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Curriculum Vitae.Laura R. Brooks, LCSW-C
6429 Empty Song RoadColumbia, MD [email protected]
D.O.B.: March 24, 1950Birthplace: Baltimore, MDMD License #05454
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Postgraduate Program in Family Systems Theory and Psychotherapy,1986-1992, Bowen Center for Study of the Family,Washington, DC
Postgraduate Program in Family Therapy, 1983-1986,Menninger Foundation, Topeka, KS
M.S.W., 1980, University ofIowa, Des Moines, IA
EXPERIENCE IN mGHER EDUCATION
1990-1997 University of Maryland, School of Social Work, Baltimore, MDAssociate Clinical Professor
1991 to 1992 Catholic University, School of Social Work, Washington, DCClinical Instructor
2008 to present Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, Washington, DCFaculty: Coordinator ofIntemship Program, Coordinator of Research Committee, Faculty inPost-graduate Training Programs, member of the Board of Directors and the EditorialBoard for Family Systems Journal
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1989 to present PRIVATE PRACTICE OF PSYCHOTHERAPY, Ellicott City, MDServices include consultations with individuals, couples, and families
1989 to 1995 JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL, Baltimore, MDOutpatient Psychiatry Department! Psychogeriatric Clinic (1991-93)Clinical Social Worker
1987 to1989 BROOK LANE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, Hagerstown, MDChild & Adolescent Unit, Clinical Social Worker
1981 to 1987 CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICE, Des Moines, IAFamily Therapy Program, Clinical Social Worker
PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIPS
Greater Washington/Maryland Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc. (1979 to present)Clinical Social Work Association (I990-present)
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PAPERS PRESENTED
Brooks, L.R. (199I) Aging and Family Emotional Process. Presented at Georgetown FamilySymposium on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy, Washington, DC
Brooks, L.R. (1992) Euthanasia, Emotional Process & Triangles. Presented at Conference on Death in the Family,Georgetown Family Center, Washington, DC
Center Annual
Brooks, L.R. (2004) The Adoptive Family as a Natural System. Presented at Georgetown Family Center AnnualSymposium on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy, Washington, DC
Brooks, L.R. (2007) Adoptive families: Research from a Bowen Theory perspective. Presented at The BowenCenter for the Study of the Family Annual Symposium on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy, Washington, DC
Brooks, L.R. (2012) Functional Interdependence: The Adoptive Family Study. Presented at The Bowen Center forthe Study of the Family Annual Symposium on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy, Washington, DC.
Brooks, L.R. (2013) Functional Interdependence and Variability in Adoptive Parent-child Relationships.Presented at Application of Bowen Theory Series, Western Pennsylvania Family Center, Pittsburg, PA.
Brooks, L.R (2013) Variability in Functional Interdependence: The Adoptive Family Study. Presentedat the so" Midwest Symposium on Bowen Family Systems Theory and Therapy, Chicago, ll.
Brooks, L.R. (2014) Functional Interdependence: The Adoptive Family Study. Presented at The HeartlandConference, Kansas City Center for Family and Organizational Systems, Kansas City, MO.
Brooks, L.R. (2015) Within-family Variability: The Adoptive Family Study. Presented at the Bowen Center for theStudy of the Family annual Symposium on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy, Washington, DC.
Brooks, L.R. (2016) Within-family Variability: The Family Projection Process. Presented at, What is Missing? ATwo Day Conference at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, Washington, DC.
Brooks, L.R. (2017) Intergenerational Cut-off and Family Projection in an Adopted Family. Presented at 54thSymposium on Family Theory and Family Psychotherapy at the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family,Washington, DC.
Brooks, L.R. (2018) Four Adaptive Mechanisms for Managing Anxiety in the Nuclear Family. Presented at theSecond International Conference on Bowen Family Systems Theory in Hong Kong.
Brooks, L.R. (2018) Family Projection Process: A Family Systems view of an Adopted Family. Presented at theSecond International Conference on Bowen Family Systems Theory in Hong Kong.
PAPERS PUBLISHED
Brooks, L.R. (1998) Family Process and Variability in Human Aging. Family Systems 4(2):107-118.
Brooks, L.R. (June/July, 2005) Adoption and the Family. Adoptive Families.
Brooks, L.R. (2018), Within Family Variability: Family Projection Process in an Adopted Family. Family SystemsJournal.
Brooks, L.R. (2019) Within Family Variability: Intergenerational Cutoff and Family Projection in an AdoptedFamily. Handbook of Bowen Family Theory and Research Methods. Noone R, Keller M, eds. In Press.
