September 2020
The Bouverie Centre’s New Look, Same Warmth
We are excited to unveil our new visual identity. This new design comes with much thought and consideration. It includes a respectful acknowledgement of our history as well as a signal to our exciting future.
The process of updating our logo began with our re-alignment with La Trobe University and our emergence as an integrated practice-research centre. In launching this logo we would like to acknowledge the countless benefits of our relationship with La Trobe University, the ongoing […]
Bouverie’s Annual Mental Health Mini Conference – A Phoenix Rising? Systemic Radical Transformation
Questions about what a transformed system could look like for consumers, families/supporters and services are arising as the Royal Commission into Victoria’s ‘broken’ mental health system concludes.
This year our annual Mental Health Mini Conference will take the form of a free webinar, A Phoenix Rising? Systemic Radical Transformation on Tues, 6 October 2020. We boldly explore global and local examples of paradigm shifting models and approaches, and the roles consumers, family/supporters and practitioners have in making paradigm change happen. Our keynote speakers, Dr Lucy […]
The Bouverie Centre – Advance your career as a family therapist
The Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University offers a range of postgraduate family therapy programs where students have the opportunity to gain hands on experience in family therapy through a combination of experiential learning and supervised practice.
NOW AVAILABLE 100% ONLINE (with some components also offered in person in Melbourne when government health requirements allow)
APPLICATIONS WELCOME FROM ALL AUSTRALAIN STATES AND TERRITORIES
The programs offered include the Graduate Certificate in Family Therapy, Graduate Certificate […]
July 2020
RANSW Team Leader Counselling
Job No: RANSW535
Location: Broadmeadow
About Relationships Australia NSW
Relationships Australia NSW is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to enhancing relationships within families and their communities in order to foster personal and social well-being. We are committed to building our support for families who are in greatest need, facing complex issues and have limited access to resources and services. Further information about our organisation can be found on our website www.nsw.relationships.com.au
About the Opportunity
The position of Team Leader is part of the senior team in the region, a key advisor to the Centre Manager […]
Beyond Trauma: Storied, Embodied, Affect, Power – PART ONE
Who is this training for?
Tertiary qualified professionals in health or social sciences including the fields of counselling, social work, psychology,
psychotherapy, psychiatry, chaplaincy, and occupational therapy. Other applicants with significant relevant work
experience and therapeutic aptitude will be considered.
About the training
The stories people tell themselves and others about traumatic events do affect how they live their present and future lives. While the actual events and their effects can be helpfully explored, a narrative approach also seeks to bring forth and richly describe people’s responses to traumas.
Often these responses have […]
An Introduction to Narrative Approaches
Early bird ends Friday 2 October
An Introduction to Narrative Approaches in Therapy
October and November 2020
Who is this training for?
Tertiary qualified professionals in health or social sciences including the fields of counselling, social work,
psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatry, nursing, chaplaincy, and occupational therapy. Other applicants with
significant relevant work experience and therapeutic aptitude will be considered.
About the training
People often arrive for therapy with a sense of despair and feelings of failure concerning their lives and relationships. Narrative Therapy seeks to acknowledge their concerns as well as recognise that […]
June 2020
2019 Conference Keynote Video Presentations
Conference Keynote Presenter videos are uploaded to the Members Portal, please login to view
AAFT Vice President – Ian Goldsmith Interview on ABC Life
Click on this HERE to read the interview
Group Clinical Supervision – Narrative and Systemic Perspectives
Narrative and Systemic Perspectives
ONLINE Group Clinical Supervision
Early bird ends Tues 16 June
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Dear Colleague
This group clinical supervision, facilitated by Ian Percy and Roxanne Garven, offers practitioners a context to talk about their work in a safe, collaborative and respectful environment. It will be completely online through Zoom.
Ian and Roxanne will draw from their decades of Narrative and Systemic practice, offering participants a rich understanding of concepts and various skills to enliven and sustain their clinical work.
Participants will explore different aspects of their practice including
• identifying and appreciating […]