Programs at CSNSF Border Programs  2012

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CSNSF Border Programs Conference Friday April 27, 2012 El Paso, TX

Relationships in Today’s Family, Work, and Society

There are no simple answers to the complex problems in the world today. Science has used systems thinking for decades to solve complex issues in the world of technology; in 1950 Murray Bowen discovered a way to use systems thinking to gain a new understanding of complex human problems. Most of that work has been applied to families and other relationship systems where a new way of thinking offers new ways to deal with life challenges. This third annual conference of CSNSF Border Programs will again use Bowen’s work and systems thinking to offer deeper understanding of relationship challenges in society, work, and family.

Keynote Speaker Patricia Comella, JD

Pat Comella is working toward a comprehensive theory of emotional process in society where her knowledge of Bowen theory, evolutionary theory, and her work in international negotiations come together in a broad understanding of the forces that are at work in human conflicts and dilemmas. . Ms. Comella is on the faculty of the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family and chaired the organizing committee for the 2009 conference, “Societies, Families and Planet Earth: Exploring the Connections. “Her keynote presentation for this meeting, “The Functions of Social Groups” will bring examples of the variability in functioning in social groups and an understanding of the forces that are at work.

Classic video clips of Murray Bowen teaching about human relationships in the three arenas of family, work and society will amplify her presentation.

The afternoon will feature other presenters who have special interests and experience in the issues of societal process: societal regression in clergy and congregations (Dr. Robert Creech), the functions of triangles in problems and solving problems (Victoria Harrison), societal and family pressures on young adults (Dr. Katie Long) , family leadership in anxious times (Louise Rauseo), and interlocking triangles: family and education (Ada Trillo)..

Dr. Robert Creech: Societal Regression in Clergy and Congregations

R. Robert Creech, Ph.D., has served as the Hubert H. and Gladys S. Raborn Professor of Pastoral Leadership and Director of Pastoral Ministries at Baylor University’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary since 2009. For the previous twenty-two years he served as the Senior Pastor at the University Baptist Church in Houston, TX, near the Johnson Space Center. He has written and published work on applying Bowen theory in the life of clergy and congregations

Victoria Harrison:  The Function of Triangles in Problems and Solving Problems

Victoria Harrison, MA, LCSW, LMFT directs CSNSF in Houston where she has a clinical practice in family systems psychotherapy with biofeedback and neurofeedback for observation and self-regulation of anxiety. She commutes to Bowen Center for the Study of the Family where she has served on faculty since 1992 and currently directs the Postgraduate Program.

Dr. Katie Long:  Societal and Family Pressures on Young Adults

Katie Long, D.Min.is the United Methodist campus minister at Baylor University, giving her great interest in young adults, their relationships with their families and the influence of societal process on these. She is an avid reader of Presidential biographies, looking at how societal leaders emerge from families. Dr. Long is the editor of Family Systems Forum, a quarterly publication of Center for the Study of Natural Systems and the Family.

Louise Rauseo:  Family Leadership in Anxious Times

Louise Rauseo, RN, MS directs the CSNSF Border Programs in El Paso and maintains a clinical practice both in El Paso and Annapolis, MD. She lives in Annapolis MD and is on the faculty at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, DC. She travels regularly to the El Paso area to work with a team of people who are putting the ideas of Bowen theory to work in creative projects. .

Ada Trillo:  Interlocking Triangles: Family and Education

Ada Luisa Trillo, MA, studied at the Special Post-Graduate Program at Georgetown Family Center (Washington DC) from Sept. 2002 to June 2006. She has taught and developed courses in Bowen System Theory both in El Paso and Cd. Juarez, Mexico. Her current writing and interests are focused in Societal Process and the role of anxiety in the challenging issue of border violence.

Location:  Tepeyac Institute (directions will be provided upon registration)  El Paso, TX
Hours:  8:00AM - 5:00PM  with catered lunch
Tuition:  $95 (Early Bird Registration: $80)
6 CEu's:  $20 for SW, LCSW, LPC, TMFT
Hotel information is available.

