The NESBT will offer its fourth conference on societal process Oct. 17, 2008, at Clark University in Worcester, Mass. This year’s theme is the environment. Bowen theory potentially has much to say about how mankind treats the planet and how humans respond to crisis in the natural environment. Theory allows environmental issues to be considered from a variety of perspectives, including social, historical, cellular and in other species. Some questions up for consideration: How do anxiety and emotional process drive mankind’s use of land, water and other resources? What might account for the blindness that humans appear to experience in their observations of their natural environment? If humans can agree there is an environmental crisis, what would be needed for societies to take appropriate action? What is responsible use of resources? Does irresponsible use of resources contribute to such social problems as terrorism? The health of the earth’s environment may be the most important topic the NESBT conference has yet tackled. We hope you will consider attending. Please check the Web for further updates. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the conference organizer, Barbara LeBlanc at barbara.leblanc@comcast.net.
This Book presents clear applications of Murray Bowen's concept of the emotional triangle in the family, in organizations, and society. Their are contributions from board members of the New England Seminar on Bowen Theory: Peter Titelman, Lauarie Lassiter, and Ann Nicholson.
Reviewers had the following to say about the book:
"This edited book focuses on one of the most important of Bowen's ideas, triangles, and may be the editor's most important theoretical contribution to date....It is valualbe and important reading for therapists, trainees, and Bowen scholars alike."
"The editor demonstrates marvelous editing skills in bringing together a number of thoughtful, creative, and well-argued presentations on triangles and interlocking triangles, the key process concept of Bowen Family Systems Theory. His overview on the concept pulls together new information as it reviews the evolution of the concept in the thought of Murray Bowen, MD."