This section is a monthly summary of each seminar with links and downloads. Each month you'll find a summary of what will be covered about two weeks in advance. It will remain posted for reference following the seminar. It is available for the exclusive use of those registered for the seminar.
'25-26 Seminar Series Assignments
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October 4, 2025
Homework:
Submit:
- Please fill-out and submit a LMAO Seminar Participant Form via email to TimLindhorst@gmail.com.
Think ahead each month:
- What do you wish to share with the group during Check-In. You'll have about 10-15 minutes.
- What brought you to this seminar?
- What are your hopes and expectations?
- What is challenging you this month?
Read/Review:
- Watch: Understanding Bowen Theory (~10 minutes)
- Read (or re-read) this article from the Atlantic Monthly 1988 written by Michael E. Kerr: Chronic Anxiety & Defining a Self
- If it's your first time reviewing this article, what idea was most new to you?
- If you've read this article before, what did you see new this time through?
Consider buying these 6 books:
- One Family's Story: A Primer on Bowen Theory
- Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue
- Friedman's Fables
- A Family Genogram Workbook
- Everything Isn't Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety and Finally Calm Down
- True to You: A Therapist's Guide to Stop Pleasing Others and Start Being Yourself
Typical Seminar Schedule:
- Morning Check-In
- Questions & Reflection
- Discussion of Monthly Topic
- Case Presentation (doc & pdf)
- Afternoon Family of Origin presentations
- Discussion of plans to work on Family Systems over the next month
