The effect of child –parent relationship therapy‐based play support on parental stress and acceptance, and child behaviours in children who witness domestic violence: Randomized controlled study
This study is a randomized controlled study with pretest–posttest intervention and control groups. In the study, 20 mothers were in the intervention group, and 18 were in the control group. A 10-week CPRT-focused training program was applied to the interventi on group. After the training of the mothers in the intervention group was completed, 2-h training on communication skills was given to the mothers in the control group. The data include parents' reports through three surveys: the Parenting Stress Index (PSI), the Parental Acceptance-Rejection Parent al Form (PAR) and the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - March 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Yurdag ül Günaydin, Handan Zincir Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Systems thinking: fostering collaboration and connections to strengthen the field. A conversation with Umberta Telfener
AbstractUmberta Telfener is a highly respected figure known for her diverse contributions to various facets of family and systemic therapy. Her leadership style has earned her a reputation as somewhat of a ‘cultural anthropologist,’ reflecting her aptitude for creating connections, establishing relationships, and developing partnerships. Her unique ‘Umberta style’ is known for boundless energy, active leadership, and fierce commitment to challenging the status quo. Despite being in office for just a year at the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA), Umberta has conceived and developed numerous projects, establ...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - March 2, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Deisy Amorin ‐Woods, Umberta Telfener Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

The Ackerman Institute: a journey of culture and diversity over six decades. A conversation with Evan Imber ‐Black
AbstractThe Ackerman Institute for the Family, established in 1960 by Dr Nathan Ackerman, stands as one of the oldest and most respected family therapy institutes in the United States. Ackerman pioneered the integration of systemic insights into group settings, emphasised the crucial role of family in therapy, and advocated for the advancement and acceptance of family therapy. ‘The Ackerman’ played a pivotal role in launchingFamily Process, the first journal dedicated to academic activities in family therapy. Diversity and inclusion have been central tenets of Ackerman philosophy, evident in its programs, training cour...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - February 29, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Deisy Amorin ‐Woods, Evan Imber‐Black Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

The distress of one ‐dimensional fertility in an African family
This article, however, describes one instance in which an African couple's distress of one-dimensional fertility could not be resolved by drawing solely from the Euro-American family therapy tradition. One-dimensional fertility is defined as a crisis that arises in conditions of sonlessness or daughterlessness in a marriage, that is, in  situations where there are only male or female children born to the marriage. The use of medical intervention through the prescription of drugs often worsens rather than enhances the psychological well-being of couples who suffer from the distress of one-dimensional fertility. Therefore, ...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - February 24, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Augustine Nwoye Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

‘No one believed us: no one came to help’: caregivers' experiences of violence and abuse involving children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
AbstractChild and adolescent-to-parent violence and abuse (CAPVA) refers to abusive and violent behaviours by children towards their parents or primary caregivers. The abuse and harmful behaviours can include a full range of physical, emotional, verbal, financial, and material actions over prolonged periods of time, from childhood to young adulthood. Parents and caregivers of children with neuro-developmental conditions are vulnerable to CAPVA, and little research has been undertaken exploring the experiences of caregivers of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). In Aotearoa New Zealand, 56 caregivers were ...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - February 18, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anita Gibbs Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Co ‐research interview—collaborative way to learn from experience
This article describes our experiences and thoughts on this interview method. We present the interview structure and give suggestions on how to conduct the interview. We also present applications of the interview method and engage in a dialogue among ourselves about our experiences with these interviews. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - February 12, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Eija ‐Liisa Rautiainen, Aino Maija Rautkallio Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Therapeutic crisis intervention for families: an investigation of caregiver perceptions and experiences
AbstractThe Therapeutic Crisis Intervention for Families (TCI-F) program aims to equip caregivers with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to deal with crisis situations involving their children. Despite the program's global dissemination, its influence on predictors of intervention uptake and caregiver experience is not understood. We therefore sought to investigate the changes in determinants of implementation behaviour from pre- to post-TCI-F. These includeknowledge,confidence, andintention to implement new strategies, beliefsabout consequences that implementation would be beneficial, beliefs that change was part of o...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - January 11, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Sarah E. George, Chelsey Catchpole, Rosemary Skinner, Parma Barbaro, Nathan G. Adey, Simon Davies Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

