Family, Parent and Child Therapy
Healing and transforming relationships within the family system one generation at a time.

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Welcome to The Family Systems Hub serving melbourne, regional victoria and families worldwide.

We are on a mission to grow a global service dedicated to educating and healing the impacts of intergenerational and childhood trauma within families. Through modern science, traditional wisdom and contemplative practices and family systemic based therapies, our work raises parental consciousness, cultivates emotional resilience, and inspires growth and self-mastery—empowering both parents and children to lead lives of thrival and fulfillment.

We believe a child’s emotional growth is deeply intertwined with the family’s dynamics, including influences from past generations. Addressing the family system as a whole is essential for lasting change. We recognise that as a parent, your own self-discovery and growth are vital to the flourishing of your child and family. By viewing a child’s behavioural symptoms as opportunities for the entire family to heal and create generational transformation, we help strengthen the emotional, psychological, and physiological capacities of every family member.

We offer different service pathways of support for children, parents, families, and professionals. Each pathway offers range of therapies delivered by our team of child, adult & family psychotherapy specialists. This includes child-centered play therapy, family play therapy, filial family therapy, parent trauma therapy, family systemic parent coaching, couples relationship therapy, family constellations, and psychological astrology.

Courses

Based on our individual Filial Family Therapy, this is an evidenced based educational program for parents, designed to strengthen and alleviate difficulties within the parent – child relationship and the whole family system by facilitating a 30 minute, once a week therapeutic play method at home.

23 July - 24 Sept 2025
Filial Family Therapy Training Melbourne

Join this three-day advanced clinical training led by a certified Filial Therapist from the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement (NIRE, USA). This is for play therapists with prior training in Child Centered Play Therapy. Certification pathway available for those seeking to advance their filial therapy expertise.

21 - 23 August 2025
two females sitting next to each other on the porch smiling

Join this three-day advanced clinical training led by a certified Filial Therapist from the National Institute of Relationship Enhancement (NIRE, USA). This is for play therapists with prior training in Child Centered Play Therapy. Certification pathway available for those seeking to advance their filial therapy expertise.

19 - 21 June 2025
Positive Parenting - How to Enhance your communication with kids

Join this two day immersive workshop led by a registered play therapist supervisor and systemic family therapist. Expand your skills and knowledge of an integrated play therapy approach and apply key principles and concepts to your individual and group therapeutic work with children aged 2-12 years old.

18 - 19 September 2025

Therapists

Meet the team

Helen Younan-Barrett

Family Systemic Psychotherapy | Play Therapy

Candela Pagnoni

Child & Family Play Therapy

Dave Lovegrove

Child & Family Play Therapy | Parent Coaching

Joy Huang

Child & Family Play Therapy | Filial Family Therapy

Bailey Roberts

Child Play Therapy

Sofia Harris

Child & Family Play Therapy | Filial Family Therapy

Gianna Mazzone

Gestalt Psychotherapy | Parent Coaching | Supervision

Emma Castricum

Occupational Therapy | Parent Coaching (MATERNITY LEAVE)

Ash Paul

EMDR Practitioner | Adult Therapist | Parent Coach

Martin Sarmiento

Psychological Astrology

Devi Hernandez

Family Constellations | Couples Coaching | Systemic & Somatic Coaching

Mili Sarmiento Shoemaker

Group Family Constellations

Chrissie Catling

Client Pathways Coordinator

Emily Meldrum

Practice Administrator

Is our children’s behavioural symptoms ‘destiny’, or just that we haven’t done the work?

When we see our childrens’ behaviours as part of a ‘system’ that directly involves us and our healing, that’s when the true work can begin.