Videos

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 of Murray Bowen, MD, are housed in the archival collection at the National Library of Medicine. Now visitors to this website have the opportunity to watch Dr. Bowen as he teaches, lectures and discusses Bowen Theory with audiences across the country. The Murray Bowen Archives Project is excited to make recordings of Dr. Bowen available online, on demand, and free of charge. Watch for new recordings each month.

Dr. Bowen Talking to the Special Postgraduate Program

31 videos, last posted April 2024

During the 1980’s, Dr. Bowen presented his theory and thinking to students in the Special Post Graduate Program, a teaching forum. These videos highlight Dr. Bowen’s thinking about triangles, therapy, war, democracy, and the infamous “Skunk Woman.”.

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Addictions and Family Systems

9 videos, last posted March 2018

Dr. Bowen spoke at conferences around the country. Here he takes on issues of addictions and family systems with an audience in Green Bay, Wisconsin in April 1990.

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Alcohol and the Family System

7 videos, last posted October 2017

In 1984, Dr. Bowen traveled to Wisconsin where he presented at a conference on Alcohol and the Family System. Watch as he offers a systems view of alcohol use and the role of the family.

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Miscellaneous Presentations

2 videos, last posted September 2017

Two videos of general presentations. One is an interview broadcast by WFRV in Green Bay, Wisconsin on their program “Inquiry.” We are grateful to them for permission to post it. The other is a portion of a clinical tape entitled “Bypassing the Nuclear Family,” courtesy of The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family.

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