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The Western Pennsylvania Family Center was founded by six professionals all trained in family systems theory. In fact, four of the founders gained first hand knowledge of Bowen theory both in Pittsburgh and by training with Dr. Murray Bowen at the Georgetown Family Center in Washington, D.C.
 WPFC is now comprised of twelve faculty members, including the six founders, all of whom are available for training and individual coaching in Bowen family systems theory. The faculty also consult with individuals working with families and with organizations and other professional practices.
Faculty members are noted for their involvement in scientific presentations and national conferences and symposia sponsored annually by the Georgetown Family Center. They also serve as editorial consultants to a national publication produced by the Georgetown Family Center, the only journal of its kind focusing on Bowen family systems theory.
In 1996, WPFC shifted from a volunteer executive director to a paid administrative infrastructure consisting of an administrative director, a faculty director, and an office manager, enabling the Center to devote greater efforts to developing linkages in the community to better accomplish the mission and to increasing our operating revenue. |
WPFC Staff
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Margie Smith
Ms. Smith joined the staff of WPFC in February 2000. She has extensive professional and volunteer experience in non-profit organizations, having worked for the past nine years with East End Cooperative Ministry in East Liberty. She has served in numerous leadership roles with the national organization of Presbyterian Women, at the presbytery and synod level. |
WPFC Faculty
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Ann Depner, MSW LCSW
Email: adepne@ccpgh.org
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work, Ann is the Director of Family Services Counseling at Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. She completed the post graduate seminar at WPFC and has applied Bowen theory to her clinical and administrative work at Catholic Charities for over 20 years. Speaking from a family systems perspective, Ann has presented locally and nationally on topics such as anger and forgiveness, self-injurious behavior, ethics in psychotherapy, and gender differences in bereavement. |
Anne Vogeding Read, MA, Med
Email: edanne2@earthlink.net
A graduate of Allegheny College, Duquesne University and the University of Pittsburgh, she applies Bowen theory to her work with families and adolescents. She completed family theory studies at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Family Therapy Institute and later worked with handicapped children and emotionally disturbed adolescents. As a founding member of WPFC, she is a family therapist in private practice. |
Annette Kolski-Andreaco, MSW, LSW, MURP
Email: peanut1947@verizon.net
As a senior manager and executive director in the nonprofit sector for over 25 years, she served in a variety of capacities and was responsible for strategic planning, fund-raising, program development, public and community relations and board relations and development. Ms. Kolski-Andreaco has managed organizations with staff complements of from two to sixty. She is currently with EAP Solutions as an account manager after serving as the administrative director of WPFC for 11 years. In her present position she is consulting with organizations and developing and providing training programs, all of which are informed by her knowledge of Bowen theory. In addition to her masters degrees in social work and urban and regional planning from the University of Pittsburgh, she completed the post graduate training program at WPFC and three years of postgraduate work at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family. |
Arthur Zipris, Ph.D
Email: zipris@nb.net
A licensed clinical psychologist with over twenty years’ of experience in treating individuals, couples, and families, Dr. Zipris graduated from Duquesne University and interned with the V.A. Hospital specializing in treating substance abuse. He maintains a private practice with Persoma P.C. in Pittsburgh. In addition to his clinical work he offers on-going training programs and seminars in family systems theory, in its application not only to clinical work, but to work settings. He consults with businesses regarding the emotional functioning of the workplace. He has worked as a family therapy consultant and trainer to mental health and substance abuse clinic in the Pittsburgh area and has developed training programs for non-professionals in understanding family process. As a faculty member of the WPFC he has studied family systems in that setting for over twenty years. |
Carl A. Jensen, M. S. Ed.
Email: cajensen46@yahoo.com
A Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors and an Approved Supervisor and Clinical Member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Carl is Executive Director of the Peninsula Pastoral Counseling Center in Newport News, Virginia. He studied Bowen theory at the WPFC Post Graduate Program and has been trained in applying Bowen Theory to religious systems. Carl currently serves in the distance learning program of WPFC. He applies Bowen Theory in his clinical, supervisory and consulting work with clergy and congregations. |
Catherine Murphy Rakow, MSW, ACSW
Email: cmr1227@hughes.net
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, she studied Bowen family systems theory at the WPIC Family Therapy Institute and at the Georgetown Family Center. Mrs. Rakow is a licensed social worker in private practice. Currently, she is pursuing independent study of Dr. Bowen’s research with families and schizophrenia conducted at the National Institute of Mental Health from 1954 to 1959 at the Bowen Center for the Study of Family (formerly the Georgetown Family Center). Her interest is in how the observations of the live-in families contributed to the original theoretical concepts and how the data may yet contribute to extending Bowen theory. |
Cynthia A. Larkby, PhD, ACSW
Email: larkby+@pitt.edu
With degrees in social work from Ohio State University and epidemiology from the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Larkby has a special interest in understanding how past and present family relationships influence health. She first studied Bowen family systems theory through courses offered by the Family Therapy Institute at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic; subsequently, she attended the Georgetown Family Center’s Post Graduate Program in Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy. Currently, Dr. Larkby is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh where she conducts research on the effects of family environment, childhood abuse, and family violence on development of children and adolescents. She is a founding member of WPFC and served as its second executive director from 1991-1996. A licensed clinical social worker, Dr. Larkby also maintains a small private practice. |
