Polarization is endemic in North American society.
He also found it especially effective in his own Family and marital life.
Ron adopted Bowen Family Systems Theory as his preferred approach to practice early in his professional life.
His books are based on his own clinical practice with clients and his teaching work with students from various clinical disciplines, as well as with clergy of different denominations.
He retired in 1995.
The Centre grew rapidly under his leadership and had 8 field offices around greater Vancouver and a clinical staff of 30 therapists.
He moved to Vancouver, BC (Canada) in the mid seventies and eventually became the Executive Director of the North Shore Counseling Centre.
He worked as a pastor in two Northeastern US cities for ten years, before he became a Marriage and Family Therapist and Pastoral Counselor.
About the Author: Born at the end of the 1930\'s, Ron Richardson started Life in Missouri, grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from UCLA, Princeton Seminary, and the Colgate/Rochester Divinity School.
Once again, the application of Bowen Family Systems Theory to the work of church leadership provides them with effective approaches to resolving divisive issues before they do irreparable damage to the church community.
Building on many of the strategies offered in his earlier book, Creating a Healthier Church, the practical strategies presented here are based on his own successful approach to guiding church leaders, congregations, and community groups from Conflict to understanding and cooperation.
The approach Ronald Richardson describes here promotes neither a left nor right political agenda.
Society seems unable to deal with the problems and move forward.
What is different today, though, is the intensity of anger and hatred we experience.
The polarized issues that exist today are not new; they have existed for all time, and some may never be resolved.
We see its effects in nearly every political, cultural, theological, and social issue.
Polarization is endemic in North American society
