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Please call (011) 788-4784
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(Click here for 2009 Course Schedule)
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SEPTEMBER
2009 DIARY
Training
Grief Counselling 14th and 15th October
Trauma Containment Training 5th November
Adolescent Counselling Training 19th and 20th November
Booking essential - Glenis on 011 788 4784
Prepare and Enrich Training 11th and 12th November
Family Life Centre have the agency for this unique Programme
Workshop: Prepare MC and Step Parenting
To be held at Family Life Centre:
Saturday 3 October 09:00 to 11:00
Cost: R30 per delegate
Although this workshop is helpful for counsellors who use our Marriage Preparation and Enrich
Programmes, the material will be practical for use in the room by all counsellors dealing with blended families
For Enquiries or to book please contact:
Wendy at 011 788 4784
Monthly Groups
Take place at Family Life Centre on the 3rd Friday of the month. Participants may attend single groups or the series.
R60 per person per group
· Imago intimate relationships / friendship 28th August
Booking essential - Glenis on 011 788 4784
Groups for Personal Growth
DIVORCE SUPPORT GROUP
TODDLER TAMING
(18MONTHS 5 YEARS OLD)
(Duration : 6 weekly sessions of 2 hours each)
This course is for parents of toddlers aged between 18 months - 4 years. The course will cover such topics as common stresses of parenting toddlers, useful techniques for getting toddlers co-operation, and maintaining the couple relationship.
Times : 19h00 21h00
For Enquiries or booking please contact:
Jean at 011 788 4784
To take place at: The Family Life Centre (Families South Africa)
1 Cardigan Avenue (corner Crescent)
Parkwood (Opposite Zoo Lake Swimming Pool)
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We require a video recorder for Family Therapy
Our present video recorder is damaging our tapes and
we would greatly appreciate a donation of a functioning video recorder.
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Family Life Centre's Diamond
Jubilee
On 8th September Family
Life Centre held a Champagne Breakfast to celebrate
their Diamond Jubilee in their garden at the Parkwood
Centre. Over 200 guests attended including; executive
members, staff, associates, past associates, students,
intern psychologists, volunteers, the media and
corporate clients.
Nicole Jaff (a former Intern at Family Life Centre) and
Bev Kenny organized the catering, dιcor and gifts for
the guests. Nicole had arranged to have seedlings
donated and planted in the garden for the occasion.
They're organisational skills were outstanding and the
day went ahead without a hitch.
The spring like ambiance they created was within keeping
of such an auspicious occasion. Beautiful flower
arrangements gracing all the tables were were also
donated. A large gift bag containing biscuits, teas and
coffee and was placed on every seat, along with a
perfume at every place-setting for the guests. Lattes
and cappuccinos flowed on request. Our grateful thanks
go out to Avi who organised the coffee and donating of
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Nicole, Joan, Liz and Bev
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Canon Richardson,
Joan
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One of our founder
members, Joan Philips aged 91 was the guest of honour.
She has been living in Sydney for the past 20 years and
traveled over to South Africa for the celebrations.
Another founder member; Canon Eric Richardson aged 97
also attended. He and Joan had not seen each other for
many years and it was a heartwarming moment to witness
the delight of these two friends meeting up again.
Liz Dooleys (Director of Family Life Centre) speech
included the good wishes from past associates now living
in England and America who were disappointed to miss the
celebration. Amongst these well wishers was Jackie
Meyerowitz now residing in Sydney, she had been with
Family Life Centre for 36 years and donated a camellia
bush to be planted in the garden at Family Life Centre.
She likened the flowers that were blooming to the new
hope that the people have when visiting Family Life
Centre for the first time.
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Children having lunch |
Athol Williams Executive and Kolobe |
Joan Philips spoke of the
beginning of Family Life Centre which started up as a
volunteer-based organization. All volunteers were chosen
by a panel including psychiatrists, psychologists and
social workers. The training provided was extensive and
of such a high standard that the head of Tara Hospital
once commented that he wished the interns at Tara
received the same standard of training. This included
experts in their fields being brought out to South
Africa in order to provide workshops. Joans speech
was humourous and highly entertaining as she reminded
those old enough to remember the conservative attitude
of the time. Those who were too young to remember were
made to realise just how much has been achieved in
changing the conservative (and not always rational)
thinking of the time.
