Webinars
Learn from leading practitioners, researchers, and guest experts through our recorded 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
Wednesday 30th Sep 2026, 12:00 pm AEST
Treating the Whole Family: What the Evidence Says About Family-Inclusive Care in Mental Health and AOD
Mental health and alcohol or other drug (AOD) challenges often happen together. When they do, families often hold things together, absorb stress, and navigate services not equipped for the complexity of these co-occurring issues.
Join the Bouverie Centre and Victorian Drug and Alcohol Association (VAADA) for a webinar unpacking findings from a new systematic review published in Clinical Psychology Review, examining the evidence for family-inclusive approaches in dual diagnosis treatment.
Webinar Collection
The Stuck Case
This webinar explores The Stuck Case - an innovative exercise with more than 25 years of history in family therapy training at the Bouverie Centre, La Trobe University. Consistently described by students as transformative, this session will unpack the evidence, theory and practical applications behind its enduring impact.
One trainee described the process as, “…an enriching and pivotal step in my professional development as a family therapist”
and by another as “…one of the hardest pieces of work, though also one that provided the greatest growth”.
The teacher’s contribution to the research involved participation in a focus group designed to better understand the supervisor’s processes in conducting the Stuck Case. One teacher summarised her thinking thus,
“What would they need from me in order to take that leap, that risk right now to perhaps do it or respond differently, to get through it without the devastating responses that they may have experienced in their family of origin?”
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Bringing Indigenous Knowledge to Family Healing
Presented by July 2026 by Alison Elliott and Kelly Tsorlinis
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.
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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.
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Once you have watched the webinar, we'd love to hear your feedback. Your feedback is highly valued and will help us improve future webinars and learning opportunities.
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.