The Prairie Center Programs for 2008-2009: August 22, 2008 Friday - The Individual and The Relationship System
- Daniel Papero, MSSW, PhD Clarion Hotel Manhattan, KS.
- 7.0 CEUs
November 14, 2008, Friday - Child Abuse and Family Emotional Process
- Walter H. Smith, Jr., Ph.D, Clarion Hotel, Manhattan KS. 7.0 Diagnosis and Treatment CEUs
March 6, 2009, Friday On The Edge III: Tensions At TheTop, Triangles and Organizations Daniel V. Papero, MSSW, PhD., Clarion Hotel Manhattan KS. 7.0CEUs
The Prairie Center learning components offer participants broad, advanced clinical education and training opportunities in Kansas, with visiting Bowen Center Faculty from Washington D.C., and other scientists. Educational seminars, coaching groups, video study, free community seminars, and individualized study are the core components.
Professional Seminars focus on the learning and application of Bowen theory's interlocking concepts. Seminars are held for full days in August, November and March. 7.0 CEU's are available for each seminar. Coaching Groups: There are two on-going coaching groups at the Prairie Center. Both groups offer CEUs. - The Dan Papero Coaching Group is a three- times- a- year group that meets with Dan Papero in Manhattan and incorporates a full day of clinical coaching and presentations with the following day of education at the quarterly seminar.
- The Family Evaluation and Family of Origin Coaching Group is a monthly coaching group held on Fridays in Manhattan with Tamara Hawk. It is suitable for introductory or advanced level students.
Video seminar groups are occasionally offered by Tamara Hawk and Pam Allen that introduce Bowen Theory with the new Michael Kerr BT video series and other videos available in the library. It combines education with introduction to studying ones own family in a coaching group. Other Special Interest Study Groups: Other study group options are available on request for any three or more people that want to study theory in a natural group, work group, or professional capacity. Please contact Tamara Hawk if you have a specific interest.
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Who Was Murray Bowen?
Described by close associate and student of Bowen theory, Andrea M. Schara stated that "Murray Bowen (1913- 1990) was the first and only psychiatrist to describe a theory explaining human behavior. His understanding of the emotional processes in his own family distinguished him from all others in psychiatry. Few people really understood what he accomplished by studying his own family and then placing his theory in the midst of evolutionary biology." See Dr. Bowen's story at Andrea M. Schara Ideas To Action website at http://ideastoaction.wordpress.com/dr-bowen/
Victoria Harrison, a close associate of Dr. Bowen, current Director of the Board of the Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family in Houston TX and a faculty member at the Georgetown Family Center, described Dr. Bowen’s influence and contribution to the science of human behavior:(Visit Victoria Harrison’s CSNSF http://www.csnsf.org/bowen.htm
“Bowen theory is not a theory about pathology, but about the interaction of variables that produce variation in human functioning. Instead of reducing the explanation of physical illness, for example, to one cause and the effect, natural systems theory outlines related variables to predict individual variation in health. Any symptoms, be they physical, psychiatric, behavioral, social or societal, are studied within the same broad theoretical framework. Both biology and behavior are considered under the influence of the same variables and symptoms and stability are the outcome of those variables.” Dr. Bowen spent his life developing and testing his theory. He began by combining repeated clinical observations with reading extensively in biology, the study of evolution, and all the natural sciences. In his own words: "Family Systems Theory contains no ideas that have not been part of the human experience through the centuries. The task of the theorist is to find the minimal number of congruent pieces from the total bank of human knowledge that fit together to tell a simple story about the nature of man, or whatever other phenomenon he attempts to describe." He made a disciplined effort to "select consistent theoretical concepts that might some day conceptualize emotional illness as a product of that part of man he shares with lower forms of life."(FTCP,1978) "Murray Bowen was a scholar, researcher, clinician, teacher, and writer. He worked tirelessly toward a science of human behavior, one that viewed man as a part of all life. He was very active in professional organizations, always wanting to contribute in any way he could, usually trying to remind himself that there was only so much he could do. He has been credited as being one of those rare human beings who had a genuinely new idea. He had the courage to go against the psychiatric and societal mainstream, to stand up for what he believed about human behavior. Thanks to his efforts the world has been rewarded with a new theory of human behavior, one with the potential to replace Freudian theory with a radically new method of psychotherapy based on the new theory. " (The Bowen Center For The Study of The Family, www.thebowencenter.org
More About The Prairie Center.... The Prairie Center Training Program and Seminar Schedule and Programs Brochure for 2008-2009 will be mailed in late June. Only one brochure is mailed for the year. Watch for postcards and email announcements for each meeting 6 weeks before the seminars. Please email Tamara J. Hawk (below) if you are not on the mail announcement list or have changed your email address. Available for Speaking and Training Days: Tamara Hawk is also available for half or full day training seminars on a variety of topics about Bowen Theory. Please contact if you have an interest. Footprints...The Prairie Center also sponsors community forums with guest speakers visiting Manhattan. If you are interested in arranging for a speaker to visit your group during the seminar week, please contact the Prairie Center.
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The National Network of Bowen Theory Training Programs The Prairie Center is one of 13 Bowen Theory Network Training Programs across the nation. Each stives to provide education and training in Bowen theory consistent with the theory's basic concepts and principles. - The Bowen Center for The Study of The Family, Washington DC, Michael E. Kerr, M.D., Director
- The Kansas City Center for Family and Organizational Systems, Kansas City MO, Margaret Otto, Director
- El Paso Border Programs, El Paso TX, Louise Rauseo, Director
- Center for the Study of Natural Systems and The Family, Houston TX, Victoria Harrison, Dir.
- Northern California Programs in Bowen Theory, Sonoma, CA, Laura havstad, Director
- Southern California Training In Bowen Theory, San Diego CA, Carolyn Jacobs, Director
- Princeton Family Center, Princeton NJ, Selden Illick, Faculty
- The Florida Network, Eileen Gotliebb Director
- New England Family Center, MASS, Peter Titleman
- The Center for The Family, Evanston, IL Robert Noone Faculty
- Vermont Familly Center, Burlington VT, Mercy Russell Hyde, Faculty
- Living Systems, Vancouver, CAN, Randall Frost, Director
- Western Pennsylvania Family Center, Jim Smith Director
- The Prairie Center for Family Studies, Tamara J. Hawk, MSW, Director...YOU ARE HERE
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Contact for More Information: The Prairie Center for Family Therapy
210 Southwind Pl. # 1B, Manhattan KS 66503
785-539-7789 EMAIL Tamara Hawk
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