Tom Bowen, born 1916 in Brunswick, Australia, pioneered the work that now bears his name in the early 1950's. By the 1970's, Tom Bowen was treating 13,000 people a year, with a documented success rate of over 85%.

At the time of his death in 1982, he considered only six men to have been trained in his technique--"his boys", as he called them. One of the men, Ossie Rentsch, spent 8 years documenting Bowen's work.

Though Tom did not formally teach his technique himself, he authorized Ossie to "take the work to the world after I die". Ossie and his wife Elaine taught their first seminar in 1986 in Perth, Australia.

Bowenwork® is now being taught in 32 countries around the world.