What Is Family Group Conferencing, and Who Is It For?
When something big is happening in a family, the conversations that matter most are often the ones nobody quite knows […]
Author: Darleen Barton
Dr Darleen Barton (hc) established DIPAC in 2009 with a vision of creating compassionate, professional, and practical support services for individuals, couples, families, and organisations navigating life’s more complex challenges.
Over many years Darleen has supported countless individuals, couples, and families through emotionally challenging periods, helping them build greater understanding, cooperation, healing, and meaningful long term change.
What Executive Coaching Actually Looks Like, Session by Session
People often ask me what happens in executive coaching. It is a fair question. If you have never sat in […]
Sex, Money, Criticism, Resentment: Meet the Weeds That Can Take Over a Marriage
Earlier this year I wrote about the weeds that grow in a relationship when needs go unmet and conflict goes […]
Life Is Foreplay for Women
For many women in long-term relationships, foreplay does not begin in the bedroom. It begins with how life feels outside […]
When Workplace Conflict Needs a Mediator Rather Than a Manager
Most workplace conflicts never need outside help. A frank conversation, a decent manager, and a little goodwill, and things settle […]
When Communication Skills Are Not Enough: Looking Beneath the Relationship
By Dr Darleen Barton (hc), Founder and Principal Senior Consultant, DIPAC & Associates Couples often arrive in my counselling room […]
How to Tell Children You Are Separating
Most parents who come to me have been rehearsing this conversation for weeks. They have worked hard on the explanation. […]
Stress or Anxiety: How to Tell Which One You Are Dealing With
Almost everyone who sits down with me for the first time uses the same word. Stressed. I am so stressed […]
Life Coach or Counsellor: Which One Do You Actually Need?
I am asked this question more often than almost any other. Someone rings the practice, or sits down across from […]
Why Do We Keep Having the Same Argument?
The dishes. The phone. Whose family you see at Christmas. Money, again. If you and your partner keep having the […]