…older person’s finances, causing physical harm or injury or threatening the elderly person with violence, treating them like a child, or any conduct that causes the elderly person to feel…
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Alcohol use and relationships
…alcohol abuse include increased arguments about drinking or things related to drinking, such as not taking care of responsibilities in the home and neglecting family relationships, and increased family violence….
Relationships Australia
…and services are available for people who experience/ have experienced violence and abuse and are seeking ways to ensure their safety, or to overcome the impact of this trauma. Learn…
Children need friendly communities
…effects on a child’s life (e.g. violence, health issues, death, abuse, neglect, crime, broken relationships). Obviously, we want to prevent ACEs as much as possible (and this is a big…
Funding Boost for Children’s Contact Services
…parents is vital – we know that children are harmed by exposure to violence and serious arguments. The Children’s Contact Services protect many children. Unfortunately there are often long waiting…
Exposure of young people to pornography
…stereotypes; unhealthy and sexist views of women and sex; higher rates of acceptance of violence against women; sexually coercive behaviour by young men; and contributes to unrealistic understandings of sex…
Finances and Relationships
…as gambling, mental health, family violence, and drug and alcohol use. Relationships Australia’s January 2018 online survey sought to further understand how couples negotiate their finances by asking a few…
Families and how to define them in modern society
…what makes their idea of a family change (Figure 6) was the occurrence of a stressful life event such as death, family violence, conflict, or trauma. Whether someone marries was…
Marriage equality
…interpersonal difficulties that arise from stigma and non-acceptance from the general community (Psychologists for Marriage Equality, 2012). Same-sex attracted people are more likely to experience higher levels of abuse, violence…
Counselling engagement
…them to counselling was relationship issues (41%). Women were more likely than men to report that family violence, family issues or their own strong emotions were more likely to lead…
Acknowledging and dealing with anger
…can’t help their actions. It may feel as if anger is beyond your control, but in reality everyone can learn to control their response to anger. Physical violence in intimate…
Normal differences and warning signs of a relationship breakdown
…or disability sexual difficulties job loss or unemployment violence or abuse issues arising from a previous relationship. It’s better to talk about the issues than ignore them. Differences…
Workplace relationships for employees
…parenting issues caring for elderly parents family violence – emotional, physical, sexual abuse separation and divorce building a house or major renovations problem gambling. You might not notice how personal…
What is Elder Abuse?
…or emotional abuse involves any action or threat that causes fear of violence, isolation, deprivation, humiliation or powerlessness. For example, treating the elder like a child, preventing access to services,…
Private: Professional Training
…types of training programs offered by Relationships Australia include: counselling and couples therapy sexual concerns counselling family dispute resolution relationship education and group work facilitation supervisor training family violence intervention…
Private: Family Dispute Resolution Process
…required to attend Family Dispute Resolution and make a genuine effort to resolve issues, before they progress through the court system. Situations involving family violence, child abuse or extremely urgent…
Private: Family Dispute Resolution Certificates
…There are some exceptions to the requirement for a certificate, including cases involving family violence or child abuse. For more information visit the Australian Government’s Family Relationships Online website at www.familyrelationships.gov.au…
Private: Workplace services
…Australia can provide support for: relationship difficulties family violence issues emotional, physical or sexual abuse separation and divorce loss and grief. Employees attend sessions voluntarily and all services are confidential…


