Kaye Swanton
Chief Executive Officer

Relationships in all their diversity are core to human functioning. We seek connection to each other, as a source of wellbeing and happiness. Living in connection with each other, domestically, socially and culturally, provides us with a sense of hope for the lives that we live today, for the future and for generations to come.


Sometimes our capacity to live in relation to others the way we would choose for ourselves is compromised by life events, trauma, violence and sometimes simply because we lack the ability, the skill set, to do better.

At a time when personal relationships at home, in the workplace and globally are more vital than ever, they seem more fragile than ever. Unless we know ourselves as well as possible and recognise and acknowledge our negative patterns of interaction and celebrate our strengths, we struggle. Without help, or hope, we get stuck at those critical moments that profoundly create, or destroy, our personal relationships and the happiness of those we love and care about.

No matter what the reason, or outcome, for the individuals and families who come to see us, at the end of the day most people want to go through a process of personal change with some sense of dignity and with some sense of hope that the future will be good.

If children and families no longer experience the violence and abuse of previous generations and the terrible dysfunction and dislocation that can come from family violence, then we not only do good work but we change lives. We can make a profound difference in what is possible in the individual lives of the people we see.

If through our services we offer hope or at least an opportunity for keeping such a hope alive, then we serve you, our clients, well.

In this spirit, I commend the services of LifeWorks to you.