VOLUME XXVIII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2026)

• “Estrangement: Not the New Trend, a Predictable Outcome” by Rachel Gardner, LPC
• “Eliminating the Automatic, A Bowen Family Systems Theory Personal Reflection Paper: by Emmanuel McDowell, LPC, NCC
• “Book Review: Outlive: Longevity from an Individual Perspective” by Lorna Hecht-Zablow
• “Natural Systems Study and Society in Trouble” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS (Reprint)

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER) PENDING

NUMBER 3 (FALL) PENDING

NUMBER 4 (WINTER) PENDING

VOLUME XXVII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2025)

• “Emotional Triangles in Evolution and the Family Part 1” by Victoria Harrison, MA
• “Handling Hard Better” by Anthony J. Wilgus, MA, MSW
• “Differentiation Is in the Details” by Erik THonpson, MA

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2025)

• “Reflections on Societal Regression” by Stephanie Ferrera, MSW
• “Emotional Triangles in Evolution and the Family Part 2” by Victoria Harrison, MA
• “Revisiting a Brilliant Career and a Landmark Experiment” by Amie Post, MA, LCMFT
• “Reactions and Recovery from Tragedy” by Victoria Harrison, MA

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2025)

• “Bewildered by Bewilderment” by Lorna Hecht-Zablow, MFT
• “An Effort to Define Self Through Involvement in the Civil Rights Movement” by Peter Titelman, PhD
• “Book Review: Differentiation and The Let Them Theory” by Katie Long, DMin
• “David Pafford Crews: A Memorial” by Victoria Harrison, MA

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2026)

• “Evolution and the Literary Arts” by Janis Norton, LCSW
• “Toward an Integrative Theory of Human Psychology” by Laura Havstad, PhD
• “Family Emotional Process, Reactivity and Patterns of Ovulation” by Victoria Harrison, MA

VOLUME XXVI

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2024)

• “Adventures in the Bowen Archives: Opportunities and Challenges” by Amie Post, MA, LCMFT
• "Mystics: On Being Human and Being a Self” Part Two by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS (Reprint)
• “Remembrances of Louise Rauseo” by multiple colleagues

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2024)

• “Learning to Laugh with My Mother: The Functions of Play and Humor in Defining a Self” by Helen Reynolds, PhD
• "Accompanying Dying Persons and Their Families” by Katie Long, DMin
• “Book Review: Thinking Systems in Clinical Practice” by Jack Butler, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2024)

• “Sexual Diversity and Bowen Theory Becoming and Growing a Self as a Gay Man” by Kent Web, LCSW, PCC
• “From the Bowen Archives: An Interview with Margaret Otto” by Pamela Allen, MA
• “Reclaiming Our Place in Nature’s System” by Kaite Long, DMin
• “Book Review: Can Our Yards Preserve the World and our Lives?” by Robert Creech, PhD

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2025)

• “Generation to Generation? Erosion of Bowen Theory from Within and Without” by Lorna Hecht-Zablow, MFT
• “Learning to Live in Better Harmony with Nature” by Melinda J Creech, PhD and R. Robert Creech, PhD
• “Becoming a Family of Four” by Caitlin Baldauff, MA, LPC

VOLUME XXV

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2023)

• “Applying Bowen Theory in a Complex Situation: Part 2“ by Ann Bunting, PhD (Reprint)
• “Lifestyle Medicine and Bowen Theory” by Regina Ferrera, MSW

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2023)

• “On Erosion and Extension of Bowen Theory” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “The Person-to-Person Relationship” by Janis Norton, LCSW
• “The Candle Child: Letters to My Father” by Lorna Hecht-Zablow, MFT

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2023)

• “An Interview with Catherine Rakow, MSW, ACSW” by Amie Post, MA, LCMFT
• “The Many Faces of Cutoff” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS (Reprint)
• “Cutoff and the Multigenerational River” by Erik Thompson, MA
• “Catherine Rakow Traces Bowen’s Determined Effort” by John Butler, MSW, PhD

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2023)

• “Sexual Diversity and Bowen Theory” by Kent Webb, LCSW, PCC
• “Mystics: On Being Human and Being a Self” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS (Reprint)
• “Remembering Louise Rauseo” by Priscilla Friesen, faculty, Bowen Center for the Study of the Family

VOLUME XXIV

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2022)

• “The Importance of the Murray Bowen Archives” by Catherine Rakow, MSW
• “Adventures in ‘The Great Democracy’: An Interview with Murray Bowen” (Reprint)
• “Mindful Leaving: A Departing Minister Clarifies Relationships with Former Parishioners” by Julie Bergdahl, MDiv

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2022)

• “Searching for Nature’s Rules” by Stephanie J. Ferrera, MSW
• “The Protoplasmic World: An Interview with Murray Bowen” (Reprint)
• “Realignment of Emotional Forces Following Loss” by Janet S. Kuhn, ACSW, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2022)

