Our Publications

Relationships Australia is involved in a wide range of research, practice and social policy activities. Listed here are recent publications that Relationships Australia has produced or has contributed to.

Women and Separation - Managing New Horizons

This booklet is for you if you are a woman who is going through a separation or divorce. It covers topics such as:

• separation and women's experience
• looking after yourself
• mothers and children
• relating to your former partner
• making formal arrangements
• the future
• research about women and separation
• where to get further assistance.

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Note: this publication is temporarily out of stock in Victoria.

Men and Separation - Navigating the Future

This booklet is for you if you are a man who is going through a separation or divorce, or if you are someone who is supporting a man who is experiencing a separation.  The booklet has been updated with the assistance of beyondblue: the national depression initiative.  It covers topics such as:

• separation and men's experiences
• you and your former partner
• looking after yourself
• fathers and children
• relating to your former partner
• getting a settlement
• the future
• research about men and separation
• where to get further assistance
• suggested reading.

Printed copies of this booklet are available from the beyondblue website.  You will find the order form for the Men and Separation booklet on the page titled "Organisations, health professionals and event organisers" at the bottom of the Depression section.
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Migrant Men and Separation - Choices in Tough Times (available in English and Arabic)

Download the Migrant Men and Separation - English booklet (pdf)

Download the Migrant Men and Separation - Arabic  booklet (pdf)

Parenting Plan "Share the Care" - Collaborative Parenting Apart

This Parenting Plan booklet is designed to help separating parents draw up a written agreement covering practical issues of parental responsibility in such areas as:

• communication
• parenting style
• living arrangements
• finances
• religion
• education
• health care
• emotional well being.

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What about the Children? - Parenting Information Booklet

This booklet covers issues that parents to be aware of when considering their children's needs during the separation process. The booklet covers topics such as:

• coping with the breakup
• issues to discuss with the other parent
• explaining the separation to the children
• what to expect with children of different ages
• what can you do to help children of different ages
• ground rules for parenting successfully after separation
• issues of safety
• ten mistakes separated/divorced parents make.

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Note: this publication is not available in Queensland.

Renovate your relationship: a manual for men

Many men tell us that they didn’t see the problems in their relationship before it was too late.  These guys wish they had done maintenance work on their love lives, before things deteriorated too far.

Don’t wait until your relationship is in trouble. Use this manual as your set of instructions to renovate your most important relationship.

This booklet was compiled by Mensline Australia and Relationships Australia Victoria.  It covers topics such as:

• Men and relationships
• Planning your relationship renovation
  
• Relationship foundations
  
• Working together
  
• Avoiding misunderstandings
  
• Sharpening up your listening
  
• When the roof blows off: anger and frustration
  
• Who has the power? - abuse and violence
  
• Self-maintenance
  
• Renovate your sex life
  
• Love
  
• Valuing differences
  
• Appreciation
  
• When trust breaks down
  
• Planning for the extension - children
  
• When it's time to consult a professional
  
• Where to get further assistance

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More Birthdays Behind You

This booklet is about having more birthdays behind you than in front of you. It's a book to encourage seniors how to enjoy their life. It covers such topics as:

• what being older means
• how to cope with life changes that retirement will bring
• the importance of maintaining relationships
• the myth that sexual activity decreases after mid-life
• the changing nature of family relationships
• coping with loneliness
• the decision to move from the family home
• planning your finances in retirement
• leisure time and activities.

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On Being a Dad

This booklet offers advice to fathers so that they can better balance their busy lives and be there for their children. It covers such topics as:

• learning to be a dad
• balancing work and family commitments
• working smarter
• what "being there" for your children means
• parenting
• traditional versus non-traditional fathering
• making the most of the time you have with your children
• books and other resources on fathering
• leisure time and activities.

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Note: this publication is not available in Queensland.

Relationships into the New Millenium

Relationships Australia's 50th Anniversary Publication (1999)

Papers in this publication explore:

• the changing nature of family relationships
• the changing management structures, professional practice and types of programs Relationships Australia provides
• the changing ways communities support their members
• the changing Government social policy.

Note:  copies of this publication are no longer available for order.

More information on this publication.