A relational understanding of the needs of siblings of children who have been sexually abused
AbstractThis participatory research project highlighted the views and experiences of young people who are the brothers and sisters of children and young people who have experienced child sexual abuse. By working with young people who had experienced sexual abuse and their siblings, this practitioner research sought to give these young people a voice. The research involved a group process with young people who have experienced sexual abuse and have siblings, and one-to-one online consultations with the brothers and sisters of young people who have experienced abuse. All the young people spoke of their sibling and family rel...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - December 30, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Maeve Dwan Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Family therapy and infant mental health: exploring the potential space
AbstractFor this special issue, we sought perspectives on the contributions of the infant to their family's development, including recovery from intergenerational trauma and the contribution of the family to the infant's relational security. This special issue features a series of 12 invited papers from a diverse group of professionals, including infant mental health specialists, Indigenous and non-Indigenous family therapists, academic family therapy teaching staff, and developmental psychology and systemic researchers. The contributions span several methodologies – ranging from curated conversations and qualitative res...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - December 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jessica E. Opie, Jennifer E. McIntosh Tags: EDITORIAL: GUEST EDITORS ’ INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE Source Type: research

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Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - December 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Tags: ISSUE INFORMATION Source Type: research

In conversation: transgenerational attachment trauma, the infant, and the family therapist
AbstractThis paper shares a far-ranging set of conversations between professors Jennifer McIntosh, Louise Newman, and Carol George, all child and family practitioners, and infant mental health (IMH) and attachment specialists. They explore the domain of infant –family work with high-risk populations experiencing complex relational and intergenerational trauma. George and McIntosh discuss the intersection between family therapy and IMH from an attachment perspective. They explore what family therapy can offer to supporting coherence in caregiving states of mind, beyond the offerings of traditional dyadic mother–baby mod...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - December 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jennifer McIntosh, Louise Newman, Carol George Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Broadening the life course framework: the implications of the Charter for the Rights of Children yet to be Conceived proposed by First 1000  Days Australia
This article examines the unique propositions within the ‘Charter for the Rights of Children yet to be Conceived’ posited by First 1000 Days Australia. It argues that the Charter's pioneering focus on preconception conditions significantly broadens the life-course framework for early childhood, challenging traditional rights frameworks that typicall y commence at birth. The Charter's tenets, their implications, and their relation to international rights frameworks are also discussed. The Charter for the Rights of Children yet to be Conceived expands the landscape within which family therapists can explore not just cu...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - December 6, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kerry Arabena Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Adverse experiences in early intimate relationships and next ‐generation infant–mother attachment: findings from the ATP Generation 3 Study
AbstractChronic insecurities that emerge from adverse experiences in early intimate partner relationships in adolescence and emerging adulthood can have profound impacts on mental health and well-being. Less clear is the extent to which these experiences for parents impact subsequent relationships within and across generations. We examine the extent to which secure, dismissing, pre-occupied, and fearful intimate partner relationships in adolescence and emerging adulthood, well before becoming a parent, are associated with next-generation patterns of attachment between mothers and infant offspring. Data were drawn from a ne...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Catherine M. Olsson, Christopher J. Greenwood, Primrose Letcher, Evelyn Tan, Jessica E. Opie, Anna Booth, Jennifer McIntosh, Craig A. Olsson Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research

Initiating the dialogue between infant mental health and family therapy: a qualitative inquiry and recommendations
AbstractThis qualitative study explores infant-family mental health experts' perspectives and experiences regarding the inclusion of infants in the family therapy setting. Infant socioemotional development is relational in nature and evolves in the context of both dyadic attachment relationships and broader multi-person co-parenting systems. Given this, we sought to understand why family therapy interventions involving families with infants rarely include the infant in a triangular or family systemic approach. Interviews were completed by clinical and/or research experts whose work integrates tenets of both infant mental h...
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jessica E. Opie, Anna T. Booth, Larissa Rossen, Elisabeth Fivaz ‐Depeursinge, Robbie Duschinsky, Louise Newman, Jennifer E. McIntosh, Eliza Hartley, Felicity Painter, David Oppenheim, Campbell Paul, Antoinette Corboz‐Warnery, Alan Carr, D Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research

‘It's a magnifying glass for your relationship’: a thematic analysis of motivations, benefits, and challenges in consensually non‐monogamous relationships
This study adds to the existing knowledge on CNM and is expected to be of interest to clinicians and researchers seeking to understand its motivations, benefits, and challenges. Relationship therapists will benefit from increased knowledge of how to work with clients interested or engaged in CNM relationships. Overall, this study supports previous findings that CNM is a viable, enjoyable, yet sometimes challenging type of relationship. (Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT))
Source: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy (ANZJFT) - November 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rebecca Codrington, Daniel R. du  Plooy Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research