When the Family Fractures: Working Confidently with Separated Families - Auckland

Name: When the Family Fractures: Working Confidently with Separated Families - Auckland
Start: 2025-08-24T23:00:00+12:00
End: 2025-08-25T06:00:00+12:00
Location: Ellerslie Event Centre

Schedule

Sun, 24 Aug, 2025 at 11:00 pm to Mon, 25 Aug, 2025 at 06:00 am

UTC+12:00

Location

Ellerslie Event Centre | Auckland, AU

Parental Separation affects a significant proportion of our clients, yet most practitioners receive minimal training in managing these complex family dynamics. This workshop utilises ACT to fill critical knowledge gaps, helping you work more effectively with young people and their families while protecting your time, energy, and professional wellbeing.
This workshop is idea for psychologists, social workers, counsellors, psychiatrists, mental health nurses, GPs, and all other mental health professionals working with adults or children affected by separation. It will help clinicians who feel uncertain when separation dynamics emerge in individual therapy, or who are struggling with managing consent issues and parent involvement. Especially if you are worried your therapeutic recommendations might complicate legal matters; you're unsure when to take on these cases and when to refer; or your between-session workload with these clients is unsustainable.
You'll Leave Knowing:
evidence-based interventions that work in separated family contexts
how separation impacts child development and attachment
tools to identify red flags, know which cases to accept and when to refer
when you need both parents' consent (and when you don't)
how to prevent being triangulated and maintain therapeutic boundaries
confidence about providing court-appropriate documentation
methods to structure sessions and manage between-session contact
how to protect yourself legally while maintaining therapeutic effectiveness
This workshop is fully catered.
Free parking is available at the venue.
Tiffany Rochester is a Clinical Psychologist based in Western Australia whose expertise in separated family dynamics has made her a sought-after trainer and consultant in the mental health sector. With over two decades of clinical experience, she brings unique insights from both therapeutic practice and the legal system.
As founder of The Same Mountain and Co-Parenting Companion, Tiffany has developed evidence-based frameworks that transform high-conflict family dynamics into workable co-parenting relationships. Her approach integrates ACT, Compassion-Focused Therapy, and ProSocial principles with practical strategies drawn from extensive experience in:
expert witness testimony in Family Court proceedings
court-mandated therapy for families in legal disputes
child and adolescent mental health services
youth justice system intervention
perinatal mental health support
working with neurodivergent children and their families
Her career spans leadership roles including Past President of the ANZ Association for Contextual Behavioural Science, Research Associate for Telethon Kids Institute, and Council Member for Collaborative Practice Western Australia. Based in Western Australia, she regularly consults with mental health professionals nationwide on complex separated family cases.
Tiffany's straight-talking, practical approach has earned her a reputation for translating complex clinical challenges into actionable solutions. Her training integrates real-world experience with current research, helping practitioners work confidently and competently with separated families while maintaining sustainable practice boundaries.