Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory
$2,250
suggested registration
2026-2027 Clinical Consultation Seminar in Bowen Theory
$2,250
suggested registration
Curious about Bowen Theory
$150
suggested registration
MONTHLY SEMINAR
Lorna Hecht-Zablow, LMFT, designed this clinical consultation seminar and will serve as faculty, consultant, and coach.
Two participants will present family diagrams of clinical families at each meeting, using Murray Bowen’s natural systems theory to conceptualize symptoms and family dynamics. Forty-five minutes will be dedicated to each presentation for questions and discussion. The last thirty minutes of the sessions will be reserved for questions and discussion of recommended reading and videotapes exploring what it means to develop a science of human behavior.
The presentation structure will be based on the Bowen Center Postgraduate Program supervision format established by Dr. Bowen. One person will present to the seminar chair, Lorna Hecht-Zablow. Observers will direct comments or questions to the chair, who will turn them over to the presenter for continued thinking.
INDIVIDUAL COACHING
The seminar series will also include monthly individual coaching with Lorna Hecht-Zablow. Each participant is expected to set concrete goals and methods for working on differentiation of self in their family of origin. There is an additional focus on how emotional reactivity in one’s family shows up in clinical practice.
LORNA HECHT-ZABLOW, MFT
Lorna Hecht-Zablow, MFT, is a family systems psychotherapist in private practice in San Diego, CA. She has also conducted workshops on individual and systems thinking differences by comparing John Bowlby’s attachment theory and the Bowen theory. For several years in her private practice, she chaired a monthly consultation group for laypeople and professionals motivated to apply the Bowen theory in their personal and professional work.
Mrs. Hecht-Zablow serves on the Board and Faculty of CSNSF and regularly contributes to its publication, Family Systems Forum. She also maintains a blog, writing articles that illustrate concepts in Bowen theory by applying them to familiar situations from daily life. She draws upon a wide range of experiences in her family, clinical practice, and the broader world to stimulate thinking through the family systems lens.
SEMINAR TEXTS
Bowen, Murray. (1985) Family Therapy in Clinical Practice. Rowman and Littlefield Publishers: Lanham, Maryland
Kerr, Michael. (1988). Family Evaluation. Norton Press: NY.
Harrison, Victoria. (2018) The Family Diagram and Family Research: An Illustrated Guide to Tools for Working on Differentiation of Self.  Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family.
Noone, Robert, Papero, Daniel (2017) The Family Emotional System: An Integrative Concept for Theory, Science, and PracticeÂ
Articles curated from the natural sciences.
REGISTRATION FEE:
$2250 for nine monthly seminars and nine individual coaching sessions.
Please get in touch with Lorna Hecht-Zablow with questions about the program.
Please get in touch with Victoria Harrison to discuss scholarships or payment plans at vaharrison@csnsf.org.