Jake Morrill, MDiv, MA, LMFT

Jake Morrill is a Bowen family systems theory coach, working primarily with organizational leaders who seek greater ease and impact through differentiation of self. Since first exposure to systems thinking in 2004, he’s worked steadily at a greater understanding of himself, his family, and Bowen theory.

Through his twenties, Mr. Morrill worked in group homes with people with developmental disabilities; he also led court-mandated groups for men on probation for domestic violence. Since 2003, he has been the Lead Minister of the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church, in East Tennessee. He’s led three small non-profit organizations, served on a number of Boards, and been a Chaplain in the U.S. Army Reserve. He’s licensed as a marital and family therapist in Tennessee.

Mr. Morrill holds degrees from the University of Texas, Austin; the Iowa Writers’ Workshop; Harvard Divinity School; and East Tennessee State University. He was in the Bowen Center's Postgraduate Program from 2015-2021 and is also on the Faculty of the Bowen Theory Education Center in Chattanooga TN. 

An area of special interest is collective behavior in natural systems, as applied to organizations and communities. In that light, since 2016, he's had an ongoing relationship with the Kettering Foundation in their research on what makes democracy and communities thrive.

Contact information: jmorrill@thebowencenter.org