• “The Belief Paper Assignment” by Victoria Harrison, MS, LMFT
• “The Family Mindset” by Lorna Hecht-Zablow, LMFT
• “The Great Resignation” by Sandra Painter, LCSW
• “A Biologist Observes Human (and Other) Societies: A Review" by Katie Long, DMin
• “A Belief Paper: Decision-Making" by Donna van Horn, MSW, LMSW

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2023)

• “An Interview with Ann Bunting by Kathleen Wiseman” (Reprint)
• “Stories from Real Life: Anxiety, the GPS, My Son and Me” by Selden Dunbar Illick, LCSW
• “Applying Bowen Theory in a Complex, Anxious Situation: Part 1” by Ann D. Bunting, PhD (Reprint)
• “What Leadership Opportunities Do We Have?” Alice Wald, MSSW

VOLUME XXIII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2021)

• “The Pandemic of 2020: Ideas from Bowen Theory” by Regina Ferrera, MSW
• “Becoming a ‘Bowen Therapist’” by Jennifer Howe, LCSW
• “A Life on Our Planet: Witness, Statement and Vision (by David Attenborough) reviewed by Ann Jones, PhD

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2021)

• “Working on Differentiation of Self While Caring for Another” by Victoria Harrison, MA
• “The Ethical Will: An Estate Planning Tool to Define Values, Intentions” by Eric L. Weiner, PhD, MSW, LMFT, LCSW
• “Symbiosis, the Family and Natural Systems” a reprint of an article by Robert Noone, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2021)

• “Challenge and Adaptation: The Dance of Life” by Daniel V. Papero, PhD, LCSW
• “Distance in Marriage/Partnership” by Kelly Matthews-Pluta, MSW, LCSW
• “Is Bowen Theory a Form of Scientism, Reductionism or Materialism?” Randall Frost, MDiv

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2022)

• “Seeking an Island of Calm: A Story of Real-Life Efforts to Define a Self to Siblings” by Lee S. Gardner, MSW, LCSW
• “The Survival and Adaptation of the African American Family” A Summary of Mignonette Keller’s Presentation at Center for Family Consultation Summer Conference by Don Targonski, MSW
• “The Tragedy of Penguins: A Review of The Body Keeps Score by Bessel Van der Kolk" by Lorna Hecht-Zablow, MFT

VOLUME XXII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2020)

• “One Story of Supernatural Phenomena and Emotional Functioning” by Alice Wald, MSSW
• “COVID-19 Response Viewed through the Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory” by Lorna Hecht, MFT
• “Modification of Loss in Divorce: A Report from Clinical Practice” a reprint of an article by Roberta (Holt) Cristofori, ACSW

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2020)

• “Theory, Philosophy and the Responsibility for Self: Bruce Lee as Theoretician” by Bryan Jackson, MTS
• “One Story of Supernatural Phenomena and Emotional Functioning Part 2” by Alice Wald, MSSW
• “Growing Yourself Up: A Book Review” by Lorna Hecht, MFT

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2020)

• “Social Distance in the Natural World: Insights in the Time of Covid-19” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “Risk Assessment in Pandemic Times: A Workplace Report” by Janis Norton, LCSW
• “Searching for Questions: Broadening the Quest for Family Facts” by Katie Long, DMin

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2021)

• “Bowen Theory, Anxiety and Evolution: An Interview with Victoria Harrison” by Katie Long, DMin
• “The Distance of the Performer” by Robert Price, MDiv
• “Reflections on Caste (by Isabel Wilkerson): Echoes of Bowen’s Concept of Societal Process” by Stephanie J. Ferrera, MSW

VOLUME XXI

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2019)

• “Emerging to Greatness, the Roosevelts: Two Presidents and 'the First Lady of the World", by Katie Long, DMin
• “An Interview with Robert Noone, For the Best View of Your Life, Climb Your Family Tree," Reprint, U.S. Catholic, 1988
• Book Review by Stephanie Ferrara, MSW, The Hidden Life of Families, by Michael E. Kerr, MD

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2019)

• “A Different Kind of Human: A Way Forward for Leaders of Faith Communities in the Climate Crisis” by Robert Creech, PhD
• “Emerging to Greatness: The Roosevelts: Part 2" by Katie Long, DMin
• “Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion” Book Review by Lorna Hecht-Zablow, MFT

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2019)

• “The Edge of the Sea: Reviewing a Book and the Life of Rachel Carson (1907-1964)" by Ann Jones, PhD
• “Launching the Family Stability Project” by Isabel Greiner, LCSW
• “An Overview of the Family Stability Project” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “A Timely and Timeless Lesson: The Impact of Separation from Family” Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2020)

