August 2019
Politicising my great-grandmother’s postpartum experience
Topic: Politicising my great-grandmother’s postpartum experience
Presenter: Kirsty Oehlers
Date and time: 23 September 2019
Venue: Anglicare WA
Address: 23 Adelaide Terrace East Perth
Cost: AAFT Members $15 /Non-AAFT Members $25
RSVP: https://www.trybooking.com/BCNHK
This presentation will explore family therapy and reunification when a mother has been deemed incapable of caring for her child/ren. I will present an autobiographical account of my great-grandmother institutionalised with post-partum psychosis and make connections with present day discourses about non-residential mothers in contested Family Court cases.
Kirsty Oehlers is a social worker and child and family therapist with 20 years’ […]
July 2019
Update from Committee Meeting 18 – 19 May
- Decided to open up subscriptions to the fortnightly Bulletin to non-members.
- updated the flow chart and committee roles.
- had discussion around 2019 40th F/T Conference;
- Administration will be collecting names of Other Member Associations of our members.
- AAFT committee discussed recognition of systemic therapy in Australia
- AAFT committee to consider nominees for the ANZJFT chair position
- Profile – new position on the committee to promote AAFT
Clinical Members are advised that they can identify themselves as […]
June 2019
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