For more information contact Louise Rauseo: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 443-623-4021
Registration Information: Lydia Hernandez: 915-240-4628

Relationships in Today’s Family, Work, and Society
Program

8:00 - 8:20   Registration and coffee

8:20 - 8:30   Welcome and Housekeeping

8:30 - !0:00 Pat Comella “The Functions of Social Groups”

10:00 - 10:15 Break

10:15 - 11:00 Panel: Louise Rauseo,(Mod), Pat Comella, Ada Trillo, Robert Creech, Katie Long

11:00 - 11:30 Video Clips   Dr. Bowen  Human Relationships

11:30 - 12:00  Commentary and questions Victoria Harrison (Moderator)

12:00 - 1:00 PM   Lunch Served

1-1:30 Victoria Harrison The Functions of Triangles in Problems and Solving Problems

1:30 – 2PM Ada Luisa Trillo  Interlocking Triangles:-Facing the Crisis-Families and  Education

2:00-2:30  Katie Long Societal and Family Pressures on Young Adults

2:30- 2:45   Short Break

2:45-3:15 Robert Creech   Clergy and Congregations in a Regressed Society

3:15 – 3:45 Louise Rauseo   Family Leadership in Anxious Times

3:45 – 4:30 Panel and Discussion

4:30 – 5:00pm  Conclusion, Evaluation, and Adjournment

 

 Society in Trouble: A View From Natural Systems Study and Bowen Theory

Facilitated by Louise Rauseo

Quarterly Seminars are half day meetings which continue to develop study and thinking in regard to emotional process in society.  There will be both discussion of background reading and video presentations that help address relationship issues in society and the mutual influences of family and society.  Leadership in a time of societal regression will be an ongoing theme.  

October 29, 2011  February 4, 2012 May 5, 2012 August 11, 2012

Time:  Saturdays, 9A - 12Noon 8:30 coffee and registration.
Tuition: $40 a session includes light lunch or almuerzo. CEU's $15 if requested in advance.
Location:  1101 Birch St. El Paso, TX 79930 (All Saints Classroom) Corner Birch and Grant
Registration is required.  Please download registration pdf and send with your payment to CSNSF Border Programs at
PO Box 1387, El Paso TX  79948. 
Space is limited so call or email to guarantee your place.  (Group registration will require advance notice in order
to arrange a larger classroom.) 

Structured Seminar in Bowen Theory

Louise Rauseo, RN, MS, CS

This seminar will provide highly motivated people an opportunity to develop their understanding and application of Bowen theory and systems thinking in their own families and work systems. The course will meet four times a year, five hours, on Saturdays from 8:30-1:30pm.  Limited to 8 participants.

The course will require a 15-30 minute presentation every three months based on a chosen topic or concept in the study of natural systems and the family.  Individuals present at each class with consultation from Mrs. Rauseo or visiting faculty.  Monthly consultation/supervision included in the tuition: $500/year.

Application accepted before October 1 each year at CSNSF Border Programs, PO Box 1387, El Paso TX  79948 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Schedule for fall TBA.

Bowen Center Webcast 2011-2012:  Conversations with the Faculty

One Monday a Month from 12 Noon - 1:30PM
at 1101 Birch St. El Paso, 79930 (All Saints Classroom) @ corner of Birch and Grant

This series of presentations by faculty of The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family
will feature applications of Bowen theory in one's own family, in clinical practice, in
research, and in organizations.  The audience via webcast will include students of Bowen
theory throughout the country. 

Monday, October 10, 2011
Dr. Anne McKnight on Defining Self in the Family

Monday, November 14, 2011
Dr. Anne McKnight on Examples from Clinical Practice

Monday, December 12, 2011
Dr. Daniel Papero on The Function of Anxiety in the Family

Monday, January 9, 2012
Dr. Daniel Papero on Research on Anxiety and Stress

Monday, February 13, 2012
Victoria Harrison on Observing Reactivity

Monday, March 12, 2012
Victoria Harrison on Managing Reactivity

Monday, April 23, 2012
Douglas Murphy on Fusion and Reciprocity

Monday, May 21, 2012
Douglas Murphy on Triangles

Monday, June 18, 2012
Clinical Case based on Themes of the Year

Fees and Registration:  $35 per session.
Attendance is limited to 10. CEUs at $15 will be available in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, and LPC upon request.  Please register by phone or email to assure your place.  Groups must register in advance in order to arrange a larger classroom.
To Register: Phone Lydia Hernandez at 915-240-4628 or Email Louise Rauseo at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Pay to CSNSF at PO Box 1387, El Paso,
Texas 79948 or pay at the door if you have registered by phone or email. 

Bring your own lunch to these conversations with Bowen Center Faculty via webast at a price and time convenient to working people.L