• “A 40-Year Retrospective on My Encounter with Bowen Theory” by Stephanie Ferrera, MSW
• “Emerging to Greatness: The Roosevelts Part 3” by Katie Long, DMin
• “An Overview of the Family Stability Project” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “The Developing Self: Educated” a book review by Janis Norton, LCSW
• “First Mothers: A Gold Mine Awaits” by Clarence Boyd, LCSW

VOLUME XX

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2018)

• “Defining Self to the Family Dog", by Bryan Jackson, MTS
• “The Forest for the Trees", by Janis Norton, LCSW
• “A Third Option: If”, Excerpts from a Letter by Murray Bowen, by Clarence Boyd, LCSW

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2018)

• “Immigration to the U.S.: A Systems View”, by Ada Luisa V de Trillo, MA
• “Extended Family Methodology in Family Therapy”, by Murray Bowen, M.D. (reprint), introduction by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “ The Second International Conference on Bowen Theory, A Summary,” by Janis You, MSocSc
• Book Review by Katie Long, DMin, "Imperfect People Making a Significant Difference", by J.D. Vance
• "Change, Techniques, Principles", Excerpts from a letter by Murray Bowen, M.D., Introduction by Clarence Boyd, LCSW

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2018)

• “On Violence”, by Daniel Papero, Ph.D.
• “The Erosion of Theory”, by Murray Bowen, M.D. (reprint)
• “The Family Diagram and Family Research”, an Interview with Victoria Harrison, by Katie Long, DMin
• Book Review by Katie Long, DMin, Leadership in Turbulent Times, by Doris Kearns
• "What Makes It So hard: Anxiety and Connection Joined at the Hip", Excerpts from a letter by Murray Bowen, M.D., Commentary by Clarence Boyd, LCSW

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2018)

• “Connections and the Advancement of Science”, by Ann Jones, PhD
• “The Role of the Leader in Organizational Triangles”, by Roberta Gilbert, MD

VOLUME XIX

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2017)

• “Putting Passed Away to Revive Died”, by Judy K. Porter, LISW, ACHP-SW
• “Mystics: On Being Human and Being a Self, Part 2”, by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS
• “Reflections on Seeing the Influence of the Emotional System”, by Andrea Schara, MA,
• “Cold Comfort Farm: A Warm-Hearted View of an Emotional System”, by Robert Price, MDiv

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2017)

• “Being Human in a Chaotic World: Bowen and Berry on Society and Nature”, by R. Robert Creech, PhD
• “Connections and Corrections: Women in the Criminal Justice System and Their Families”, by Ruth K. Campbell, MSW
• “Saying Goodbye”, by Alice M. Wald, MSSW

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2017)

• “The Evolving Relationship Between Humans and Earth”, by Stephanie J. Ferrera, MSW
• “Similarities and Differences Between Emotional Cutoff from Family and Cutoff from Country of Origin”, by Cecilia Guzman, LCPC
• Book Review by Jane Norton, LCSW, “The Development of Awareness”, by Mary Lawson

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2016)

• “Science, Black Holes, and Family Emotional Systems”, by Ann Jones, PhD
• “Death as an Opportunity for the dying, for the living, for the family” by Victoria Harrison MA
• “Examining Grief Among Animals”, by Victoria Harrison, MA

VOLUME XVIII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2016)

• “Defining a Self in Regressing Systems,” by Stephanie J. Ferrera, MSW
• “The Murray Bowen Archives Project: A Report,” by Carol Jeunnette, PhD
• “'Warriors of Justice': National Leaders We Can Count On,” by Mary Greenberg, PhD

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2016)

• “The Hour of Our Death,” by David S. Hargrove, PhD
• “Looking Back to Look Forward: Exploring how my family of origin influences the approaches I take in ministry to seek healthier, more sustainable approaches for the future,” by Anna Moss, MDiv
• “Book Review: Tyler Relies on Descriptions, not Causation,” by David S. Hargrove, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2016)

• “Unresolved Emotional Attachment: In Life, in Death and Beyond,” by Seldon Dunbar Illick, LCSW
• “The Social Network of Trees,” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “Interview with Coach Benoit Lebrun: What Does It Take to Make an Olympic Champion?” by Roberta Gilbert, MD

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2017)

• “Bowen Theory and Pastoral Care: Dancing with Elvie,” by Carol P. Jeunnette, PhD
• “Mystics: On being Human and Being a Self,” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS
• “If I Were the Moderator...,” by Roberta Gilbert, MD

VOLUME XVII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2015)

• “The Health Maintenance Organization as an Emotional System,” by Michael Quinn, PhD
• “Culture Change in a Baboon Troop,” by Stephanie Ferrera, MSW
• “In Memory of Michael Quinn, PhD, September 20, 1959 – October 12, 2014,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Michael Houston Quinn, 1959-2014,” by Kathleen B. Kerr, MSN, MA, CNS
• “Remembering Mike Quinn,” by Dennis A. Romig, PhD

