Getting a Grip – Parent or Child Centered Emotion Regulation
A key parenting challenge and one often referred to those who work with children is “What do I do when…
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Silenced Voices Fuel Fracture
On 14 October 2023, Australians will vote in a referendum ‘To alter the constitution to recognize the First Peoples of…
Read moreWhat and Where is the ‘Gap’?
Do you know who said this? ’When we believe schools will fix everything, parents abdicate their responsibilities and politicians handball…
Read moreWho Should the Children Live With?
When working with distressed individuals and couples the possibility of separation is often raised and with it the implications for…
Read moreTherapy is not a Chat with Friends – the Place of Strategy
Watching an experienced systemic practitioner at work makes the work look easy. They listen, enquire, and respond and somehow magic…
Read moreThe Politics of Education
Fundamental social change from the 1980’s to the present day has altered the boundaries of responsibility and authority in education,…
Read moreTeaching at the Edge
Welcome to education(note), a monthly newsletter with insights into systems thinking, wellbeing, and culture in education and schools. bower(schools) is…
Read moreWhat Works for Whom in Couples Therapy
Even confident and seasoned practitioners admit they sometimes feel unease when working with couples. Threat of violence, expression of strong…
Read moreBorderline Personality Disorder: Where Does That Come From and What Should We Do?
Borderline personality disorder causes great suffering to the person with the diagnosis and those around them. Dysregulated behaviours, affect and…
Read moreWith a Little Help from our Friends
Kathleen Folbigg was just 35 when convicted of the murder of her four infant children and sentenced to 25 years…
Read moreUnderstanding Adolescents Inside and Out
Family therapists are familiar with worried parents presenting a young person as the ‘problem’. They may be highly anxious, depressed…
Read moreBarbie is Back: Girls Body Image and a Doll
Growing up in the 1960’s every girl whose parents could afford one had a Barbie. Except me. My mother did…
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