Drexel University, Center City Hahnemann Campus

College of Nursing and Health Professions

Graduate Programs in Couple and Family Therapy

MASTER OF FAMILY THERAPY PROGRAM

SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS FOR BOWEN THEORY
provided by
Dr. Richard B. McCune

Author

Title

 

 

E. Nagel:                                               

 

A Formalization of Functionalism    

 

 

A. Angyal:                                           

 

A Logic of Systems            

 

 

W. Koehler:                                          

 

Closed and Open Systems

 

 

L. von Bertalanffy:                               

 

The Theory of Open Systems in Physics and Biology 

 

 

F. E. Emery & E. L. Trist:               

 

Socio-Technical Systems  

 

 

A. Angyal:

 

Neurosis and Treatment: A Holistic Theory: Preface, Ch's. 1, 2, 3, 4

 

 

Dick Johnson:                      

 

The Context of Therapy

 

 

C. Margaret Hall:

 

The Bowen Family Theory and Its Uses: Ch's. 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13

 

 

Mary Sykes Wylie:

 

Family Therapy’s Neglected Prophet, Bowen and Bowen, Murray Bowen Remembered

 

 

P. A. Comella, JD.: 

 

A Brief Summary of Bowen Family Systems                                   

 

 

D. V. Papero: 

 

Anxiety and Organizations 

 

 

P. McCullough, MSW:

 

Leadership from the Viewpoint of Bowen Theory 

 

 

M. Kerr, M.D.:

 

Theoretical Base for Differentiation of Self in One's Family of Origin 

 

 

Murray Bowen, M.D.:

 

The Anonymous Paper 1967 ( Family Therapy in Clinical Practice, Ch. 21 )