The Power of Parents
The recent Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) results have sounded an alarm for early childhood development across the country. With…
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The Practitioner and the Questioning System
Learning to ask an elegant difference question which effectively explores the practitioner’s best hunch about the presenting difficulties is no…
Read moreParenting in the Age of AI
Three years ago, few of us had heard of AI but with the public release of free ChatGPT from OpenAI…
Read moreHonouring our Ancestors
The 1978 publication Paradox and Counterparadox by the Milan group was immediately recognised as a fundamental shift in family therapy…
Read moreHurt Child, Hurt Partner
Early childhood maltreatment, abuse and neglect suffered by individuals aged 3-5 years old within relationships of responsibility, trust, or authority,…
Read moreWho Keeps Fido?
On the 10th of June 2025 key changes came into effect to the Family Law Act 1975 which address the…
Read moreParental Psychosis and Family Therapy: Do We Include Children?
Family interventions for psychosis are now well established with the US Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defence recommendations…
Read moreHave We Been Helpful? Client Perspectives of Family Therapy
As practitioners we choose a mode of therapy that is appealing to us; one that suits our assumed understanding of…
Read moreDid You Know?
Did you know that on the last Thursday of each month, bower(schools) gives an online presentation on a topic relevant…
Read moreNo Plan, No Sleep
Parents and researchers know that sleep deprivation in children and adolescents is detrimental to them and their families. A study…
Read moreIn Search of Happiness: Lessons from Research
Happiness is the stated desire of most people yet many miss out. Aristotle concluded that youth and modest life aspirations…
Read moreThe People Have Spoken
18 million Australians voted in the May 2025 election and once again a leader and his party were chosen. Significantly,…
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