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2015)

• “Keep Calm and Blame,” by John Bell, M Div
• “Funeral Practices and Emotional Cutoff,” by Ruth K. Campbell, MSW
• “Bowen Theory and Science: An Online Seminar”
• “Narrative and Bowen Theory: Action Stories and Verbal Stories,” by David S. Hargrove, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2015)

• “Death Without Bodies: Functioning in the Changing Landscape of Funerals,” by Katie Long, DMin
• “Navigating in Social Systems: Interactions Around Illness and Death,” by Andrea Maloney Schara, LCSW

NUMBER 4 (Winter 2016)

• “Science, Black Holes and Family Emotional Systems,” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “Death as Opportunity for the dying, for the living, for the family,” by Victoria Harrison, MA
• “Victor Magnus Nelson: A Personal Tribute,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “In Memory of Dub and Leonora Harrison,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Examining Grief Among Animals,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

VOLUME XVI

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2014)

• “Impinged Families and Societal Anxiety,” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS (Reprint)
• “Generations to Come: Future of BFST and Congregational Ministry,” Robert Creech, PhD
• “An Interview with Louise Rauseo”

NUMBER 2 ( SUMMER 2014)

• “Adoption and Family Emotional Process,” by Laura Brooks, LCSW
• “The Psychology and Physiology of Behavior Change,” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “An Interview with Louise Rauseo, Part 2”

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2014)

• “Grief Work, Resilience and Family Reaction to Death,” by Anne S. McKnight, LCSW, EdD
• “Meeting David Wilson: A Window on Differentiation and Societal Process,” Katie Long, DMin
• “Life Forces: The Death of Santini by Pat Conroy,” by Clarence Boyd, MSW
• “Brief Review and Recommendation: ‘Evolution: The Human Saga’ Scientific American Special Issue, September 2014,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2015)

• “Systems Thinking and Science: A Perspective on Subjectivity, Spirituality and the Supernatural,” by Daniel V. Papero, PhD, LICSW
• “Bowen Theory and Differences in Thinking,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT, LCSW

VOLUME XV

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2013)

• “The Power of Bowen Family Systems Theory To Address Public Policy Questions,” by Patricia A. Comella, JD
• The Gap Report: The Field of Family Therapy: Report no. 78: “Formulated by the Committee on the Family Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT, LCSW
• Book Review: “Unresolved Emotional Attachment: Two Memoirs,” by Clarence Boyd, MSW

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2013)

• “Science as the Basis for Bowen Theory,” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “A Wider Lens: Bowen Theory and a Natural Systems View of Symptoms,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2013)

• “Analyzing Observational Data from Bowen’s NIMH Project: Two Months of Nursing Notes: August 1955 and October 1956,” by Catherine Rakow, MSW
• “From the Bowen Archives: An Interview with Victoria Harrison”
• “Book Review: The Origins of Family Psychotherapy,” by Anne McKnight, LCSW, MEd
• “Remembering Don Schoulberg,” by Patricia Hanes Meyer, LCSW

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2014)

• “Threatened Religious Institutions: A Systems Perspective,” by Katie Long, D Min
• “Formulating Public Policy in Times of Regression,” by Patricia A. Comella, JD
• “From the Bowen Archives: An Interview with Victoria Harrison, Part 2”

VOLUME XIV

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2012)

• “Homelessness and Bowen Family Systems Theory,” by John Bell, MDiv
• “‘Coming of Age,’ in Families and Society,” by Katie Long, DMin
• “An Update: The Murray Bowen Archives Project,” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “Cancer as a System,” by Cybil Britton, APRN, BC

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2012)

• “Functions of Social Groups,” by Patricia Comella, JD
• “Family Leadership in Anxious Times, ” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS
• “The Functions of Triangles in Problems and Problem-Solving,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT, LCSW
• “Interlocking Triangles: Facing a Crisis in Families and Education,” by Ada Luisa Trillo, MA

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2012)

• “Biological Sensitivity to Context and Bowen Theory,” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “A Long-Term Coaching Relationship: Differentiation for Client and Coach,” by Katharine Gratwick Baker, PhD
• “Mid-Year Report: Joint Project of CSNSF Border Programs, El Paso Juvenile Probation Department,” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MA
• Belief Paper: “Natural Spirituality: A Personal Reflection,” by Stephanie Ferrera, MSW
• “Defining and Examining Beliefs as Part of Differentiation of Self,” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT, LCSW

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2013)

• “The Relationship World of the Young Adult,” by Anne McKnight, LCSW, EdD
• “Family Systems 1000 B.C.E.: A Natural Systems Reading of the Davidic Narratives,” by Robert Creech, PhD
• “Managing Subjectivity: The Nature of the Lens: Does It Matter?” by Clarence Boyd, MSW

