Director’s Notes

September 10th marked the third WHO, World Suicide Prevention Day with the theme ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide’. With 720,000…

The treatment of choice for young people with anorexia nervosa is (FT-ED), eating disorders focused family therapy with the Maudsley…

Systemic practitioners and their clients often come to therapy with very different views about the pathway to change, especially when…

Systemic therapists can sometimes find themselves corralled by the seemingly inflexible psychiatric and mental health diagnoses presented by their clients….

Practitioners finding themselves embroiled in the same couple argument, session after session can become disheartened and the sense of frustration,…

A common adage suggests ‘if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.’ In a vibrant, kind, and…

Bullying those who are weaker, more vulnerable, or different is as old as humankind. In recent years children and young…

“It’s just like those wars you see on television”, the child told me, “the leaders stay safe in their country…

ADHD is currently attracting attention. In Australia, ADHD medication prescriptions increased by almost 300 per cent in ten years rising…

Three generational living has been viewed differently in Australian society across time and culture. While some groups have consistently supported…

Working with families from other cultures can expand clinical understanding and strengthen the capacity of practitioners to work with difference…

Separation can be painful and conflict laden and disagreements about parenting can generate high levels of distress for children and…