• Columbia University, New York, New York
  Center for Psychoanalytic Training & Research
  Child & Adolescent Psychodynamic Psychotherapy
  Certificate, Columbia Psychology in the Schools Program 2016

• Kings County Hospital Center, Brooklyn, New York
  Postdoctoral Fellowship, Forensic Psychiatry Service 2012–2013

• The Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY),
  PhD, Clinical Psychology 2012
  Predoctoral Internship, Adult Division, Kings County Hospital Center 2010–2011
  M. Phil., Clinical Psychology 2008

• Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
  MA, Psychology 1998
  BA, Psychology and Sociology 1994

Clinical and forensic psychology, with emphasis on:

• Psychodynamic psychotherapy
• Applied psychoanalysis
• Diversity and ethics in clinical practice and supervision
• Family and interpersonal violence.

• Anti-Racism Task Force, Office of the Chancellor, Antioch University
  • Co-Chair and Member, Executive Team 2020–2022
    • University-wide study group on the impacts of institutional policies and practices which may have served to discourage decades-long social and racial justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. Recommendations may redress historical harms that limit community cohesion and belonging.
• Department of Psychiatry, Forensic Service, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
  • Title: Retrospective Chart Review of Forensic Cases Involving Family Violence 2016–2021
    • Research study involving violent crimes against family members, exploring relationships between psychiatric diagnoses and history of illnesses and violence among cases in three boroughs of NYC.

• Bowen, M.S. (2024). Cheering on solid ground: Plotting a developmental arc toward ethical fandom. In Black, J. and Reynoso, J.S. (Eds.), Sport and Psychoanalysis: What Sport Reveals About Our Unconscious Desires, Fantasies, and Fears. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Paradis, C., Bowen M.S. and McCullough, G. (2020). Intimate partner violence: Psychological effects and legal defenses. In Javier, R., Owen, E., & Maddux, J. (Eds.), Assessing Trauma in Forensic Contexts (Pp. 351-378). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33106-1
• Bowen, M.S. (2016). Thinking like a parent: An essential aspect of psychotherapy with adults, children, and their families. In Tuber, S. (Ed.), Parenting: Contemporary Clinical Perspectives (Pp. 197-216). Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield.
• Bowen, M.S. (2015). Finding one’s self: Developing a therapeutic identity as a beginning therapist doing long-term work. In Tuber, S. (Ed.), First Cases: Early Encounters with Children and Adolescents (Pp. 47-66). New York: Routledge.
• Bowen, M.S. (2013). Through the looking-glass: Exploring identity development for a beginning therapist and her late adolescent patient. Journal of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, 12(4), 286-300. https://doi.org/10.1080/15289168.2013.850383

• DeSilva, J., Gaztambide, D., Bowen, M.S., Tummala Narra, U., and Vaughans, K. (2024, June). Navigating liminal space: psychoanalysis and diversity in graduate training. Moderator for a panel discussion (via Zoom) with Academics for the Advancement of Psychodynamic Psychology. Hosted remotely by Antioch University New England, Keene, NH.
• Stein, M., Trub, L., Bowen, M.S., Nath, S., Malberg, N., and Yi, K. (2024, June). Mid-career challenges & opportunities: what’s next? Moderator for a panel discussion (via Zoom) with Academics for the Advancement of Psychodynamic Psychology. Hosted remotely by Antioch University New England, Keene, NH.
• Zirin, D., Bowen, M.S., Sheehi, L., and Reynoso, J.S. (2024, April). The Nation’s Dave Zirin and a few shrinks talking sex, sports politics and psychoanalysis. Invited keynote speaker and panel chair at the at 44th Spring Meeting of APA Division of Psychoanalysis (39), Washington, DC.
• Wachtel, P., McWilliams, N., Bowen, M.S., Levine, L., and Orfanos, S. (2023, October). Making room for the disavowed: Reclaiming the self in psychotherapy with Paul Wachtel, PhD. Invited speaker for book talk and discussion (via Zoom) at the New York University (NYU) Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, New York, NY.
• Bowen, M.S. (2023, March). Incorporating racial justice principles into psychotherapy supervision with doctoral students. Invited presenter (via Zoom) for The Social Justice and Diversity Interest Group & Department of Psychology & the Clinical Psychology (Healthcare Emphasis) PhD Program at Pace University, New York, NY.
• Bowen, M.S. (2022, July). Incorporating racial justice principles into psychodynamic psychotherapy supervision. Invited presenter (via Zoom) at the Psychiatric Clinical Faculty Association at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Continuing Medical Education (CME) Event, with the UCLA Psychiatry Office of Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, Los Angeles, CA.
• Groves, W., Bowen, M.S., Kirk, M., Rodriguez, M.J. (2022, January). Progress on the Anti-Racism Task Force (ARTF) recommendations: Community conversation with the Chancellor. Invited moderator for panel and conversation hour (via Zoom) at Messy Conversations About Race series, Antioch University Los Angeles, California.
• Bowen, M.S. (2021, November). Incorporating racial justice principles into psychanalytically-informed supervision. Invited presenter (via Zoom) at Grand Rounds, The Eriksen Institute at Austen Riggs Center, Stockbridge, MA.
• Bowen, M.S., & Stalnaker-Shofner, D. (2021, November). Supervising while Black: Reflections on centering race in clinical supervision. Invited moderator and presenter (via Zoom) at Messy Conversations About Race series, Antioch University Los Angeles, California.
• Bowen, M.S. (2021, March). Reflections for beginning therapists: Lessons from supervision, and how writing about first cases help to foster new therapists’ identity development. Invited speaker (via Zoom) at Antioch Society for Psychoanalytic Psychology (ASPP) group’s monthly series, Antioch University New England, Keene, NH.
• Bowen, M.S., Edstrom, L., Jackson, L., Martin, H., & Newman, G. (2021, January). Revising the Ethical Principles for Psychologists. Panel presenter (via Zoom) at the 2021 Mid-Winter Virtual Conference of the National Council of Schools of Professional Psychology (NCSPP).

• Fellow, College of Research Fellows, American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA) 2019
• Vera S. Paster Outstanding Service Award in Clinical Psychology, City College of New York (CUNY) 2010

• Clinical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• (Voluntary) Faculty, Couples Therapy Training & Education, William Alanson White Institute
• Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, City College of New York
• American Psychoanalytic Association
• College of Research Fellows

American Psychological Association

• Division (29), Society for the Advancement of Psychotherapy
• Division (39), Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology
• Section II on Childhood and Adolescence | Section VIII on Couple and Family Therapy Division (41), American Psychology-Law Society (AP-LS)
• Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration

• APA Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (SPPP)
• Chair, APA Division 39 Awards Committee 2023–Present
• Member, APA Division 39 Awards Committee 2021–Present
• Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI)
• Membership Committee Member 2015–Present
• APA Conferences and Other Work
• Reviewer, Division 39 Society for Psychoanalysis & Psychoanalytic Psychology 2021–Present
• Reviewer, Division 41 Annual Meeting, American Psychology-Law Society 2020–Present