Bower Training – Counselling/Mental Health
Join us for our next online information session and learn more about the upcoming intake for the Diploma of Counselling…
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Online Information Sessions
Join us for our online information sessions and learn more about the upcoming intake for Introduction to Family and Systemic…
Read moreHard Times: What Can Therapy Offer?
The Bower Place Complex Needs Clinic see clients who are grappling with multiple issues that may see them engaged with…
Read moreConvicted by her Own Words
Kathleen Folbigg was referred to by the media as ‘Australia’s worst female serial killer’ after being convicted of the murder…
Read moreUpcoming Online Workshop – The Child Interview with Catherine Sanders
You’re Too Soft and You’re Too Hard
Parenting is not for the faint hearted and can be additionally challenging when a child is perceived to have a…
Read moreMaking Ourselves Heard
Commuters were understandably irritated when their normal 30-minute journey to work became ninety because of protestors disrupting traffic in response…
Read moreWhen Home, Work and the World are Unsafe
When faced with a woman trapped in an abusive relationship, those fortunate enough not to have experienced family and domestic…
Read moreIt Takes a Village
The familiar expression ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ is readily accepted, especially by parents and carers. A…
Read moreCan we Legislate Coercive Control Away?
The term coercive control, defined as a ‘pattern of domination that includes tactics to isolate, degrade, exploit and control’ a…
Read moreWho Do You Think You Are?
Family therapy loves family of origin stories; the wild aunts and uncles of therapy who defied the conventions of our…
Read moreWhere are Nan and Pa?
In July 2022, the Institute of Family Studies reported that two in five grandparents provided ‘some care’ for grandchildren, with…
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