Two Stories of Easter
Easter and Christmas provide an opportunity to rest, forget work for a few days and enjoy the company of family…
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How do We Include Children in Family Therapy
While it is generally agreed that involvement of children in family therapy is a ’good thing’ consensus ends there. The…
Read moreYou’re 18, Lets Have Another Drink
The ritual of ‘going to the clubs’ to drink (legally) on the day of your 18th birthday is eagerly anticipated…
Read moreBeing Fair in Couples Therapy
The concept of neutrality as proposed by the Milan team in their influential 1980 paper Hypothesising – circularity-neutrality: Three Guidelines…
Read moreHearing is More than Words
Cinema is an immersive experience. The vividness and clarity of the images on the big screen overwhelm our other senses,…
Read moreEmotion and the Therapeutic Relationship
Family therapy can be dangerous. As practitioners we are exposed to deep sadness, fear and impotence and there are sessions…
Read moreJust Take these Pills and You’ll Feel Better
Between 2021 and 2022 more than 3.5 million Australians were dispensed an antidepressant, 1 in 7 of us, making this…
Read moreToo Young for Therapy?
In 1985 the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy published a paper called ‘Therapy of the Expectant Family:…
Read moreWho Do I Think I Am?
The past year has seen an upsurge in interest in and diagnosis of ADHD, especially in adult women and girls….
Read moreOne Tiny Baby
As we approach the holidays and a welcome break, Christmas has many different meanings. For some it is a celebration…
Read moreWho is Holding onto Whom?
The young person whose development stalls as they move into their third decade is often understood as responding to parents…
Read moreSo when did that Happen and how long did it take?
One of the many paradoxes of being human is that we experience time as a highly flexible and subjective experience,…
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