Our Work

What does Bowen Theory Academy (BTA) do? BTA provides learning opportunities for people new to the theory as well as those interested in developing and extending Bowen Theory. The following presentations from BTA’s Think Tank and conferences are described below.

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Brief Revisiting of TOFT and its Importance To Bowen Theory

Bowen theory is a natural systems theory that leads the therapist to ask a family different kinds of questions than those guided by individual psychodynamic theories.

Some Thoughts About Bowen Theory and the Bowen Network

Bowen Theory was developed in a clinical environment, a primary goal being effective treatment of schizophrenia and it developed into a theory of human behavior over the decades

Patterns of Interaction in Living Systems

For the last 40 years, Eve Marder’s lab at Brandeis University has studied one small system of 5 neurons from the 30 neuron stomatogastric ganglion in the stomach of crustaceans

Schizophrenia and Family Reaction to Grandparent Death

Froma Walsh in 1978 discovered some rather remarkable facts about schizophrenia. 41% of schizophrenics had a grandparent die within two years of their birth, over four times more than would have been expected in the general population.

Construction Theory of Emotion and BFST

Bowen family systems theory is a theoretical view of relationship process and symptom development. It contains concepts that were developed independently of neuroscience as the current research was not available.

A Bowen Theorist in Public Administration

A public service administrator is embedded in societal emotional process, and Bowen theory is about trying to enhance regulation of emotional process based on an understanding of natural systems. This presents difficulty. If it has been addressed in the literature, I’ve missed reading it