James B. Smith, MS
Email: jbspitt@aol.com
A graduate of George Williams College, Smith is interested in the clinical application of Bowen theory, its contribution to psychology and the place of Bowen in the history of western thought. He is a founding member of WPFC and is currently its faculty director. He pursued doctoral studies at Duquesne University, and received training in Bowen theory at the Family Therapy Institute at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. A licensed psychologist, he is clinical director of Family Connections, Inc., in West Virginia, and maintains a small part-time private practice. |
James C. Maloni, PhD
Email: naplesjimbo1@yahoo.com
A graduate of Niagara University and Duquesne University, Dr. Maloni has a primary interest in applying Bowen theory to issues dealing with individuals, couples, families and work systems. He is a licensed psychologist and maintains a full-time private practice, which also includes supervision and consultation. |
Jean Kirstein Brannan, MSW, LCSW
Email: jbrannan@mercy.pmhs.org
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, she applies Bowen theory to her work with children and families who present a variety of problems. She is a licensed social worker and unit manager of Child and Family Services at Mercy Behavioral Health in Pittsburgh. She studied Bowen theory at the WPIC Family Therapy Institute and has continued individual study at WPFC. |
John Rushofsky
Email: jrushofsky@diopitt.org
Attended Clarion University (B.S.), Mount St. Mary's Seminary (M.Div.) and Duquesne University (M.S.Ed,). Ordained a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh on September 29, 1979. Served serveral area parishes, including St. Anne, Castle Shannon; St. John the Baptist, Plum Boro; and founding pastor of St. Martin de Porres, McKeesport. Currently Director of the Department for Priests, Deacons and Parish Life Collaborators. WPFC board of directors 1996-2006 and faculty member since 2005. Particularly interested in the application of Bowen Family Systems Theory to clergy/congregation relationships. |
Marilyn Barton
Email: msbarton@att.net
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Marilyn S. Barton, M.A.
A graduate of Ohio Wesleyon University and Duquesne University, she heads the Center for Family Learning in Swissvale. She studied Bowen theory at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic’s Family Therapy Institute and then worked with families and children in an agency serving children with special needs. She presents Bowen theory to church groups throughout the Pittsburgh area and offers weekend retreats that integrate Bowen theory and spirituality. She is in private practice as a licensed psychologist and teaches Bowen Family Systems Theory as a continuing education program at St. Paul’s Seminary. |
N. M. (Mick) Landaiche, III
Email: nml3@mindspring.com
Dr. Landaiche has worked since 1989 as a psychotherapist with individuals,
couples, and families in agency and private-practice settings. He has also
applied a systems approach to consulting for nonprofit and government
organizations. He is currently a psychotherapist for Carnegie Mellon
University's Counseling and Psychological Services. In addition, he serves
as an adjunct faculty member for Chatham University's Counseling Psychology
graduate program where he teaches family therapy and group facilitation. |
Paulina G. McCullough, MSW, ACSW
Email: paulinamccullough@gmail.com
A graduate of the National Health Service in Chile and the University of Pittsburgh, her association with Dr. Bowen began more than 30 years ago, when she served on the staff of the Georgetown Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry. McCullough was one of the first mental health professionals nationwide to work directly with Dr. Bowen. She taught family systems at the University of Pittsburgh and at the Family Therapy Institute at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. She also was instrumental in the founding of WPFC, served as its first executive director, and is presently faculty emeritus. She is on the WPFC board of directors. In a 1988 survey conducted by Town & Country Magazine, McCullough was named by her peers as one of the most respected family and marriage counselors in Pittsburgh. |
Perry G. Stanley, Ed.D
A graduate of West Virginia University, Dr. Stanley applies Bowen Family Systems Theory to his work with individuals, couples, families, and service development. A licensed psychologist and an Approved Supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Dr. Stanley has more than twenty-five years of experience working in social service agencies, community mental health centers, and private practice settings. |
Perry Stanley
Email: Pstanley1402@comcast.net
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Sandra Block
Email: sandydon@verizon.net
A Diplomate in Clinical Social Work from the National Association of Social Workers, and graduate of Catholic University in Washington, D.C., Sandy is a full-time psychotherapist in private practice applying Bowen Theory to her work with individuals, couples and families. With over 25 years of clinical experience, she has provided supervision and consultation services to other mental health professionals and particularly enjoys presenting family systems ideas to students in area graduate programs. She has recently completed four years of the Special Postgraduate Program in Bowen Theory at the Georgetown Family Center in Washington, D.C. |
Stuart E. Libman, MD
Email: StuartLibmanMD@aol.com
A graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Dr. Libman brings a family systems perspective to clinical work with children, adolescents, and adults. He is board certified in both General Psychiatry and Child Psychiatry, and has particular interest in the area of Sports Psychiatry. Dr. Libman is a an Assistant Professor of Child Psychiatry and Adolescence at the University of Pittsburgh, the medical director of the PLEA Developmental Preschool, a member of the Family Therapy Institute of Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, and a founding member of Western Pennsylvania Family Center. |
Walter H. Smith, Jr., Ph.D
Email: wsmith@familyresourcesofpa.org
A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Smith has a primary interest in applying Bowen theory to family violence, child abuse and organizational functioning. He is a licensed psychologist and a graduate of the Georgetown Family Center’s Post Graduate Program in Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy. Dr. Smith is a founding member of WPFC. He maintains a small private practice. He also is executive director of Family Resources, a child abuse treatment and prevention organization in Pittsburgh, and is a frequent lecturer across the country. |
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