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Catherine Falco discusses eco-relational and ecologically systemic practice in therapy education.

Today, I welcome Catherine Falco to discuss eco-relational and ecologically systemic practice, with particular attention to how educators and supervisors can prepare therapists to think beyond the individual and toward wider relational, environmental, and cultural systems. Catherine Falco: Cath is a psychologist and clinical family therapist. She has a Masters in Mental Health specialising in Family therapy and she is currently completing a research PhD at The University of Sydney where she is investigating ecological emotions and systems thinking with a focus on grassroots groups and community-based practices. She lives in northern New South Wales on Bundjalung Country where she and her family tend 12 acres of Eucalypt Forest nestled in the biodiverse bowl of the Tweed Caldera. Reach out to Cath here: catherine.falco@sydney.edu.au @caldera_psychology Resources discussed: Falco, C. (2022), Integrative Practice for the Beginning Family Therapist: Bringing it Back to Basics. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, 43, 70-79. https://doi.org/10.1002/anzf.1484 Falco, C., Rhodes, P. and Dunk, J. (2025), Embracing Our More-Than-Human Family: Growing a Systemic Practice…

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Guest: Catherine Falco

Topics covered

• eco-systemic therapy
• relational systems
• environmental systems
• cultural systems
• therapist training

Keywords

• eco-systemic therapy
• relational practice
• environmental systems
• cultural systems
• therapist training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The University of Sydney

Books & works: Integrative Practice for the Beginning Family Therapist: Bringing it Back to Basics, Embracing Our More-Than-Human Family: Growing a Systemic Practice for Planetary Health and Multispecies Justice, The Law of Obligation, Aboriginal Ethics: Australia Becoming, Australia Dreaming

Places: northern New South Wales, Bundjalung Country, Tweed Caldera

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