Webinars

Learn from leading practitioners, researchers, and guest experts through our recorded webinars.

Each session offers insights into emerging themes, contemporary challenges, and effective approaches in:

Family therapy
Systemic practice in complex contexts, across the life-course
Mental health, alcohol and drug and trauma based challenges
Organisational and team development
Cross‑sector collaboration

UPCOMING WEBINAR

Tuesday, 18 August, 2:30pm - 4pm AEST

The Stuck Case

The 'Stuck Case' is an exercise with a 25+ year history in the Family Therapy training program at La Trobe University / the Bouverie Centre. It has been consistently described by our students as "transformative".

Who is this webinar relevant to

All mental health clinicians/therapists (public or private) and students working with families and clinical trainers and supervisors.

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Webinar Collection

Bringing Indigenous Knowledge to Family Healing

Presented by July 2026 by Alison Elliott and Kelly Tsorlinis

This webinar explores a cross-cultural family service approach that brings Indigenous knowledge to family healing. Featuring the voices of First Nations communities, families, therapists and researchers, it shares practical insights and lived experiences that support culturally safe and responsive practice. Learn how Single Session Work can be adapted across diverse cultural contexts, and discover ways to embed cultural humility, storytelling and values-based relational practice into your organisation. The session also examines future directions in training, trauma-informed care and cross-cultural research, offering valuable ideas and practical strategies for practitioners, service leaders and researchers working with diverse communities.

Research Project

Bringing Indigenous knowledge to family healing: A cross-cultural, single session service

Conference Presentation

Elliott, A., Christensen, D., Cordukes, K., Cloud, Z. (2025). 'Bringing Indigenous Knowledge to Family Healing: A Cross-Cultural, Single Session Service'. AAFT Conference 2025.

Additional Publications

Elliott, A., Dokona, J., & von Doussa, H. (2020). 'Following the River's Flow: A Conversation about Single Session Approaches with Aboriginal Families'. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 41, 101002.

Healing Family Systems After Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse

Presented by June 2026 Martin Pradel and Tara Schintler

Content warning: This webinar includes a discussion of sexual assault and its impacts on individuals, families and relationships. The content is presented in a trauma‑informed, professional context; however, some participants may find aspects of the material distressing. You are encouraged to prioritise your wellbeing, take breaks as needed, and access appropriate personal or professional support.

From Research to Action: Improving Family Violence Support for Women in Victoria’s Criminal Justice System

Watch the recording of our recent webinar featuring our research leaders will guide you through one of our recently published research projects on improving support for women at the intersection of family violence and Victoria's criminal justice system.

Building Bridges: Cultural Respect in First Nations Services

In honour of NAIDOC Week 2023, the Bouverie Centre presented a webinar featuring Alison Elliott, Robyne Latham, Banu Moloney and Prof. Jenn McIntosh discussing the importance of cultural safety, awareness and bridging and upskilling your family work skills to ensure respectful collaborations with First Nations families.

What is Family Therapy?

This webinar provided a brief overview of what family therapy means to the Bouverie Centre, what’s included in our Family Therapy Foundations course concluded with a brief Q & A session.

Working in Culturally Safe, Trauma Informed ways with First Nations

This two-hour webinar will introduce you to an understanding of culture from a First Nations perspective, especially in the context of colonisation. In particular we will explore the notion of cultural humility and its meaning and relevance when working with First Nations families in Australia.

Strengthening Connections: Utilising Single Session Thinking to reduce the risk of women’s re-entry into the prison system

The webinar was presented by Prof. Jenn McIntosh, Alison Elliott, Kelly Tsorlinis, and the Strengthening Connections team on 23 February 2022.

A No Bull Way to work with those who use violence

This webinar highlights the relevance, usefulness, and impact of No Bull Therapy (NBT) ideas for services working with people who use family violence. In this webinar participants will learn how NBT offers a way to hold these tricky conversations that is balanced and neither colluding nor confrontational.

What is a Webinar?

The Bouveire Centre's webinars are live online presentations by a selected group of expert panellists, using the Zoom software platform. Participants are not able to see or hear other attendees but can ask questions of the presenters using the ‘Question and Answer’ feature. Questions are managed by a moderator, and may be shared with everyone or directed to the presenters only. Participants may watch the Webinar in Gallery View (the presenters in a tiled format) or Speaker View (the presenter currently talking). Webinars may be recorded for later viewing.

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