Director’s Notes

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…

When a parent tells you; ‘He is impulsive, can’t organise himself, endlessly seeks new and exciting things and when he…

The world is divided into two categories: those who know how to use a computer and those who understand how…

Words, like any living entity, change and evolve over time, a process called semantic change or shift. The word ‘silly’…

When couples unexpectedly terminate therapy before goals have been achieved, the practitioner is often left wondering “What did I do…

Family secrecy, defined by family therapist, Paul Rober as ‘the intentional concealment of information by one or more family members…