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ANZJFT Award

ANZJFT Award Each year since 1994, the Board of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy recognises an individual or group who has made a distinguished contribution to the professional life of family therapy in Australia. Distinguished contributions can take the form of teaching, scholarly publications or prominent roles in the establishment and development of key family therapy organisations and training programs, the development of key services, leadership, research and representation of family therapy concerns in the wider community. The award recognises either an exceptional contribution in one stream, or prominence across several kinds of activity. Recipients of the Award To Date Margaret Topham, and Moshe Lang; The Family Centre, Anglican Social Services in New Zealand; Bouverie Centre in Melbourne; Colleen Brown; Max Cornwell; Kerrie James; The Victorian Association of Family Therapists; Brian Stagoll; David Epston; Anne Sved-Williams; The Queensland Association of Family Therapists; Carmel Flaskas; Tom Paterson. The 25th Anniversary Award went to Malcolm Robinson 2007 Award Winner For 2007, we are delighted to announce that the ANZJFT Family Therapy Award goes to an inspirational and worthy recipient, Helen Pavlin. Helen is a social worker and family therapist, and in both of these professional spheres, she would be regarded as a pioneer. She has been a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers for some 40 years, and a founding member of the Queensland Association of Family Therapists, as well as its President 1982–1985. In 1996, Helen was awarded the AASW 50th Anniversary Commemorative Medal. Her contribution to family therapy has ranged from practice, writing and teaching to advocacy, in family law, adoption, child abuse and with refugees, and she has ensured that the legacy of social work’s contribution to family therapy has thrived. As early as 1969, Helen published a paper called ‘social work with the family’ and in 2005, her wryly titled editorial for the ANZJFT, ‘Pilates for Family Therapists’ extols the virtue of strengthening our core understanding of couples and attachment in families, all bread and butter to social work. Helen has been an assessor for the ANZJFT since its early days, and a member of the Board over many years. She has published in the journal, in other professional journals and in books, and her love of writing is evident in the plethora of book reviews, conference reports and regular columns she has contributed to the journal. For those of you familiar with Helen’s writing, her signature turns of phrase and comic word pictures make for very enjoyable and hearty reading, with professional learning sometimes occurring by stealth. She comments on her style: ‘against all advice I remember always mingling my “creative” writing with professional publications as they all arise from my understanding of people and systems, however this knowledge may be expressed’. Helen’s talent as a poet has seen many publications of her work, not only in the journal, but as collections as well. In 2006, she was selected as one of the five Australian regional poets to spend time at Varuna, the Writers’ House in the Blue Mountains. Helen writes, ‘this award has been a turning-point for me, deciding to give poetry greater priority in my life.’ The Board of the journal is delighted to recognise such an inspirational and worthy recipient of this annual award. Barbara Fraser Immediate Past President, ANZJFT Board ANZJFT Volume 28 Number 4 2007 p. 234 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy Wiley

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Publisher
Wiley
Copyright
2007 Australian Association of Family Therapy
ISSN
0814-723X
eISSN
1467-8438
DOI
10.1375/anft.28.4.234
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Abstract

Each year since 1994, the Board of the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy recognises an individual or group who has made a distinguished contribution to the professional life of family therapy in Australia. Distinguished contributions can take the form of teaching, scholarly publications or prominent roles in the establishment and development of key family therapy organisations and training programs, the development of key services, leadership, research and representation of family therapy concerns in the wider community. The award recognises either an exceptional contribution in one stream, or prominence across several kinds of activity. Recipients of the Award To Date Margaret Topham, and Moshe Lang; The Family Centre, Anglican Social Services in New Zealand; Bouverie Centre in Melbourne; Colleen Brown; Max Cornwell; Kerrie James; The Victorian Association of Family Therapists; Brian Stagoll; David Epston; Anne Sved-Williams; The Queensland Association of Family Therapists; Carmel Flaskas; Tom Paterson. The 25th Anniversary Award went to Malcolm Robinson 2007 Award Winner For 2007, we are delighted to announce that the ANZJFT Family Therapy Award goes to an inspirational and worthy recipient, Helen Pavlin. Helen is a social worker and family therapist, and in both of these professional spheres, she would be regarded as a pioneer. She has been a member of the Australian Association of Social Workers for some 40 years, and a founding member of the Queensland Association of Family Therapists, as well as its President 1982–1985. In 1996, Helen was awarded the AASW 50th Anniversary Commemorative Medal. Her contribution to family therapy has ranged from practice, writing and teaching to advocacy, in family law, adoption, child abuse and with refugees, and she has ensured that the legacy of social work’s contribution to family therapy has thrived. As early as 1969, Helen published a paper called ‘social work with the family’ and in 2005, her wryly titled editorial for the ANZJFT, ‘Pilates for Family Therapists’ extols the virtue of strengthening our core understanding of couples and attachment in families, all bread and butter to social work. Helen has been an assessor for the ANZJFT since its early days, and a member of the Board over many years. She has published in the journal, in other professional journals and in books, and her love of writing is evident in the plethora of book reviews, conference reports and regular columns she has contributed to the journal. For those of you familiar with Helen’s writing, her signature turns of phrase and comic word pictures make for very enjoyable and hearty reading, with professional learning sometimes occurring by stealth. She comments on her style: ‘against all advice I remember always mingling my “creative” writing with professional publications as they all arise from my understanding of people and systems, however this knowledge may be expressed’. Helen’s talent as a poet has seen many publications of her work, not only in the journal, but as collections as well. In 2006, she was selected as one of the five Australian regional poets to spend time at Varuna, the Writers’ House in the Blue Mountains. Helen writes, ‘this award has been a turning-point for me, deciding to give poetry greater priority in my life.’ The Board of the journal is delighted to recognise such an inspirational and worthy recipient of this annual award. Barbara Fraser Immediate Past President, ANZJFT Board ANZJFT Volume 28 Number 4 2007 p. 234

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Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family TherapyWiley

Published: Dec 1, 2007

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