Monique Bowen, PhD (she/her) is a professor in the department of clinical psychology and core faculty in the PsyD Program at Antioch University’s School of Counseling, Psychology and Therapy, New England campus. Bowen is a graduate of the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research (Child and Adolescent Division) certificate program in school consultation. She serves as chair of the awards committee for the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (APA Division 39), and book series associate editor for the Association of Psychology-Law Society (APA Division 41). She is also a founding member of Academics for the Advancement of Psychodynamic Psychology (A²P²).
Dr. Bowen has written book chapters on psychotherapy as well as on trauma assessment in forensic psychological settings, and she has published in the peer-reviewed journals Psychoanalytic Psychology (APA journal) and the Journal on Infant, Child, and Adolescent Psychotherapy. Her scholarly interests include incorporating racial justice principles into clinical supervision; complex trauma stemming from discrimination, prejudice, racism, and legal and extrajudicial disenfranchisement; familial/interpersonal violence; pathological bias; “ethical fandom” and the impacts of culturally sanctioned violence in competitive sports.
- 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),
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology 2012
Predoctoral Internship, Adult Division, Kings County Hospital Center 2010–2011
M. Phil., Clinical Psychology 2008
- Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut
M.A., Psychology 1998
B.A., 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.
- Co-Chair and Member, Executive Team 2020–2022
- 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.
- Title: Retrospective Chart Review of Forensic Cases Involving Family Violence 2016–2021
- Bowen, M.S. (Forthcoming 2024). Plotting a developmental arc for ethical sports 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
- Zirin, D., Bowen, M.S., Sheehi, L., and Reynoso, J.S. (Forthcoming 2024, April). Invited keynote speaker in the panel discussion of culture, sports, and psychoanalysis at the 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