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Postgraduate Program
Excellence in Training in Bowen Theory and Its Applications
Please Note: The Local Postgraduate Program is suspended for the academic year 2008 – 2009.
The Bowen Center is engaging in a process of study about this program and its future. Decisions about the program will appear in future posting on this page.
Applicants interested in training in Bowen Theory at the Postgraduate level may apply to the Postgraduate Program in Bowen Family Systems Theory and its Applications.
Please use the general and contact information as well as the application materials provided on that page, rather than the information below.
Local Postgraduate Program
Who is this program for?
• Professionals looking for a solid base for practice
in today’s world
• Curious professionals interested in investigating the
influence of the extended family on the people they
see and in their own lives
• Practitioners seeking to aid individuals’ ability to learn
about and take responsibility for themselves
What does the program offer?
Assistance dealing with the complex challenging situations professionals
face
in today’s clinical climate
A coherent comprehensive theory that applies to all problems focusing
on the background processes underneath all symptoms. Without a theory,
technique exists in a vacuum
A challenge to develop your own thinking about therapy and the helping
relationship
The international center of expertise in Bowen family systems theory
with 30 years experience training professionals
What is the program format?
Program meets two hours every other week
Didactic portion: Either a faculty presentation and discussion, or a reading seminar on althernate weeks
Supervision in a group format—two hours every other week—addressing
- professional practice
- trainees own family
- work systems
- theoretical questions
Videotapes from an extensive collection including Bowen lectures and
interviews and composite tapes of clinical work
Admission Requirements
Have a masters degree or higher in an area of professional practice,
such as social work, nursing, counseling, pastoral counseling, psychiatry,
psychology, business consulting or ministry
Have an area of professional practice where the trainee will apply theory
Request application forms and submit them by July 1, 2007. Application Form
Enclose application fee of $35.00
Applicant will be contacted by the program coordinator for an admissions interview when a completed application and fee is receivedFaculty
• Multidisciplinary
• Experienced supervisors
• Varied research and clinical interests:
- substance abuse
- trainees own family
- work systems
- theoretical questions
What are the specifics of the program?
Program Coordinator: Kathleen B. Kerr, MSN, MA
Dates: September 18, 2007 to June 17, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.
Day: Tuesday
Tuition: $1,800
Location: Bowen Center for the Study of the Family/Georgetown Family
Center
4400 MacArthur Blvd., NW, Suite 103, Washington, DC 20007-2521
Phone: 202-965-4400
E-mail: info@thebowencenter.org
Snow Policy
When it snows, if the Federal Government is open, the program will
be held. If the Federal Government is on liberal leave, the program
will be held. If the Federal Government is closed, the program will
not be held.
Information about the Federal Government is available
from three sources: 1) On local television stations by 5 AM. Some stations
may broadcast the information as early as 4 AM. 2) Directly from the
web site of the Office of Personnel Management of the Federal Government
at: www.opm.gov/status. 3) By a telephone call to the Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) at: 202-606-1900.
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