Lorna Hecht-Zablow MFT, San Diego Family Systems Psychotherapist

Registrations are in full swing!

If you are Bowen curious and have questions, contact me at [email protected].

Do you remember liking Bowen theory in graduate school? Did systems thinking move to the back burner in the world of attachment theory, disorder diagnosis and treatment? It may be time to take a second look at what a natural systems approach has to offer.

Registrations are in full swing. The study of family systems theory provides answers to questions that lead to new questions, just as Murray Bowen intended. It's a life-long learning process for those who pick up the gift and challenge of using Bowen theory as a guide to living.

Learn natural systems concepts
Become a better observer
Define self, develop self.

Get Curious; Stay Curious.

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"Family Systems Theory contains no ideas that have not been a part of human experience through the centuries." Murray Bowen

Are you a clinician who is fed up with using the medical model for emotional problems?
Insurance companies as overlords?
The DSM as your bible?
There is another way.
Stay Curious:

Today is International Family day. Did you know that EVERY family has evolved to use the same mechanisms to manage the challenges of being together and dealing with life?

The genius of Murray Bowen is that he recognized this and formulated his theory based on what every family shares.

If you want to learn more about how the human family is a product of nature, and all of us are more alike than different, consider attending my new course.

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Everything old is new again. (Song by Peter Allen)

Did you know that in addition to being the most comprehensive existing psychotherapeutic theory of the human, as early as the mid-1950s Murray Bowen was seeing and predicting our current societal regression and environmental crisis?

(With his (the human's) logical thinking and knowledge, he could have known decades ago that he was on a collision course with his environment."

"The young professional has the choice of continuing conventional theory and therapy, or of incorporating a few systems concepts, or of trying to go all the way toward systems thinking. I believe a few systems concepts are better than none." Murray Bowen

Are you a clinician who uses some concepts from Bowen theory mixed with techniques from other approaches? Maybe you, or even your clients, would like to go further with systems thinking.

What makes Bowen Theory different?
It's not just a psychological theory or set of techniques.
What are common misunderstandings?
Does Bowen theory have cultural relevance in the 21st century?

Interested in the answer to these and other questions? Let me know.

Is Bowen Theory still relevant in 2026?

Yes—and perhaps more than ever.

When anxiety increases, systems thinking becomes more—not less—useful.