Family Work/ Family Therapy

Families in Aotearoa New Zealand- General Links

• The Family Court of New Zealand
• The Families Commission is an advocate on New Zealand Family issues.
• The Families Commission's page on research and publications
• Family and Community Services National Directory.

Family Support/Preservation Links

• Strengthening Families is the website of the NZ Government's Strengthening Families Programme. The are a number of links and resources on this page.
• FAMILY VOICE IN EVALUATION OF THE STRENGTHENING FAMILIES INIATIVE: A NEW ZEALAND EXAMPLE. A paper presented by Margaret McKenzie, University of Otago at the IASSW 2002 Conference, held at Montpellier, France 15-18 July 2002.
• AIFS Conference Paper- Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders this paper reports the findings of the authors' study into Family Wellbeing and predates their book Supporting Families.
• Working Effectively with Families:Strengths-Based work- The Key to sustainable Family Well-being, Paper by Professor Robyn Munford and Jackie Sanders. This paper is in Adobe Acrobat Reader Format.
• Whaea I knew you would stand for me-Young People Whanau/Family Change. A Paper presented at the "Young Minds providing mental health services for young New Zealanders conference- by Jackie Sanders. This paper is in Adobe Acrobat Reader Format.
• Research and Training Centre on Family Support and Children's Mental Health- Portland State University, Portland Oregon

Family Group Conferences

• What is Family Group Decision-making.
• Family Group Conferences- DCYFS Information
• Family Group Conferencing World Wide
• Family Group Conferences 10 yrs on M. Doolan, former Chief Social Worker DCYF
• Family Group Conferences and Social Work: exploring the connections- By Mike Doolan
• The Myth of Indigenous Empowerment: Family Group Conferences-Juan Tauri
• The New Zealand Model of Family Group Conferences by Gabrielle Maxwell and Allison Morris.This paper is in adobe acrobat reader format.
• Can We Protect Children and Protect Their Rights? Letting Children and Youth Speak Out for Themselves.A Paper by Judge Peter Boshier
• Family Court of New Zealand -Speeches, Papers and Reports
• The New Zealand Model of Family Group Conferences- Judge F. McElrea

Family Therapy

• World of Genograms
• Family Therapy in Australia and New Zealand
• Jay Haley on Therapy.com
• Family Therapy Links
• Building Family Strengths
• Family Therapy - Papers to Download
• More about Family Therapy
• Basic Techniques in Marriage and Family Counseling and Therapy
• Counseling Families from a Systems Perspective
• Supervision of Marriage and Family Counselors

Group Work

• Facilitating Groups
• Facilitation (face to face and on-line)
• Effective Group Counselling
• Getting the most out of group counselling
• Planning and implementing group counseling in a high school - Perspective From The Field
• Shame and Group psychotherapy
• Gale Encyclopaedia Article on Group Therapy