Australian Institute of Family Studies

Programs and courses
for groups, couples, individuals and families

This page provides links to programs, courses and future events that are useful for families and individuals who may wish to access further help and support.

Ongoing courses

National

Family Wellness Australia - Healthy Family Living

A twelve-hour, six-session program for the whole family to learn relationship skills. It puts parents firmly in charge of the family.

Relatewell Family Relationships Institute

Relatewell, a non-profit, non-sectarian, educational community agency, aims to assist individuals, partners and families to achieve and maintain quality and meaningful lives through quality and meaningful relationships. Courses are provided for singles, engaged couples, married/de facto couples, parents, and professional development. Some examples of courses are: developing self esteem and self confidence; communicating effectively and assertively; meeting needs; how to be a quality person in a quality relationship; dealing with 'problems'; resolving conflict; being assertive; being single and relaxed; building friendships; rights and responsibilities of adults and children.

Relationships Australia

Relationships Australia is an organisation that offers resources to couples, individuals and families to help enhance and support relationships. Relationship support courses are offered in the areas of: Life and Relationships; Family Support; Family Skills - Parenting; Family Violence Prevention and Recovery; Post Separation; Gambling Help.

New South Wales

ANGLICARE Sydney

ANGLICARE Education Programmes provide skills-based education courses and seminars for engaged or married couples, parents and their children.

Burnside

The UnitingCare Burnside (Burnside) Training Program provides a range of training opportunities, specialist facilitation, consultation, and supervision throughout NSW.

Inspired Education

Parenting Forums & Retreats for one of the most important roles in your life.
With internationally acclaimed parent-child educators.

Interrelate
Interrelate is a community based, not for profit organisation that has been a leading provider of quality relationship services for over 79 years. Interrelate has a network of centres across metropolitan, regional and rural New South Wales and provide a range of relationship services including counselling, mediation, training, education and children's contact services.

South Australia

Centacare
An Australian leader in the provision of excellent, respectful and caring counselling, mediation, accommodation and training services.

Tasmania

Positive Solutions
A non-government community based organisation which has been assisting individuals and organisations througout Tasmania, Australia, since 1991, previously under the banner of Community Mediation Service Tasmania.

Victoria

Alma Family Therapy Centre

Alma Family Therapy Centre is a private psychotherapy and counselling practice and teaching Centre, located in the inner Southeastern Suburbs of Melbourne. Teaching programs and supervision in psychotherapy and family therapy are available.

The Bouverie Centre
The Bouverie Centre, Victoria's Family Institute, is a state-wide integrated clinical, academic and consultation agency specialising in family approaches in mental health service provision. The Bouverie Centre provides a range of programs to individuals and family members, service providers and agencies.
Cairnmillar Institute
Cairnmillar is a provider of counselling and psychotherapy, learning and development programs, community education and professional training.
Drummond Street Relationship Centre

The Centre offers reading/clinical discussion groups focussing on psychoanalytic couple therapy; and a 30-week Couple States of Mind Course, for clinicians interested in working with couples using a psychodynamic framework.

LifeWorks Relationship Counselling and Education Services

LifeWorks is a not-for-profit organisation that provides professional family and relationship counselling and education services for individuals, couples, families, children and adolescents. Lifeworks offers a range of courses, including letting go and moving on, parenting after separating, behaviour change program for men, anger management for women, living in a step-family, parenting preschoolers and early school aged children.

Parenting Australia

Parenting Australia provides a range of education, training and consultancy services in the community with the goal of increasing resilience and connectedness in families, particularly those who are isolated, vulnerable or have diverse needs. Through these services, Parenting Australia aims to raise awareness of parenting issues in the community, help parents develop skills that enhance the social, emotional and physical well-being of their children, and promote hope and confidence in families generally.

Stepfamily Association of Victoria

Professional training for counsellors, team leaders, etc working with stepfamilies.

Western Australia

Kinway

Kinway is a state-wide provider of quality counselling and relationship education programs.

 

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