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The origin of the theory, our role, and our objectives and purposes.

Please join with Bowen Theory Academy’s efforts to continue Murray Bowen’s odyssey toward a science of human behavior.

07/23/2026

What actually drives a person to do something differently even when they know what they should do?

Most of us assume that wanting something and enjoying it are the same thing. But research shows they are two entirely separate systems in the brain.

In this webinar, Dr. Michael Kerr explores how findings like this from neuroscience are beginning to shed light on what real change actually requires.

Watch the full webinar for more:
https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/where-the-roots-of-bowen-theory-reside

07/16/2026

Dr. Michael Kerr came up with this simple equation:
Differentiation of self = emotional objectivity + action

What do you think? And is it as easy to implement as the equation itself?

🔗 Watch the full webinar here:
https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/where-the-roots-of-bowen-theory-reside

07/10/2026

In the 1970s, Dr. Murray Bowen said something to Dr. Michael Kerr that has stayed with him since. It's one of several moments in this webinar where Bowen's thinking turns out to be pointing at something much deeper than most people realized at the time.

You can watch the full presentation here:
https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/where-the-roots-of-bowen-theory-reside

06/18/2026

Have our technological advances been a form of borrowing of self? Have these advances made us harder to regulate as individuals and as a society? What might be the hidden cost of that?

Watch the full webinar for more:
https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/emotional-regression-and-cancer

06/11/2026

Is regression just part of nature? Is it something to be solved?

These questions from the discussion challenge the assumption that progression is always good and regression is always bad, and offer a different way of thinking about where we are as a society.

You can watch the full discussion here:
https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/emotional-regression-and-cancer

06/04/2026

What if the real threat to society isn't conflicts between people, but our broken relationship with nature itself?

In this webinar, Dr. Michael Kerr shares his thinking on societal regression, which might offer a different way of understanding what has been happening in the world right now.

🔗 Watch the full webinar here:
https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/emotional-regression-and-cancer

05/27/2026

What's the difference between detachment and differentiation?

If you've ever tried to "let go" of a loved one's addiction and found yourself falling back into the same pattern, Kathleen Kerr’s webinar might shed some light:

https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/unresolved-emotional-attachment

05/21/2026

"It takes a village to make an addict." – Carolyn Jacobs

Addiction is typically framed as an individual struggle. But what happens when you zoom out and look at the whole family system?

🔗 Watch the full webinar on Bowen family systems theory and addiction below:

https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/unresolved-emotional-attachment

05/15/2026

"I became addicted to my child's addiction." — David Sheff, Beautiful Boy

Kathleen Kerr presents a detailed case study analysis of the Sheff family, examining the relationship between father David Sheff and his son Nick through the lens of Bowen family systems theory.

This webinar is highly relevant for clinicians, counselors, social workers, and anyone navigating family addiction dynamics.

🔗 Watch the full webinar here:
https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/unresolved-emotional-attachment

05/05/2026

When told that talking about emotions and cancer might make patients feel guilty, a cancer patient didn’t hesitate and said, "Don't they know how powerful emotion is? Who has control over that? This isn't a psychological weakness."

Watch the full interview with Dr. Michael Kerr here: https://bowentheoryacademy.org/webinars/unidisease_concept

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