Top 5 Questions About Bowen Family Systems theory Now and Then: Murray Bowen's Archival Letters from the Bowen Center Collection.

Presenter: Carrie Collier, PhD, LPC, CRC

The results from a 2022/2023 qualitative research analysis conducted by Dr. Collier and Dr. Ashley Mader demonstrates the importance of Bowen's correspondences and this collection to better understand systems thinking and Bowen Family Systems theory. Responses from Murray Bowen over a 20-year period and 800 letters, from the Bowen Center collection, reveal Bowen's consistency and clarity in his thinking. The letters offer Bowen's facts and thinking on some of the most tested constructs in Bowen Family Systems theory. The researcher's data collection processes and research analysis of the 400 archival letters will be reviewed and discussed.