Description:
OPD Points: 12
Explore Bowen Family Systems Theory as an approach to family therapy, with keynote sessions from Dr Dan Papero, an internationally renowned family therapy working from this approach. Participants will hear from Dr Papero and other keynote speakers and workshop presenters about the application of this theory to better understand the dilemmas that relationships face.
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
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DAY 1: Wednesday 21st August 9:00am-4:30pm |
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Wednesday Keynote Session 1 9:00am-10:30am |
9am 9:10am |
Welcome – Lauren Errington and Conference MC (10min) Keynote Session 1: The Family Emotional System: How the Organism Operates Dr Daniel Papero (1 hour 20 min) |
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Morning Tea |
10:30am |
Morning Tea (20 minutes) |
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Wednesday Keynote Session 2 10:50am-12:15pm |
10:50am |
Keynote Session 2: The Family Emotional System: A Symptom Develops Dr Daniel Papero (1 hour) |
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11:50am |
Q&A with Dr Daniel Papero (25 min) |
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Lunch |
12:15pm |
Lunch (45 minutes) |
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Wednesday Workshops 1:00-2:00pm |
1:00pm |
3 x 50min workshops for delegates to choose from (Workshop Program TBC) (1 hour) |
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Comfort Break |
2:00pm |
Comfort break (15 minutes) |
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Wednesday Symposium – Featured presentations from the ANZJFT Special Edition on Bowen Theory |
2:15pm |
Intro (5 min) – Lauren Errington (co-editor & author) About the Special Edition (10 min) – Dr Linda MacKay (co-editor) 3 x 20min presentations by: · Dr Jenny Brown (co-editor & author) · Katherine Burke (author) · Martina Polombi (author) |
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3:30pm |
FSI Core Programs Spot – Advanced Certificate: Lauren E (15min) |
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Wednesday Final Session 4:00-4:30pm |
3:45pm |
Live Q&A with panel of presenters – Dr Dan Papero, Dr Jenny Brown, Katherine Burke, Martina Polombi (35 minutes) |
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4:20pm 4:30pm |
Wrap up of Day 1 End of Conference Day 1 |
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DAY 2: Thursday 22nd August 9:00am-4:30pm |
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Thursday Keynote Session 1 9:00am-10:30am |
9am 9:05am |
Welcome – Lauren Errington and Conference MC (5min) Keynote Session 3: The Family Emotional System: The Garden of Recovery Dr Daniel Papero (1 hour 25 min) |
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Morning Tea |
10:30am |
Morning Tea (20 minutes) |
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Thursday Keynote Session 2 10:50am-1:00pm |
10:50am |
Keynote Session 4: What Humans can Learn from Animal Behaviours in Relationships Dr Lynea Witcack Oldfather (1 hour 30 minutes) |
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12:20pm  12:50pm |
Q&A with Keynote speakers (Dr Papero and Dr Witzcack-Oldfather) (30 minutes) FSI Core Programs Spot – Lauren Errington (10 minutes) |
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Lunch |
1:00pm |
Lunch (45 minutes) |
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Thursday Workshops 1:45-2:45pm |
1:45pm |
3 x 50min workshops for delegates to choose from (Workshop Program TBC) |
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Comfort Break |
2:45pm |
Comfort break (15 minutes) |
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Thursday Final Session 3:00-4:30pm |
3:00pm |
Interview with Dr Dan Papero: The future of science and research in family therapy and clinical practice (Dr Papero & Linda Mackay) (1 hour) |
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4:00-4:30 |
4:00pm 4:30pm |
Conference Wrap Up End of Conference Day 2 |
Presenter / Provider:
Presenter Qualifications:
Dr Dan Papero is amongst the leading scholars and practitioners in Bowen Theory in the world. He has written numerous articles and book chapters on various aspects of family systems theory and family psychotherapy. In 1990, he published a basic introduction to family systems, Bowen Family Systems Theory. He gives many invited presentations yearly to various professional groups across the country and around the world on topics related to family systems theory, family psychotherapy, and the functioning of corporations and organisations.
Dr. Lynea Witczak Oldfather is a Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar in Prof. Mike Gardner’s lab at Flinders University. She earned her PhD from the University of California, Davis where she studied the neurobiology of father-daughter bonds and pair bonds in coppery titi monkeys (Plecturocebus cupreus). As a postdoc, she is investigating the neurobiology of pair bonding in socially monogamous sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosa). Her work aims to provide insight into potential shared mechanisms underlying sociality across vertebrate taxa.Start / End Date
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Registration Instructions:
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Ticket |
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Onsite – 2 days |
$630 |
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Online – 2 days |
$570 |
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Online – 1 day (Wednesday) |
$360 |
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Online – 1 day (Thursday) |
$360 |
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Delayed Stream – 2 day package (can’t make the conference? Pre-purchase the delayed stream recording) |
$570 |
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Group Discount (4-8 people) – Onsite |
$500 per person |
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Group Discount (4-10 people) – Online |
$455 per person |
