook of Marriage and Marital Therapy. G. Pirooz Sholevar, ed. New York: Spectrum Publications, Inc.

    1978. “The Family As A System.” Marriage and Family Living 60:6-9. [Published by St. Meinrad Archabbey].

    1977. “Aspects of Biofeedback Physiology and Its Relationship to Family Systems Theory." American Journal of Psychoanalysis 37:23-35.

    1976. “The Family and Society.” Momentum 7:5-9. [Journal of the National Catholic Educational Association].

    Anne S. McKnight, LCSW, Ed.D.

    2008. Faculty Case Conference: “The Affair As an Emotional Manager in Marriage.” Family Systems 8(1):77-89.

    2008. "Triangles in Families with Substance Abusing Teenagers" in Triangles: Bowen Family Systems Theory Perspectives. Peter Titelman, ed. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.

    2003. "The Impact of Cutoff in Families Raising Adolescents" in Emotional Cutoff: Bowen Family Systems Perspectives. Peter Titelman, ed. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.

    1998. "Family Systems with Alcoholism: A Case Study" in Clinical Applications of Bowen Family Systems Theory. Peter Titelman, ed. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.

    1996. Review of “Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain” by Antonio R. Damasio. Family Systems 3(1):87-96.

    Douglas C. Murphy, MA, LCMFT

    2003. Faculty Case Conference: “Caring for Aging Parents.” Family Systems 6(2):171-181.

    1996. Faculty Case Conference: “Symbiosis and Violence.” Family Systems 3(1):69-85.

    1994. Faculty Case Conference: “Marital Conflict in Context.” Family Systems 1(2):164-177.

    Daniel V. Papero, PhD

    1996.“Stress and Instability.” Family Systems 3(1):64-68.

    1995. Review of “Stress, the Aging Brain, and the Mechanisms of Neuron Death” by Robert M. Sapolsky. Family Systems 2(1):87-96.

    1994. Review of “The Diversity of Life” by Edward O. Wilson. Family Systems 1(1):85-91.

    1990. Bowen Family Systems Theory. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

    Louise Rauseo, RN, MS, CS-P

    2003. “Migration and Emotional Cutoff” in Emotional Cutoff: Bowen Family System Theory Perspectives. Peter Titelman, ed. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

    1995. “Relationships as Primary Regulators of Physiology.” Family Systems 2(2):101-115.

    1992. “Theory Meets Practice: Blood Pressure Responsiveness as an Indicator of Human Emotional Process.” Conference on Integrating Science and Practice. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback.

    1987. “The Human as Part of Nature” in Systems and Spirituality: Bowen Family Systems Theory, Faith, and Theology, papers and proceedings of 1987 Conference on Theology. Joseph P. Carolin, ed.

    Kathleen K. Wiseman, MBA

    A Systems View: Application of Bowen Theory in the Workplace. Series 2000, 2001, and 2002. Six audiotapes and six essays. Tape and essay series with Daniel V. Papero, PhD.

    1982. Understanding Organizations. Ruth Riley Sagar and Kathleen Klaus Wiseman, eds. Washington, DC: Georgetown Family Center.

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