Resources on Bowen's Family Systems Theory

Friedman, Edwin. Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue. New York: Guilford Press, 1985.

Gilbert, Roberta M. Extraordinary Relationships: A New Way of Thinking About Human Interactions. Minneapolis: Chronimed, 1992.

________. The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory: A New Way of Thinking About the Individual and the Group. Falls Church, VA: Leading Systems Press, 2006.

________. Extraordinary Leadership: Thinking Systems, Making a Difference. Falls Church, VA: Leading Systems Press, 2006.

________. The Cornerstone Concept: In Leadership, In Life. Falls Church, VA: Leading Systems Press, 2008.

Kerr, Michael E. and Murray Bowen. Family Evaluation: An Approach Based on Bowen Theory. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1988.

McGoldrick, Monica, Randy Gerson, and Suili Petry. Genograms: Assessment and Intervention. Third Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.

Critiques of and Ideas Supplemental to Bowen's Theory

Ault-Riché, Marianne, "A Feminist Critique of Five Schools of Family Therapy." In Women and Family Therapy, ed. Marianne Ault-Riché, 1-15. The Family Therapy Collections, ed. James C. Hansen. Rockville, MD: Aspen, 1986.

Knudson-Martin, Carmen. "The Female Voice: Applications to Bowen's Family Systems Theory." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 20, no. 1 (1994): 35-46.

________. "Differentiation and Self-Development in the Relationship Context." The Family Journal 4, no. 3 (1996): 188-198.

________. "Expanding Bowen's Legacy to Family Therapy: A Response to Horne and Hicks." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy 28, no. 1 (2002): 115-118.

Luepnitz, Deborah A. The Family Interpreted: Feminist Theory in Clinical Practice. New York: Basic Books, 1988.