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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…

The diagnosis of borderline personality disorder was once synonymous for ‘hopeless’, a lifelong sentence. Those who attracted the label showed…

The Bower Place Complex Needs Clinic see clients who are grappling with multiple issues that may see them engaged with…

Kathleen Folbigg was referred to by the media as ‘Australia’s worst female serial killer’ after being convicted of the murder…

Parenting is not for the faint hearted and can be additionally challenging when a child is perceived to have a…

Commuters were understandably irritated when their normal 30-minute journey to work became ninety because of protestors disrupting traffic in response…