Clinical Study Seminar

Two years of a post-graduate-level learning program in Bowen theory at the Bowen Center or a Network Center. Each participant is required to be in consultation with a Bowen theory professional.

New participant applications are now open. Click the “2024-2025 Application Form” button at the top of this page to register online. The application process includes a completed application form and an interview with the program head, Dr. Anne McKnight. Returning participants, please select the returning student option.

The purpose of the program is to deepen understanding of the clinical application of Bowen theory through reading and through case presentations and discussion. Participants may engage in the Clinical Supervision Group along with another Bowen theory program such as the Continuing Studies Program or the Postgraduate Program.

Meetings occur monthly, on Fridays, from September through May at 10:00am - 1:00pm Eastern Time.

Program Dates
September 20, 2024 | October 18, 2024  | November 22, 2024 | December 20, 2024 | January 16, 2025 | February 21, 2025 | March 21, 2025 | April 18, 2025 | May 16, 2025

The group meets for 3 hours once per month. Each meeting includes two clinical presentations and discussion and a 45-minute discussion of an assigned Faculty Case Conference in Thinking Systems: Applying Bowen Theory in Clinical Practice. The case conferences were originally published in the Bowen Center’s Family Systems Journal. See below for the complete list of publications utilized in the program.

• McKnight, Anne S. 2023. Thinking Systems: Applying Bowen Theory in Clinical Practice. Washington, DC: Bowen Center for the Study of the Family.

• Noone, Robert J. 2021. Family and Self: Bowen Theory and the Shaping of Adaptive Capacity. Lexington Books. (Use LXFAND30 discount code).

• Harrison, Victoria. 2018. The Family Diagram and Family Research. Houston: Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family.

The fee for the program is $1,000.  For tuition questions, please see the Bowen Center’s Tuition Policy Page.

The Clinical Study Seminar began in 2021.

Anne S. McKnight, EdD, LCSW has been a member of the Bowen Center faculty since 1992 and served as director of the Bowen Center from 2010 - 2020. Her activities have included directing, teaching, and supervising in the Postgraduate Programs, leading the internship program, organizing and presenting at Bowen Center sponsored conferences and at national and international meetings. Dr. McKnight has been a family therapist for over 40 years. She developed a special interest in families with addiction through working, teaching, and supervising students in a child and family substance abuse program in Virginia. Dr. McKnight is the author of Thinking Systems and has also written chapters in many books on Bowen theory and contributed articles for Family Systems Journal.

This Clinical Study Seminar provides a maximum of 27 CE credit hours of Category I continuing education (CEU/CE) for counseling and social work. 

REQUIREMENTS FOR CEU/CE ELIGIBILITY:

• Pay the CEU/CE fee of $40 at time of registration.  

• Attend each livestreamed or in-person class in its entirety. The program head will note your attendance in each class.  

• If livestreamed, enable video and show your name on the screen, so that you are visible throughout the entirety of the class, except during designated breaks or lunch. 

• Submit a completed evaluation no more than 60 days after the final class. Shortly after the submission of your completed evaluation, you will be emailed a certificate.  

Policies:  The Bowen Center does not offer refunds for CE. We do not offer continuing education credit for viewing class recordings. It is the sole responsibility of the participant to verify their state’s professional licensure criteria for CE qualifications.  

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Participants deepen their understanding of Bowen theory through reading and discussion of theory.

2. Participants deepen their understanding of Bowen theory though the clinical application of theory in presentation of case studies.

3. Through self-reflection and thinking stimulated in discussion with the supervisor and other participants improve the management of self in sessions.

The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family/Georgetown Family Center is authorized by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners to provide continuing education credit. This program is a Category I offering.  

The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family/Georgetown Family Center has been approved by the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC) as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 6225. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family/Georgetown Family Center is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

Please email ceu@thebowencenter.org for questions about continuing education.

Please contact Dr. McKnight for questions regarding the program. For administrative questions, please contact Rachel Burnham, Learning & Development Coordinator,