Director’s Notes

A key parenting challenge and one often referred to those who work with children is “What do I do when…

On 14 October 2023, Australians will vote in a referendum ‘To alter the constitution to recognize the First Peoples of…

Do you know who said this? ’When we believe schools will fix everything, parents abdicate their responsibilities and politicians handball…

When working with distressed individuals and couples the possibility of separation is often raised and with it the implications for…

Watching an experienced systemic practitioner at work makes the work look easy. They listen, enquire, and respond and somehow magic…

Even confident and seasoned practitioners admit they sometimes feel unease when working with couples. Threat of violence, expression of strong…

Borderline personality disorder causes great suffering to the person with the diagnosis and those around them. Dysregulated behaviours, affect and…

Kathleen Folbigg was just 35 when convicted of the murder of her four infant children and sentenced to 25 years…

Family therapists are familiar with worried parents presenting a young person as the ‘problem’. They may be highly anxious, depressed…

Growing up in the 1960’s every girl whose parents could afford one had a Barbie. Except me. My mother did…

Bower(method) is a systemic integrative model which assesses and supports selection of advice in human difficulties. The four lenses guide…

A central tenet of clinical/therapeutic work at Bower Place is that ‘inequality, justice and fairness are at the heart of…