Barbara Laymon, PhD, MPH

Barbara Laymon is a faculty member and a clinical associate at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Her educational background includes a PhD from Loyola University, Baltimore, and an MPH from the University of South Carolina. Licensed as a professional counselor in MD and DC, she enjoys reflecting with her clients about family emotional processes.

Barbara is also a writer. Her recent book, All the Families of the Earth, Therapists in Bible Times, looks at family emotional processes through the stories of scripture . Recently retired from a career in public health, she continues to be interested in how context shapes health and how communities can work together to address the context for family health.

More about her publications and current research interests are available at https://wwwresearchgate.net/profile/Barbara_Laymon 

Contact information: blaymon@thebowencenter.org