While in Green Bay, Wisconsin for a conference, Dr. Bowen was interviewed by WFRV-TV for a program entitled “Inquiry.” Watch and listen to Dr. Bowen, named a “maverik” by interviewer Tom Joles, explain the differences between individual and systems thinking, with forays into the “ideal parents,” individuality and togetherness, and the Green Bay Packers.
Videos, Miscellaneous Presentations
Watch Murray Bowen live! Dr. Bowen was a pioneer in the use of the latest technology to record presentations, clinical sessions, and teaching tapes. Hundreds of tapes are included in the archival collection at the National Library of Medicine, yet there has been, to this point in time, no recording of Dr. Bowen available online. The Murray Bowen Archives Project is excited to be the first to make recordings of Dr. Bowen available online, on demand, and free of charge. Watch for new recordings to be posted on a regular basis.
During the mid-1960’s, Dr. Bowen discovered that conflicts in nuclear families became much milder for those who worked to define a self within his or her family of origin, thus “bypassing the nuclear family.” In this video, Dr. Bowen explains how his focus on the family of origin is “the whole basis of the therapy at the family center…”