Courses/Programs
The Marriage CourseLast Updated: 5th March 2008
Information for those who might want to go on a course and those thinking about running a course. The Marriage Course is for married couples and the Marriage Preparation Course is for couples who are engaged. Both these courses are for couples who want to build strong foundations for a healthy marriage that will last a lifetime.
Marriage Encounter Weekends
Last Updated: 3rd March 2008
Marriage Encounter Weekends are a series of presentations given by a specially trained team of couples and a priest. Most of your time is spent learning and developing a technique of communication called Dialogue. The talks, while structured, include examples of the things the presenting team have discovered within their relationships and the adaptations they have made during their journeys through married life. Such reflections lead you to look at yourselves and your marriage with new eyes. After the talk there is time for you to practise your new-found communication skills and share your thoughts and feelings about various aspects of your marriage in the privacy of your own room. There is no group discussion.
Voice Dialogue Australia
Last Updated: 3rd March 2008
For those of you who want to dig deeper into your self (or more accurately "selves"), the voice dialogue approach can help as it provides a method of recognising the various parts of you that operate in your day to day living,such as the "harsh inner critic". This means you can have a choice and power over these parts of you. The relevance to relationship is obvious. We have met the Australian directors of Voice Dialogue, Robin and Paul Gale-baker and were impressed by their sincerity. They have been highly influenced by the founders,Hal and Sidra Stone.
Life Works: Promoting Positive Relationships
Last Updated: 3rd March 2008
LifeWorks is a not-for-profit organisation funded and approved by the Federal Attorney-General's Department under the provisions of the Family Law Act 1975. It is partially funded by the Australian Government and partially funded by a client 'fee for service' arrangement. LifeWorks is the only Commonwealth Government approved counselling, family dispute resolution and educational organisation in the Central Business District of Melbourne. We also have 9 branches throughout metropolitan Melbourne and country Victoria.
Relate Well: The Family Relationships Institute
Last Updated: 3rd March 2008
Founded by Don Burnard in Melbourne in 1978, Don was a former priest but has now become a leader in training marriage and family educators and is based in Coburg and Mt. Dandenong, Vic. Aus. They run many courses for all types of relationship issues (eg: engaged, married, singles, parenting etc.) and are Government funded. They also provide professional development for marriage educators and a counseling service.
Marriage Education Institute: Strengthening relati
Last Updated: 3rd March 2008
This nonprofit Marriage Education Institute was founded to strengthen relationships through Online learning. The Institute offers programs for singles, couples and professionals.
Relationship - Counselling
Last Updated: 5th March 2008
This site has been created by Paul Gale-Baker; a qualified relationship counsellor, course leader, public speaker and author with a practice in Melbourne.
The National Healthy Marriage Institute
Last Updated: 5th March 2008
Creating Products & Services to Help Couples Form & Sustain Healthy Marriages.