VOLUME XIII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2011)

• “Clergy and Congregations in a Regressed Society” by Robert Creech, D Min, PhD
• “Territoriality and the Spirit of Place: Objective and Subjective Perspectives” by Peter Titelman, PhD
• “Bowen Family Systems Theory: The Past, Present and Future” by Roberta Gilbert, MD

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2011)

• “Violence, Globalization and Societal Process: Thinking about Northern Mexico,” by Ada Luisa Trillo, MA
• “Collective Intelligence and Differentiation of Self,” by Stephanie J. Ferrera, MSW
• “From Relationship Therapy to Clinical Practice Based in Bowen Theory,” by Hal DeShong, PhD
• “Insight from One of Humans’ Close Relatives,” book review by Cybil Britton of Vanessa Woods’ Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2011)

• “The Influence of Bowen Theory on One Organization’s Efforts to Change Corporate Culture,” by Teresa Edmonson, MED, LPC
• “Cultural Myths and the Realities of Problem-Solving,” a reprint by Murray Bowen, MD
• Peter Steinke interviewed by Katie Long, DMin

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2012)

• “Toward a Biological basis for the Multigenerational Transmission Process,” by Ann Jones, RN, PhD
• “Cultural Myths and the Realities of Problem-Solving,” continued, by Murray Bowen, MD
• “Family Leaders for Youth in Juvenile Prevention: A Joint Project of CSNSF Border Programs and El Paso Country Juvenile Probation,” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS
• “Observations about Anxiety,” by Clarence Boyd, LCSW

VOLUME XII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2010)

• “Some Thoughts on a Beginning Theory About Society as an Emotional System” by Patricia A. Comella, JD
• “Natural Systems Study and Society in Trouble” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS
• Annette Gordon-Reed’s The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family reviewed by Katie Long, DMin, in “The Hemingses of Monticello: Few Answers, Good Questions”

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2010)

• “Traveling in Your Own Country: The Emotional Function of Henry David Thoreau’s Philosophy of Nature” by Robert Williamson, MDiv
• “Epigenetics, Science and Bowen Theory” by Ann Jones, RN, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2010)

• “Bowen Theory and a Pastoral Transition” by Robert Creech, DMin
• “Epigenetics, Science and Bowen Theory: Part Two” by Ann Jones, RN, PhD
• Deborah M. Gordon’s Ant Encounters: Interaction Networks and Colony Behavior reviewed by LeAnn Howard, LCSW

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2011)

• “The Murray Bowen Archives Project of Leaders for Tomorrow” by Joanne Bowen, PhD and Patricia Comella, JD
• “Overcoming Blind Spots Common in Leadership” by Victoria Harrison, MA
• “Eating Disorders” by Roberta M. Gilbert, MD

VOLUME XI

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2009)

• “Teaching and Learning Bowen Theory on the Border” by Ada Luisa V. Trillo, MA
• Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln reviewed by Ann Jones in “Team of Rivals Moves Towards Systems View”
• Murray Bowen interviewed by Arthur Ciervo for Marriage magazine in “Parents Should Not Present a United Front” (reprint)

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2009)

• “Emotional Process in Society: The Eighth Concept of Bowen Family Systems Theory” by Patricia A. Comella, JD
• Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat, Pray, Love reviewed by David S. Hargrove in “Eat, Pray, Love: A Tale of Differentiation of Self”
• “Factors that Mitigate Violence” by Daniel V. Papero, PhD, LCSW
• “Through the Lens: Cutoff” by Roberta Gilbert, MD

Number 3 (FALL 2009)

• “Mules and Zebras: The Importance of Attitude” by Clarence Boyd, LCSW
• “Calming: Making Life Choices at a Time of Anxiety” by Bob Williamson, DMin
• Richard Russo’s That Old Cape Magic reviewed by David S. Hargrove, PhD in “The Failure of Emotional Cutoff

Number 4 (WINTER 2010)

• “Family Reactions to Birth” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Katie Long interviews Daniel V. Papero in “Consulting to Organizations from a Bowen Theory Perspective”
• Leslie Ann Fox and Katharine Gratwick Baker’s Leading a Business in Anxious Times reviewed by Teresa Karns Edmonson, MED, LPC
• Charles W. Collier’s Wealth in Families reviewed by Eric Weiner in “Wealth in Families: A Broad and Profound Perspective”

VOLUME X

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2008)

• “Racial Discrimination and Bowen Theory” by Virginia Kemp, MA
• “On Becoming a Scientist: Contribution to Knowledge About the Emotional System” by LeAnn Howard, LMSW
• “Swarm Theory and Self-Directed Behavior” by Ann Jones, PhD

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2008)

