Single Session Family Consultation SSFC

The SPHC National Project Team have worked with the Bouverie Centre to adapt SSFC for use within Aotearoa New Zealand.  Key to this has been working with a cultural advisory group to develop a cultural adaption of the model.  Consultation on the cultural adaption included people from a range of cultures and ethnicities: Māori, Pasifika and Asian. Whilst the adaptation is from a predominantly Te Ao Māori perspective, all of the people contributing to the consultation were in agreement that the principles of working from a family/ whānau-centred perspective, with significant consideration of the processes of engagement, specific cultural practices, and a community perspective are common to a range of cultures and ethnicities in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Further work has also been done to include a specific module on the involvement of children in SSFC sessions.  Given that an estimated 25-30% of adults using mental health and/or addiction services are parents caring for dependent children, this module provides practitioners with a safe and practical way of discussing parenting and parenting issues, and ensuring the needs of children in the family/whānau are being addressed.

SSFC does not require practitioners in adult services to become family therapists or child therapists, rather it provides a practical flexible structure and approach for delivering family/whānau-centred practice.

SSFC training is now conducted regularly in Aotearoa New Zealand.  It is a blended training programme, which involves two e-learning modules and a one-day face-to-face training programme.  For a list of SSFC trainers see below. 

If you have any questions about SSFC please contact Karin Isherwood.

SSFC training is especially suited to practitioners working in adult mental health and addictions services, where the service user is typically seen on their own. This is because the SSFC process is designed to help practitioners make the shift from individual to family/whānau engagement in a manner that does not threaten the practitioner’s existing relationship with the service user. It is important to remember that facilitating a single session consultation, which may include children and other family members, is about engaging with the family and problem solving, rather than family therapy.

SSFC training is also useful for practitioners working with infants, children and young people. While many practitioners often work with parents, caregivers, whānau and children, SSFC provides a framework for involving other family members such as a non-custodial or separated parent, grandparents, aunts and uncles, or anyone that the service user, or in the case of younger children, their parents want to include. SSFC can help to guide the conversation about who to involve, in what timeframe and what will be discussed in the session.

 

 

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North Island

• Auckland
• Midlands
• Central

South Island

• Nelson
• West Coast
• Canterbury
• Southland

Note: There are other trainers around the country who are not listed, please contact  Karin Isherwood to see if there is a trainer in your area and how you can access a training.

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Auckland

First name	Surname	Organisation	Email
Narelle	Nichelsen	The Salvation Army Oasis	[email protected]
Michelle	Brewerton	Te Pou	[email protected]
Natalie	Callard	Problem Gambling Foundation NZ	[email protected]
Glynnis	Carolissen	Auckland DHB	[email protected]
Mandy	Kavanagh-Vincent	National	[email protected]
Jackie	Kenyon	Waitemata DHB	[email protected]
Katie	Lancaster	Waitemata DHB: Marinoto North	[email protected]
Filly (Felicity)	Misiluti	Waitemata DHB	[email protected]
Mary (Kathreen)	Morgan	Oranga Tamariki	[email protected]
Shirleen	Prasad	Asian Family Services	[email protected]
Louise	Rattray	Supporting Families in Mental Illness	[email protected]
Elly	Richards	Waitemata DHB (CADS)	[email protected]
Melissa	Roberts	Waitemata DHB	[email protected]
Polly	Websdell	Waitemata DHB	[email protected]
Ann	Welcome	Waitemata DHB	[email protected]
Claudia	Zonneveld	Waitemata DHB	[email protected]

 

Midlands

First name	Surname	Organisation	Email
Topou	Folau	Waikato DHB	[email protected]
Jinny	Gray	Waikato DHB	[email protected]
Beth	Thomas	BOP DHB	[email protected]

 

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Central

First name	Surname	Organisation	Email
Mary Anne	Cook	Abacus Counselling, Training & Supervision	[email protected]
John	Griffiths	Hutt Valley DHB	[email protected]
Jo	Heap	Whanganui DHB	[email protected]
Rewa	Murphy	Hutt Valley DHB	[email protected]
Gill	Petherick	Capital and Coast DHB	[email protected]
Richard	Tither	Capital and Coast DHB	[email protected]
Atalana	Treviranus	Hutt Valley DHB	[email protected]

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Nelson

First name	Surname	Organisation	Email
Anne	Morel	Marlborough: CAMHS Nelson	[email protected]

West Coast

First name	Surname	Organisation	Email
Kelly	Shaw	West Coast DHB	[email protected]

 

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Canterbury

First name	Surname	Organisation	Email
Renee	Adams-Richardson	Stepping Stone Trust	[email protected]
Graham	Allen	Canterbury DHB	[email protected]
Glenda	Prendergast	PACT	[email protected]
Cynthia	Spittal	CDHB	[email protected]

 

Southland

First name

Surname

Organisation

Email

 

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^*There are other trainers around the country who are not listed, please contact  Karin Isherwood to see if there is a trainer in your area and how you can access training.

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