Good Cop / Bad Cop: the parenting soft hard split as a systems adaptation in high stress contexts

Who's hurting Who? Responding to aggressive ruptures in adolescent-parent relationships

Who's hurting Who? Responding to aggressive ruptures in adolescent-parent relationships

Between Child & Parent - Using Group Support & Reflection to assist in healing Relational Trauma

In this workshop Margaret will describe a group used in the Early Childhood Unit at Redbank for carers and children with strained relationships and history of trauma. Children and parents/carers attend

Getting it Together: working with relationships in the treatment of complex trauma

As new understandings about trauma have emerged so has an exciting array of innovative techniques. Until now, the focus of these techniques has remained largely on individuals and exploiting their relationship context is often an untapped resource. What are the best ways to manage relationship dynamics and harness them for good outcomes? Using video tape and case examples this presentation considers how large scale traumatic events affect groups of people and it identifies principles and goals that can also apply to individuals.

The impact of Trauma on a Couple Relationship

Many couples present to a session wanting help because of a lack of connection and intimacy with each other. When a traumatic incident has occurred, working through intimacy issues can be more complex and overwhelming for the couple and Therapist alike. At times there can be a dynamic where one person in the couple has higher needs in response to the trauma. Sessions can become easily unbalanced and neutrality can be difficult to maintain. 

Defining the concept of spirituality among Filipino counselors and clients.

Sport and physical activity in the treatment of refugee trauma survivors of torture and trauma

Community acceptance of refugees in a new refugee resettlement location, Armidale, NSW

Theme and Variations: The way the Complex Traumatic past becomes the Complex Traumatic present

Long walk to health: Working with the survivors of refugee trauma with a history of early childhood abuse

Limits in Neurofeedback Rehabilitation: What we need to know

Neuro-correlates of the ‘Self’ and Implications for Neuro-psychotherapists