• “Thoughts on Differentiation of Self in Science” by Stephanie Ferrera, LCSW
• “Language and Learning” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Murray Bowen’s Commitment to Principles: The Letters of Murray Bowen, MD reviewed by Katie Long, DMin
• Katie Long interviews Clarence Boyd, LCSW
• “Through the Lens: Aging Parents and Their Children” by Roberta Gilbert, MD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2008)

• “The Beliefs Chart and Walter Inglis Anderson” by Robert Williamson, DMin
• “The Human as a Part of Nature: Parallel Developments in Catholic Theology and the Study of Human Functioning” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS
• “Reflections on Wisdom of the Ages Conferences” by Father Joseph C. Carolin, MSW
• Robert Williamson’s Charting Self: A Beliefs Chart Curriculum for Adults reviewed by Katie Long, DMin in “Charting Self: An Opportunity to Track Beliefs and Relationships”

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2008)

• “The Emotional Side of Money, Part 2: Wealth and Health in Families and Societies” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Richard Russo’s Bridge of Sighs reviewed by David S. Hargrove, PhD in “Bridge of Sighs: Bringing the Process to Life”
• “Through the Lens: On Stepparenting” by Roberta Gilbert, MD

VOLUME IX

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2007)

• “Alphas and Human Families” by Cybil Britton
• “Philanthropy – Facts, Fears and Fantasy” by Cindy Devoe
• “The Theoretical Structure of the Church” by Murray Bowen, MD
• “Differentiation of Self and the Selection and Preparation of Protestant Clergy” by Katie Long, DMin

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2007)

• “The Fallacy of the Nonanxious Presence: Deepening into the Future” by Susan Luff, MS RN
• “Bowen Therapy and the Suicidal Client” by Hal DeShong, PhD
• Roberta Gilbert’s Extraordinary Relationships reviewed by Katie Long, DMin in “Guiding Clergy To Become ‘Extraordinary’ Leaders”
• Katie Long, D Min interviews Robert Creech, PhD in “The Pastor as Leader”
• Shenandoah Family Systems Network interviews Roberta Gilbert, MD in “Through the Lens: Launching Time”

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2007)

• “Family Emotional Process and the Big Picture” by Andrea M. Schara, MA
• “Taking Bowen Family Systems Theory to Church” by Suzan Carter, D Min

NUMBER 4 (WINTER :2007)

• “The Emotional Side of Money: Part 1” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Pastoral Response to Death: Cutoff or Connection?” by Katie Long, DMin
• Dr. Alfie Kohn’s Punished by Rewards reviewed by Roberta Gilbert, MD in “Through the Lens: Rewards and Punishments”

VOLUME VIII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2006)

• “Family Systems and Learning, Part II: The Difference One Person Can Make” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Israeli Palestinian Conflict as Emotional Process” by Shelly Fine, MSW
• “Using Stories to Teach Bowen Theory” by Monika Baege, EdD
• “Intellectual Ability and Cortical Development in Children and Adolescents” reviewed in “Research Review Alert” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2006)

• “Bowen Family Systems Theory and Higher Education” by David S. Hargrove, PhD
• “Toward Understanding the ‘How’ of Bowen Theory” by Michael H. Quinn, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2006)

• “The Sensitivities of Marriage” by Phillip Klever, MSW
• “For Better or For Worse: The Challenges of Marriage” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Are Married Couples in the Minority?” by Katie Long, DMin
• “Bowen Family Systems and Marriage” by Daniel V. Papero, PhD, LCSW

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2006)

• “Tis the Season: On Holidays and Family Functioning” by Victoria Harrison, MA
• “A Therapist’s Transition to Bowen Theory” by Anne Spector, PhD
• “Child-Focus Extended: Higher Education’s Anxious Relationships” David S. Hargrove, PhD

VOLUME VII

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2005)

• “Erosion of Bowen Theory 3: Incomplete Understanding of Theory” Roberta M. Gilbert, MD
• “A Better Chance: Part VII : One Family’s Experience” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Stress, Society and the Individual” by Daniel V. Papero, PhD
• Roberta Gilbert’s The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory: A New Way of Thinking About the Individual and the Group reviewed by Katie Long, DMin

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2005)

• “Research Report: The Study of Stress Reactivity and the Family in the Work of Dr. Mark Flinn” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Clergy Sexual Misconduct Through the Lens of Bowen Theory” by Carol Jeunette, DMin
• “A Historical View of the Annual Symposium” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Ronald W. Richardson’s Becoming a Healthier Pastor reviewed by Katie Long, DMin in “Relating Theory to Pastoral Health”

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2005)

• “The Many Faces of Cutoff” by Louise Rauseo, MS, RN
• “Family Systems and Learning, Part I: Teaching What One Does Not Know” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Bowen Theory and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland” by Katie Long, DMin

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2005)

