THE FAMILY AND THE BRAIN:
AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
This year’s lecture series will consist of a series of presentations by internationally recognized neuroscientists and senior scholars of Bowen theory. The scientists from
several disciplines have contributed to the developing knowledge of the reciprocal nature of the interaction between physiology, behavior, and human relationships.
CEU’s – 13.5 for entire series. Fee: $125 for series / $20 per event
The monthly video series will be presented on the third Tuesday of each month from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Gregg S. Kitzis, L.C.S.W. or Regina Ferrera, L.C.S.W.
will lead a discussion following each video. Presentations will be held at
Thrive Counseling Center
120 South Marion Street
Oak Park, IL 60302
Conveniently located near the Marion Street stop for the Green Line and
the Metra West Line
Calendar of Events
September 15, 2009 - The Neurobiology of Intuitive Decision Making - with John Allman, Ph.D. (California Institute of Technology). Professor of Biology. Author of Evolving Brains, Dr. Allman has shed light on how the evolution of large brains in humans depended on the formation of the extended family and how the rise of the family led to the development of language.
October 20, 2009 - Affective Neuroscience and the Social Brain - with Jaak Panksepp, Ph.D. (Bowling Green State University) Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychobiology, Bowling Green State University, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Medical College of Ohio at Toledo, and the Falk Center for Molecular Therapeutics, Northwestern University. His current work is devoted to understanding the social-bonding and play mechanisms of the brain, and how they relate to childhood disorders such as ADHD. He is the author of Affective Neuroscience: the Foundations of Human and Animal Emotions.
November 17, 2009 - Evolution of Stress Response and the Social Brain - with Mark Flinn, Ph.D. (University of Missouri) Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Missouri and visiting associate professor, Department of Psychological Sciences 2004-2006. Dr. Flinn has been leading an important long-term research project on the interplay between childhood stress, family relationships, and children’s health. The
findings of this study highlight the marked sensitivity in the interactions between children and their caretakers, described in Bowen theory.
December 15, 2009 - Emotional Objectivity: Oxymoron or Possibility? - with Michael E. Kerr, MD
Director, Bowen Center the Study of the Family. Dr. Kerr is the co-author, with Murray Bowen, of Family Evaluation: An Approach Based on Bowen Theory which was published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 1988. He is the editor of Family Systems: A Journal of Natural Systems Thinking in Psychiatry and the Sciences published by the Georgetown Family Center. He is internationally recognized as the leading lecturer and writer on Bowen theory.
January 19, 2010 - The Biology of Mothering: From Rats to Human & Back Again - with Alison Fleming, Ph.D.
(University of Toronto) Dr. Fleming is a psychologist at the University of Toronto whose research has been focused on the psychobiology of parental behavior and its development. She has been particularly interested in early life effects on parenting and the influence of experience-hormone interactions on maternal behavior.
February 16, 2010 - Oxytocin, Vasopressin and Development - with Sue Carter, Ph.D.
(University of Illinois-Chicago) Professor and Co-Director, The Brain Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago. She also holds appointments in Physiology and Biophysics and the College of Nursing. Dr. Carter is an expert in the areas of affiliation and bonding
March 16, 2010 - The Role of Social Engagement in Attachment and Bonding: Insights from the Polyvagal Theory - with Stephen Porges, Ph.D.
(University of Illinois-Chicago) Professor and the Director of the Brain-Body Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois, Chicago. Dr. Porges is a developmental psychologist and neuroscientist who has been studying the relation between the nervous system and behavior for over thirty years.
April 20, 2010 - Gene Environment Interactions in a Family Context Among Rhesus Monkeys - with Stephen J. Suomi, Ph.D.
(National Institute of Child Health and Development) Chief of the Laboratory of Comparative Ethology at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health, Research Professor at the University of Virginia (Psychology), the University of Maryland, College Park (Human Development), and the Johns Hopkins University (Mental Hygiene), and holds adjunct professorships at a number of other distinguished universities.
May 18, 2010 - The Family as an Emotional Unit - with Daniel V. Papero, Ph.D.
Faculty, Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. Dr. Papero has written numerous articles and book chapters on various aspects of family systems theory and family psychotherapy and, in 1990, published a basic introduction to family systems, Bowen Family Systems Theory.
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