The Western Pennsylvania Family Center

Empowering the healthy functioning of families, organizations, communities, and other human systems toward a more sustainable future.

The Western Pennsylvania Family Center (WPFC) is a non-profit educational and training organization (501c3) founded in September, 1985 for the purpose of advancing Bowen family systems theory and enhancing individual functioning in the context of families, organizations and communities. This mission and vision is based in Bowen family systems theory, which is taught through workshops, lectures, an

09/08/2021

Visit our website to register: https://www.wpfc.net/event/annual-fall-conference/

Various conventional settings challenge systems thinkers because they are structured and organized on individual frameworks, cause and effect thinking, or ways of classifying and focusing on changing symptoms and problems. What is required to learn how to manage the challenges of thinking and practicing with family systems theory in a conventional world?

Join us October 22-23 for The 42nd Pittsburgh Family Systems Conference and Symposium, “Applying Family Systems Theory in a Conventional World.” This conference will provide education & skills training by numerous speakers from different professions. A diverse background among presenters assures the audience will engage patterns of challenges for family systems thinkers and practitioners across many professional settings.

08/25/2021

06/11/2021

Sign up now for WPFC's one day online conference, Moving Beyond the Pandemic: Systems Thinking and Adaptation.

Friday, June 18th - 8:30AM - 4:30PM.

Follow the link below - only 15 days left to register!

https://www.wpfc.net/event/moving-beyond-the-pandemic-systems-thinking-and-adaptation/