• “Family Systems and Learning, Part II: Reading, Writing and Relationships” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Ethical Responsibility in Family Therapy, Using Bowen Theory as an Example” by Sally Miller, DSW

VOLUME VI

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2004)

• “Regression in Delivery of Mental Health Services” by LeAnn Howard, LCSW
• Conference review: “The Importance of Research for Family Theory and Therapy” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2004)

• “Peace Follows Principe: Theory Comes Alive in the Face of Death” Anthony Wilgus, MSW
• “Letter from the Director of CSNSF” by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• “A Better Chance: Part V, Understanding and Managing Emotional Reactivity and Chronic Illness” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “History Through a Family Lens” by Katie Long, DMin

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2004)

• “The Erosion of Bowen Theory” by Roberta M. Gilbert, MD
• “A Call for System Thinkers” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “A Better Chance: Part VI, An Example of Systems Theory” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “An Experience in Trying to Develop and Continue Programs in Bowen Family Systems Theory in a Border Community” by Ada Luisa Trillo, MA
• Phillip Longman’s The Empty Cradle: How Falling Birthrates Threaten World Prosperity [and What to Do About It reviewed by Katie Long, D Min n “Empty Cradle Has Implications” p.13

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2004)

• “Dorothy Canfield Fisher’s Understood Betsy and Murray Bowen’s Child Projection Process” by Erik Thompson, MA
• “Erosion of Bowen Theory 2: Communication from an Anxious Posture” by Roberta M. Gilbert, MD
• “Chronic Physical Symptoms and Bowen Family Systems Theory” by Sharon Renfro

VOLUME V

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2003)

• “Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family 2003-04 Education and Research” by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• “Thoughts on Citizenship and Differentiation” by Stephanie J. Ferrera, MSW
• Conference review: “Commentaries on Facts of Life 2003” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Conference review: “Comments on Facts of Life 2003” by Ann Jones, PhD
• “Scholarship Letter” by Joan Engebretson, PhD, RN
• “Coming Home” by Christopher K. Travis, MSW
• Conference review: “Commentary on Facts of Life 2003” by Katie Long, DMin
• “Letter” by Dan Joslyn
• Conference review: “Quote” from Michael Kerr, MD

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2003)

• “The Process of Self-Focusing and Other-Focusing as Related to Objectivity and Differentiation: Part I” by Hal DeShong, PhD
• “Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family” by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• “Research Review: Marriage and Health” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Sibling Position” by Janet S. Kuhn, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2003)

• “The Process of Self-Focusing and Other-Focusing as Related to Objectivity and Differentiation: Part II” by Hal DeShong, PhD
• “Bowen Theory and the Study of Reproduction and Evolution” Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2003)

• “Letter from the Editor” by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• “Room of One’s Own: Territory and Differentiation” by Stephanie Ferrera, LCSW
• “Research Review” by Mary Greenberg, PhD

VOLUME IV

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2002)

• “Leadership and Bowen Theory at Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Conference review: “Facts of Life 2002: The Impact of Relationships in Family and Society on Health and Reproduction” by Susan Atlas, PhD
• Research review: “Hormonal Correlates of Paternal Responsiveness in New and Expectant Fathers” by Anne E. Story, Carolyn J. Walsh, Roma L. Quinton, and Katherine E. Wynne- Edwards, by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2002)

• “Leadership and Bowen Theory at CSNSF 2002-03” by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• “A Better Chance: Part III” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Conference review: “A Review of Facts of Life 2002: Part II” by Susan Atlas, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2002)

• “A Better Chance: Part IV” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• FSF interviews Daniel Papero, PhD, MSW
• Conference review: “A Review of Facts of Life 2002: Part III” by Susan Atlas, PhD
• “The Glory in the Explained” by Dr. Steven N. Rauseo, with introduction by Louise Rauseo, RN, MA
• “Reflections Pertaining to the Immune System” by Lisa Hackler, MDiv

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2002)

• “ An Interview with Kathleen Kerr, RN” by Michael Quinn, PhD
• “Facts of Life 2003: Relationships as Common Denominators in Illness and in Health by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

VOLUME III:

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2001)

• “Standing Alone for the Common Good: Differentiation of Self as Social Action, Part I” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MA
• “Research Review: The Impact of Relationships on Health and Reproduction: Endometriosis as a Model” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Conference review: DeLange Conference IV, “Neurobiology of Perception and Communication: From Synapse to Society” reviewed by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Conference review: “My thinking from the Fourth Annual Facts of Life Conference” by Dennis A. Romig, PhD
• Conference review: “Commentary on Facts of Life Conference” by Lisa Hackler, MDiv
• Conference review: Reverend Larry Matthews presents “Leadership in Ministry: A Family Systems Perspective,” reviewed by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2001)

• “Standing Alone for the Common Good: Differentiation of Self as Social Action, Part II” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MA
• “A Better Chance: A Series on Systems Therapy Based on Bowen Theory” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Conference review: “Commentary on Facts of Life: 2001” by Daniel V. Papero, PhD

