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The philosophical foundation of the Family Centre's work is Just Therapy. This is a reflective approach to therapy developed by workers at the Family Centre since it was founded in 1979. A fundamental feature of Just Therapy is the attention paid to the broad context of cultural, gender, social, spiritual, economic and psychological factors underlying the problems experienced by those with whom our therapists work.
This philosophy underlies the Family Centre's commitment to the eradication of racism, sexism and poverty. In all it's therapy, field work activities and research, the Family Centre is committed to expose the marginalisation of different sectors of the population and facilitate change to their advantage. Embodied in it's work is a commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi, Justice for the Pacific Nations' peoples, gender equity and the interdependence of economic and social policies.
Interest in Just Therapy has grown within the international therapeutic community
and Family Centre workers are actively involved in conducting workshops, seminars
and conference presentations internationally on all continents.
Author(s): Members of FC Staff; Creation Date: 31st March 2003; Last Changed: July 05 2008;
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