Princeton Family Center for Education
Training programs in Bowen family systems theory
for professionals and non-professionals
General Training
Learn to apply the system principles of Bowen theory to one's self and to one's family of origin and acquire a conceptual framework for understanding human functioning.
Events & Webinars
Our events and webinars are a means of inviting a broad community of learners to become more curious about self in relationship to others in the context of the reality of daily life.
Next Webinar: Friday, May 10, 2024
Community Seminars
A meeting series providing participants an opportunity to learn and understand more about one’s own family of origin and the part self plays in relationships within family, work, and social systems.
Family Systems Theory?
What is Bowen
“Man is conceived as the most complex form of life that evolved from the lower forms and is intimately connected with all living things.”
Bowen family systems theory offers people a way to conceptualize human behavior—a way to think about, and focus on, a more objective way of understanding the relationships in which one lives as well as one's own functioning within these important relationships.
The family you grew up in is probably the most valuable resource you have for understanding your own emotional reactivity.
WHO WE ARE
The Princeton Family Center for Education, Inc. (PFCE) offers courses and training programs in Bowen family systems theory—a natural systems theory that offers a broad new perspective on human behavior.
Dr. Murray Bowen’s theory is a body of knowledge about human emotional functioning in family, work, and social systems. This knowledge provides a guide for more responsible functioning in one’s own life.
The Princeton Family Center is a nonprofit educational institution teaching Bowen theory to professionals, organizational leaders, and members of the general public.
When you get upset with family members, do you have a tendency to emotionally or physically cut-off?
Understanding past patterns can help you manage present and future significant relationships.
At Princeton Family Center for Education, we are committed to bringing the ideas of Bowen family systems theory to interested others through a range of learning opportunities.
WHAT WE DO
Our training courses are rooted in the principles of Bowen family systems theory and designed to help individuals:
Understand specific patterns of family and relationship interactions as described by Bowen family systems theory.
Learn to apply the system principles of Bowen theory to one's self and to one's family of origin.
Acquire a conceptual framework for understanding human functioning.
Achieve a heightened awareness of the self
Daniel V. Papero, PhD, LCSW, Faculty, The Bowen Center, discusses how applying Bowen family systems theory can be useful in solving problems in a relationship by focusing on one's self.
How often do you try to change someone else?
If as a rule of thumb, 99.9% of the time most of us work to change the other, what does it take to understand that the only person that you can change is yourself?
Discover the difference Bowen family systems theory can make towards gaining an improved understanding of your relationships.
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