Director’s Notes

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

A fundamental premise of systemic therapy is that each part of a system is interconnected with every other part; that…

Humans’ capacity to make sense of their world and anticipate the potential outcomes of actions and interactions is an ability…

Violence between partners  seeking  therapy is estimated to be  between 20% to 58% and while couple therapy is entirely inappropriate…

Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE’s) were first described in a publication in1988 by researchers Dr. Vincent Felitti of Kaiser Permanente, an…

Fourteen-year-old James had experienced more than his share of troubles. In the previous year he was in a major car…

The training year is underway, and students are beginning to work directly with families, developing skills and encountering the challenges…

Hanging washing, mopping floors, cleaning the bathroom; who enjoys these tasks day in, day out? Yet often responsibility to do…

It is not uncommon to hear practitioners say they choose not to work with couples explaining that they find this…

Autism spectrum disorder, ASD which is estimated to affect about 1% of the population looks very ‘individual’ with its impact…

Therapy comes in many guises, but common factors alert us to similarities rather than differences. Common factors are the core…

Substance misuse in one child in a family creates a whirlwind that draws everyone into its path, eating up time,…