Joan spoke of the stigma associated with psychologists
and the topic of sex which was banned in public at the
time. She was aware of the pitfalls ahead of society if
important issues were not openly discussed. What is now
considered a social norm was only brought into fruition
through the courage and vision of pioneers such as Joan
Philips and her colleagues at the time. The substance
and delivery of Joans speech was so impressive that
the audience responded with a standing ovation.
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Educators; Our
Education for Living Programmes |
Family Life Centres
Intern Psychologists |
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Notice
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Off-shore Trauma
Counselling Offered by Family Life
Liz Dooley Family Life Centre's Director, flew to North Malawi to provide Trauma Counselling to the staff of a large Construction Organisation after an Accident took place on site.
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Abusive Men Support Group for those who wish to stop!
www.muralhelp.co.za
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Vacancies
At Family Life Centre
2 Social Workers / Community Developers
All resumes are to be sent for
Attention: Liz Dooley
Family Life Centre
1 Cardigan Road
Parkwood
2193
Fax: 011 788-4781
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URGENT
Request for volunteers
in all departments of
Family Life Centre. Volunteers are needed as
life skills facilitators in schools and trained counsellors for running
parenting workshops
in all areas of Johannesburg.
Call Parkwood (011) 788-4784/5 |
Map to Family Life Centre
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Counselling
Services
Counselling
Services include:
individual
counselling
couple/marriage
counselling
divorce counselling
family
therapy
parental
counselling
adolescent
counselling
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FAMILY
LIFE CENTRE OFFERS PRE & POST HIV/AIDS COUNSELLING
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Family Life
offers an Employee
Support Service
to companies - please click here to preview our
services' sample proposal document.
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Muzengavhazimu Primary
School in Diepsloot provided the entertainment for the guests with
traditional Venda and Tsonga dancing. Mrs Rose Segale, their
headmistress, gave a brief synopsis of the school. There are 1800
learners and of this, the majority are either orphans, or from
child-headed families. She described the school as being a rainbow
school, as the languages include; Venda, Tsonga, Sotho, Zulu and Xhosa.
Mrs. Segale spoke of the importance of the work Family Life Centre plays
in these childrens lives by supporting these children emotionally
through our programmes and counseling. She paid tribute to Kolobe (from
Family Life Centres Diepsloot office).
We are grateful to the children from the Tsonga and Venda cultural
groups for spending every afternoon for weeks rehearsing for the
occasion, as well as getting to school by 07:00 on the morning of the
8th in order to attend the function. We are also grateful to Bev, Nicole
and Kolobe for organizing this entertainment. The children enchanted the
guests and it is always good to be reminded that South Africa has
talent.
Ruth de Bruin Former Director of Family Life Centre introduced our Marriage preparation and Enrichment programme which is extensively used by Counsellers in Private Practice, Churches and Jewish Community.
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Ruth de Bruin and Mapitso
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Lenasia Office
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A Successful Anti Bullying Programme
In response to the violence in our schools; 15 years ago Family Life Centre introduced a Violence Awareness
Programme. Over the past 5 years we have noted an increase of peer on peer violence and this has resulted in us addressing this with an anti bullying campaign. Through this programme we work with the teachers and Parents in providing the children with information and skills for an alternative means to resolve conflict and problems.
In May 2009 Family Life Centre was invited to run our anti bullying programme in a primary and secondary school for children with Learning Disabilities. In this school the bullying has become accepted behaviour by many of the students. It has escalated to the point where children openly acknowledge themselves as bullies.
Kicking, fighting and hitting have become the order of the day. Some of the children guilty of bullying are in care and therefore do not have the positive input from family members. Without proper negotiating skills violence can be perceived as the only way they have of protecting themselves.
Within days of working in the schools we were advised that observers noted that the children were obviously enjoying the programme and having fun with it. After the first session there had already been visible results with 2 fights having been calmed / stopped by learners.
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CITY:
11th Floor
His Majesty's Building
C/o Commissioner &
Eloff Streets
Johannesburg - 2001
Tel: 833-2057/8/9 |
NEW
ADDITIONAL NUMBERS!!
082 231- 0370
082 231- 0371 |
PARKWOOD:
1 Cardigan
Road
Parkwood
Johannesburg
2193
Tel: 788-4784
Fax: 788-4781 |
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BRANCH
TELEPHONE NUMBERS: |
| Alexandra |
011 788- 4784/5 |
Lenasia South |
011 855- 2359 |
| Coronationville |
011 477- 5531 |
Soweto |
011 986- 3290 |
| Diepsloot |
082 584-6511 |
Westbury |
011 477- 5531 |
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