Clinical
Bowen Family Systems theory
Family Therapy in Clinical Practice by Murray Bowen, MD and Family Evaluation by Michael E. Kerr, MD and Murray Bowen, MD are published available for purchase here through the Center’s participation in the Amazon Associates program. http://www.thebowencenter.org/pages/publications.html
Bowen Family Systems Theory – The eight concepts of Bowen Theory are presented here in this primer titled One Family’s Story: A Primer on Bowen Theory. This booklet is available in single copies and at a discount for bulk purchases. http://www.thebowencenter.org/pages/theory.html
Family Unit Functioning Questionnaire: Development and Initial Validation by Carrie E. Collier & Pedro Villareal III- Article presenting the development of the questionnaire a tool for researchers and clinicians. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/anzf.1491
Wisdom
Monika Ardelt’s Three Dimensional Wisdom Scale found here on the NY times webpage. http://www.nytimes.com/ref/magazine/20070430_WISDOM.html
Wisdom Page Information About Wisdom Researchers – a review of the common questions about defining wisdom and wise practices. http://www.wisdompage.com/#801
Academic
APA style website provides information about the 6th edition of the APA Publication manual. This writing is required of all counseling/psychology papers. www.apastyle.org/
Ethics for Counselors – The American Counseling Association’s (ACA) 2005 Code of ethics and misstion statement found here: www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/ethics
National Board Certified Counselors (NCC) – this is the administrative body that organizes the examination for counselor certification and licensure. This website provides information on certification and licensure. www.nbcc.org/StateLicensure
State Licensure Information for Counselors – Each state has specific licensure requirements and this site offers the links to each of the state licensing boards. www.counseling.org/knowledge-center/licensure-requirements/state-professional-counselor-licensure-boards
Books and Peer Reviewed Journals
Psychosocial Development
Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development.
Erikson, E. H. (1962). Young man Luther. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
Erikson, E. H. (1964). Insight and responsibility. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
Erikson, E. H. (1974). Dimensions of a new identity: The 1973 Jefferson lectures in the humanities. New York: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.
Erikson, E. H. (1980). Identity and the life cycle. New York: W. W. Norton & Company.
Erikson, E. H. (1995). On protest and affirmation (1972). In S. Schlein (Ed.), Erikson: a way of looking at things. (pp. 699-705).
Erikson, E. H., Erikson, J. M., & Kivnick, H. Q. (1986). Vital involvement in old age. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Carol Wren Hoare’s works on identity and psychosocial adaptation.
Hoare, C. H. (2002). Erikson on development in adulthood. New York: Oxford.
Hoare, C. H. (2009). Identity and spiritual development in the papers of Erik Erikson. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 19, 1-18.
Hoare, C. H. (In Press). Three missing dimensions in contemporary studies of identity: The unconscious, negative attributes, and society. The Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 1-33.
Spirituality, psychosocial adaptation/defense mechanisms, and aging.
Vaillant, G. E. (2001). Successful aging. American Journal Psychiatry, 158(6), 839-847.
Vaillant, G. E. (2002). Aging well: suprising guideposts to a happier life from the landmark harvard study of adult development. New York: Little, Brown & Company.
Vaillant, G. E., Bond, M., & Vaillant, C. O. (1986). An empirically validated hierarchy of defense mechanisms. Archives of General Psychiatry, 73, 786-794.
Wink, P., & Dillon, M. (2008). Religiousness, spirituality, and psychosocial functioning in late adulthood: Findings from a longitudinal study. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 102-115.