Aging with Selden Dunbar Illick

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Aging with Selden Dunbar Illick

Season 3: Episode 17

Welcome to Elevator Systems! Selden Dunbar Illick joins Dixie Vandersluys and Katie White as they think through aging from a Bowen family systems perspective on today’s episode.

Selden Dunbar Illick has been studying Bowen family systems theory for over 40 years. Selden founded the Princeton Family Center for Education in 1987 and currently serves on the Board. Today, at the age of 85, Selden continues to be a consultant to those interested in applying a Bowen family systems theory perspective to their lives.

Resources
  • The Murray Bowen Archives Project
  • Dr. Murray Bowen: Family Therapy in Clinical Practice
  • Dr. Jenny Brown: Growing Yourself Up
  • Monica McGoldrick & Betty Carter: The Family Life Cycle
  • Death and Chronic Illness in the Family, Ed. Peter Titelman & Sydney K. Reed

Thank you for your interest in family systems.

Comments are welcome: katie.white@livingsystems.ca

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