Grief

This network of Mental health professionals includes various mental health experts, such as clinical psychologists, child, adolescent and perinatal psychotherapists, clinical family therapists (and clinical supervisors), accredited mental health social workers, counsellors and couples’ therapists. The network’s members are highly experienced in family therapy (internal family system), child parent psychotherapy, child adolescent and perinatal psychotherapy, couples therapy (Gottmann, Schema and EFT); family violence, grief and loss; trauma and developmental trauma, culturally sensitive practice, understanding the significance of language and culture; children and their family; youth and their family. Furthermore, the network members work in community mental health, private practice, educational institutions, family violence services, Child Protection, Grief and Loss Centre. the Dep. of Veterans, CALD community, and refugees and asylum seekers. This network focuses on inclusive dyadic and family work, supporting different cultural groups. This would be in the forms of professional development, peer support and networking aiming to improve interdisciplinary mental health work. Moreover, this network places significance on early interventions, as recommended by the Mental Health Royal Commission, aiming at positive changes. Thus, the network is keen to exchange experiences and knowledge with other networks about our work with children (including infants as part of the family), youth, individuals, couples and families, exploring the impact of the family’s mental health on the community.