Focus Sessions

Focus Sessions with Derek Boylen

Podcasts that help make your family the best it can be.

With practical advice on many topics

The Focus Sessions are a series of podcasts to help families be the best they can be. Covering a wide range of issues families face the sessions are designed to give expert advice. We are pleased to have Derek Boylen with us on our Focus Sessions.

Derek is:

A Catholic man, husband and father of eight.
Director of the Centre for Life, Marriage and Family, an agency of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth.
A sessional lecturer in the Discipline of Counselling at the University of Notre Dame Australia specialising in grief and loss, professional and personal growth, and couple and family therapy.

Our podcasts are a great resource to help you with your relationships and family life, however sometimes you need more. You may need personal consultation and it’s no small feat for individuals and couples (particularly Christians), to find an appropriately qualified counsellor who also understands that faith is an important aspect of their lives.

If you need more advice Derek is available for personal consultation. Find out more on his website https://derekboylen.icouch.me/

There is no perfect way to parent and sometimes we are going to get it wrong!

As we know children are constantly growing and developing and it is important that our parenting also needs to be open to change and development. Research tells us that healthy parent child relationships require both connectedness and flexibility and importantly parenting needs to be balanced. In a healthy parenting relationship children also need boundaries and lots of love and a wonderful sense of connection.

We’ve been entrusted to a special relationship with our children. Derek explores parenting and reminds us to stop and cherish what’s before us as parents.

At whatever stage of parenting you are this Focus session is not to be missed!

Need more?

Derek Boylen is an experienced relationship counsellor and is available for private consultation.

To enquire about private sessions with Derek, or have a specific question about family and relationships answered go to our website majellan.media and complete the enquiry form here Enquiries are made in the strictest confidence.

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Parenting – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

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Parenting – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

There is no perfect way to parent and sometimes we are going to get it wrong! As we know children are constantly growing and developing and it is important that[...]

29 September 2020

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Dealing With Difficult Family Members – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

One of the most common challenges for couples, especially younger couples is where the extended family interferes with relationships and it can feel like you are the ‘meat in the[...]

15 September 2020

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Financial Stresses – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

Family finances is one of the most difficult things to talk about and less than 10% of families have a budget. Finances can also be one of the biggest relationship[...]

8 September 2020

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Infidelity – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

Infidelity is more common than we think and often it is painful and hidden for couples; 25% of couples will experience infidelity and it’s a problem equally for both men[...]

3 September 2020

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Focus Sessions Overview with Derek Boylen

Welcome to Figuring out Families by Majellan Media where we look at the issues affecting families in the modern world. At Majellan, because we believe family matters most, we’ve produced[...]

1 September 2020

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Is it Over? Focus Session with Derek Boylen

In this Focus Session of Figuring out Families, marriage counsellor Derek Boylen talks about what to do when there appears to be no hope in a relationship. The types of[...]

25 August 2020

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Twelve Facets of Intimacy – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

Intimacy play an important part in all relationships. However, we tend to think of intimacy in terms of emotional or physical connection. In this session Derek explains what intimacy means[...]

17 August 2020

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Importance of Work/Life Balance – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

Continuing our Focus Series of Figuring out Families, marriage counsellor Derek Boylen speaks about the importance of work/life balance. Never has this been so important, especially due to the difficulties[...]

12 August 2020

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Benefits of Being Part of a Community – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

In the latest focus session of Figuring out Families with Derek Boylen, we explore community. The current pandemic has revealed much about society today and how we live in community.[...]

5 August 2020

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Faith and Spirituality in Families – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

In this session we explore how faith and spirituality effect relationships in the pressure of daily life. Derek and David are joined by special guest Karen (Derek’s wife) to explore[...]

27 July 2020

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Love Languages – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

What are love languages? Put simply, they are the ways we show love and interpret love back. It is the language we speak when expressing love. And it is important[...]

14 July 2020

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Problems and Relationship Repair – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

All relationships are tested at one time or another and there is nothing wrong with a good argument. In fact, it can be healthy. Arguments in a relationship are inevitable![...]

13 July 2020

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Keeping Fun and Romance Alive – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

When we think about what it takes to build strong lasting family relationships we often focus on the big guns of trust, honesty, loyalty, etc. However, an essential part of[...]

13 July 2020

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Love Maps – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

Having a strong loving relationship usually means you have a good understanding of what is important to your family members. In this Focus Session we explore Love Maps and how[...]

3 July 2020

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Communications Part 2 – Focus Session with Derek Boylen

In part two of our Communications session we take a closer look at how emotions impact on our relationships and how we communicate. We are also joined by some[...]

1 July 2020

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Communications Part 1 – Focus Sessions with Derek Boylen

Communication is the theme of the second session of our focus series with Marriage Counsellor Derek Boylen. As much as good communication can build positive bonds and mutual respect, so[...]

1 July 2020

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Figuring Out Families – The focus series with Derek Boylen – Session 1: Families in Lockdown

With this episode we start a new series of podcasts that focus in on real family and relationship issues … And we’re pleased to be joined by marriage counsellor and[...]

24 June 2020

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