The Family Unit Functioning Questionnaire

Presenter: Carrie E. Collier, PhD, LPC, CRC

Director, The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, Washington, DC

Dr. Carrie Collier will present her research on the development of The Family Unit Functioning Questionnaire. This research is grounded in Bowen family systems theory and uses Papero's (2018, 2020) family systems model for assessment. This presentation will include the research design, model, and results as well as the relevant uses and pitfalls of this questionnaire in one's work with families. The presenter will situate this in the usefulness of looking at the family as a unit and the challenges that have occurred in the past year with the COVID shutdowns.