Differentiation-Based Parenting: Part One
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- 04/04/2025
Finding Balance in Parenting: Love, Support, and Space Dr Jenny Brown The Parent Hope Project approach draws inspiration from Bowen family systems theory, specifically the concept of Differentiation of Self. Murray Bowen describes this as the ability to: “be emotionally close to members of their own families or to any other person without fusing into…

Starting school/daycare – a lesson in growing pains
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- 21/02/2025
Guest mini blog – Katie Small counselling katiesmall.com.au It’s a new year and a lot of families are managing an array of big changes including kids starting daycare/preschool/school/high school or kids moving into a new year with new teachers, classrooms and peers. Change is just one of those things that naturally tends to produce some degree of…