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2001)

• “A Better Chance: Part II” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Women and Leadership (Men also welcome to apply)” by Stepanie J. Ferrera, MSW
• Filipo Aureli and Frans B. De Waal’s Natural Conflict Resolution reviewed by Mary Greenberg, PhD

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2001)

• Lisa Hackler interviews Priscilla Friesen in “Interview with Priscilla Friesen on The Bowen Center’s Four Times a Year Post Graduate Training Program”
• “Research Review” (on Robert Quinlan’s article on reproduction) by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

VOLUME II

NUMBER 1 (SPRING 2000)

• “Introduction to Facts of Life: 2000, The Study of Natural Systems and the Family” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “You Say You Want Equality?” by Stephanie Ferrera, MSW
• “Research Review: Cell-phone Effects: Technology or Togetherness?” Victoria Harrison, MA

NUMBER 2 (SUMMER 2000)

• “The Emergence of Differentiation of Self” by Robert J. Noone, PhD
• “Research Review: Human Pheromones and Health” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Purposes Served by Publishing the Newsletter Family Systems Forum” Lisa Hackler, MDiv
• George Cladis’ Leading the Team Based Church reviewed by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• “Facts of Life 2000: The Vitality of Systems Thinking” by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• Conference review: Priscilla Friesen presents “Family Systems and the Brain” and Rob Felton presents “Learning How to Learn” reviewed by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Excerpts from Videotape of Murray Bowen and Paul MacLean, 1983”

NUMBER 3 (FALL 2000)

• “Family Systems Forum: September 2000” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Mental Health and Science” by Murray Bowen, MD (Reprint)
• “Living the Theory” by Michael Kerr, MD
• “Anecdotes and Memories of Murray Bowen” by Michael Kerr, MD
• FSF interviews Roberta Gilbert in “On Dr. Bowen”
• “Movement to Bowen Theory” by Hal DeShong, PhD
• “Reflections: The Influence of Murray Bowen in the Houston Family Therapy Community” by Sally Miller, DSW
• “It’s not ‘Follow the Leader’” by Eileen Raffaniello Barbella, MSW
• “Texas, Bowen Theory and the Menninger Clinic: A Personal Journey” by Donald J. Shoulberg, MSW
• “My Quest in Search of Bowen Theory” by Jack Butler, PhD
• “A Brief Personal and Impersonal History with Murray Bowen and Bowen Theory” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS

NUMBER 4 (WINTER 2000)

• “What Does a Bowen Family Systems Clinician Think Like?” by Hal DeShong, PhD
• “Differentiation of Self and Growing Morally” by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• “Emotional Process in Society: The Influence of Population Density and the Poverty of Difference” by Louise Rauseo, RN, MS
• Research review: “Transgenerational Induction of Defenses in Animals and Plants” by Anurag A. Agrawal, Christian Laforsch and Ralph Tollrian by Margaret Donley, LCSW

VOLUME I

NUMBER 1 (WINTER 1999)

• “Educational Programs in Bowen Theory: Part One” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Stephen Jay Gould’s The Mismeasure of Man reviewed by Michael H. Quinn, PhD
• Conference review: Kathleen Kerr, R.N., M.S. presents “Ties That Bind: Symbiosis and Differentiation” reviewed by Lisa Hackler, MDiv

NUMBER 2 (SPRING 1999)

• “Educational Programs in Bowen Theory: Part Two” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Historical Timeline: Development of Programs throughout the Country”
• “Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Murray Bowen, Bowen Theory and the Family Movement” by Michael E. Kerr, MD
• “A Question of Ethics: Bowen Natural Systems Theory Misunderstood and Distorted” by Sally Miller, DSW
• “Thinking About Faith: Part One” by Lisa Hackler, MDiv
• Conference review: The Judge J.W. Mills Memorial Lecture Series, “Future Tense: Factors that Impact Future Generations” reviewed by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT

NUMBER 3 (SUMMER 1999)

• “Educational Programs in Bowen Theory, the Study of Natural Systems and the Family” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Thinking About Faith: Part Two” by Lisa Hackler, MDiv
• Conference review: Roberta Gilbert, M.D., presents “Raising Children in an Anxious World” reviewed by Lisa Hackler, MDiv

NUMBER 4 (FALL 1999)

• “Psychotherapy, Science and Bowen Theory” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Bowen Theory in Sweden and Norway” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• “Research Review” by Victoria Harrison, MA, LMFT
• Conference review: Priscilla Friesen presents “Relationships, the Brain and Neurofeedback” reviewed by Lisa Hackler, MDiv
• Conference review: Michael Kerr, M.D., presents “The Study of Natural Systems and the Family” reviewed by Lisa Hackler, MDiv