Additional Recommended Resources for the study of Bowen Family Systems Theory
The following books are highly recommended by CFC Faculty for additional reading for individuals looking to expand their knowledge of Bowen Family Systems Theory
Murray Bowen 1978 Family Therapy in Clinical Practice, Jason Aronson
Murray Bowen, J. Butler, ed. 2013 The Origins of Family Psychotherapy: The NIMH Family Study Project. Jason Aronson
Ona Cohn Bregman and Charles M. White, eds. 2011 Bringing Systems Thinking to Life. Routledge
Jenny Brown 2017 Growing Yourself Up: How to Bring Your Best to All of Life’s Relationships 2nd edition, Exisle Publishing
Patricia A. Comella, Joyce Bader, Judith S. Ball, Kathleen K. Wiseman & Ruth Riley Sagar, eds. 1996 The Emotional Side of Organizations. Georgetown Family Center
Leslie Ann Fox and Katharine Gratwick Baker 2009 Leading a Business in Anxious Times. Care Communications Press
Edwin Friedman 1985 Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue. Guilford
Roberta Gilbert 1992 Extraordinary Relationships. Wiley
1999 Connecting with Our Children. Wiley
2004 The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory. Leading Systems Press
2006 Extraordinary Leadership. Leading Systems Press
2008 The Cornerstone Concept: In Leadership, In Life. Leading Systems Press
C. Margaret Hall 1999 The Special Mission of Grandparents: Hearing, Seeing, Telling. Bergin & Garvey
Victoria Harrison 2018 The Family Diagram and Family Research: An Illustrated Guide to Tools for Working on Differentiation of Self in One’s Family.
Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family
Mignonette N. Keller and Robert J. Noone 2020 Handbook of Bowen Family Systems Theory and Research Methods: A Systems Model for Family Research. Routledge
Michael E. Kerr & Murray Bowen 1988. Family Evaluation. Norton
Michael E. Kerr 2019 Bowen Theory’s Secrets: Revealing the Hidden Life of Families. Norton
Jeffrey Miller 2019 (3rd edition) The Anxious Organization: Why Smart Companies Do Dumb Things Vinculum Press
Robert J. Noone 2021 Family and Self: Bowen Theory and the Shaping of Adaptive Capacity. Lexington Books
Robert J. Noone and Daniel V. Papero, eds. 2015 The Family Emotional System: An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and Practice. Lexington Books Daniel V. Papero
1990 Bowen Family Systems Theory. Allyn & Bacon
Catherine M. Rakow 2022 Making Sense of Human Life: Murray Bowen’s Determined Effort toward Family Systems Theory. Routledge
Ruth Riley Sagar, ed. 1997 Bowen Theory and Practice: Feature Articles from the Family Center Report 1979-1996. Georgetown Family Center
Ruth Riley Sager & Kathleen K. Wiseman, eds. 1982 Understanding Organizations. Georgetown Family Center
Andrea Maloney Schara and Alexa Schara 2013 Your Mindful Compass: Breakthrough Strategies for Navigating Life/Work Relationships in Any Social Jungle.
Kathleen Smith 2019 Everything Isn’t Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down. Hachette Books
Peter Titelman, ed. 1987 The Therapist’s Own Family: Toward the Differentiation of Self. Aronson
1998 Clinical Applications of Bowen Family Systems Theory. Haworth
2003 Emotional Cutoff: Bowen Family Systems Perspectives. Haworth
2008 Triangles: Bowen Family Systems Perspectives. Haworth
2014 Differentiation of Self: Bowen Family Systems Perspectives. Routledge
Peter Titelman and Sydney Reed, eds. 2019 Chronic Illness and Death in the Family: A Bowen Family Systems Perspective. Routledge
Robert L. Williamson 2004 Charting Self: The Beliefs Chart as a Tool for Change. Lombard Mennonite Peace Center
Resources in Spanish
Murray Bowen 2016 La Terapia Familiar en la Práctica Clínica. Lulu Press
Victoria Harrison Los Síntomas Entendidos desde la Teoría de Bowen y la Perspectiva de los Sistemas Naturales: Un lente más amplio.
M Rodríguez-González & M Martinez Berlanga 2014 Teoría Familiar Sistémica de Bowen: avances y aplicación terapéutica. McGraw Hill Education
