Overview of the Bowen theoretical-therapeutic system / Peter Titelman -- Family systems assessment based on Bowen theory / Peter Titelman -- Bowen theory as a basis for therapy / Patricia Hanes Meyer -- Marital fusion and differentiation / Phil Klever -- Emotional dysfunction in children / James C. Maloni -- Treatment of a family whose child has a serious medical problem / Sydney K. Reed -- Treating college students from a Bowen family systems theory perspective / Brian J. Kelly -- Use of Bowen theory in clinical practice with the elderly / James B. Smith -- Family systems treatment of depression / Bennett I. Tittler -- Tracking the emotional process : applying Bowen theory with phobias and an obsessive compulsive disorder / Donald J. Shoulberg -- Family systems with alcoholism : a case study / Anne S. McKnight -- Incest : a family systems perspective / Peter Titelman -- Child-focused divorce / Edward W. Beal -- Treating a remarried family system / Katharine Gratwick Baker -- Bridging emotional cutoff from a former spouse / Stephanie J. Ferrera.