Holistic families were founded by John Glazier in 2020. John is a father of three children that he raises himself. John Glazier is also a specialist clinician and has a postgraduate diploma in pre-existing disorders and mental health from the School of Psychological Medicine. Such is partnered with teaching, social services, history and social work diplomas. John has worked as a clinician for 20 years gaining a holistic understanding of psychological and emotional indications of drug and alcohol abuse. Alongside this John is also currently working as a teacher of senior health and helping create a new level one program and promoting and training with success an increased number of male students seeking a clinical pathway as a career.
John is also the author of the upcoming book “our children are not a weapon”. This has been a significant journey for John as he has been taught by some outstanding lawyers how our family court system works. He has learned to such a level that he can support clients through the family court process without the need for a lawyer. He is now able to guide families out of the family court system that results in the same outcome as if the family were in court at a fraction of the cost. This knowledge has made the book not only a guide on parenting through separation. It guides couples exactly what they need to do to avoid long and expensive court proceedings and how to navigate lawyers who are either working for them or opposing them. It also begins with what has taken John nearly 6 years to develop ‘The Ten Golden Rules of Separation’. This is aimed for release in 2025.
Holistic families offer an extensive multidisciplinary service in supporting families during separation and through family court. John and his team of counsellors, mediators and clinicians supports the parent/parents during the separation and/or family court process. Their focus is keeping the children safe and sheltered during the often-stressful separation process. They educate and prepare parents how to do this. An acrimonious separation can often lead parents to lose focus and make negative and impulsive decisions in their parenting. Holistic families strongly support both parents and children in preventing this.
Holistic families specialise in both family and district court.
Family court
- Mediation between families and can legalise the agreement for the parents, keeping everyone safe around any future conflict. This is the same outcome as if they were in court. However instead of ‘rolling a dice’ and having a judge make the order/decision. The parents (however long it takes) make their own.
- Support in writing, responding and filing affidavits on our own templates ready for court.
- Counselling for emotional support, couples, mental health, addiction, parenting, anger, young people and trauma.
- Preparation for court i.e., how to present, what to expect etc
- Alternatives to using the family court system which includes multiagency navigation and referrals to court approved supports.
- Liaising and advising lawyers as to keep lawyer time and costs to a minimum
- Communication between families as a conflict resolution
- Support and advocacy if other government organisations are involved i.e., Police, Oranga Tamariki etc.
- If required John has made strong relationships with some excellent lawyers and law firms. John can make referrals where required i.e., criminal matters, property matters. These relationships have earned Holistic Families the respect of some highly skilled lawyers/Barrister who work collaboratively with John’s team and the clients.
If you decide to work with Holistic Families John is a quarter of the price of a family court Lawyer and if you already have a lawyer john can directly advise your lawyer what you would like done. This keeps the costs low and the lawyers time to a minimum.
District court
- John alongside an excellent Barrister designed a Comprehensive Alcohol and Drug assessment that is designed for district court matters (however can be used anywhere). This assessment is extremely in-depth and is designed to identify key factors of why a person uses substances, and why they offend. It importantly identifies how to prevent relapse and how to prevent reoffending. The assessment identifies
- Learning needs
- History (general)
- Substance use history
- In-depth social, mental, physical and spiritual factors
- Cognitive processing
- Risk factors
- Protective factors
- Mental health disorders
- Personality disorders
- Health issues
- Opinion
- Prognosis
- Diagnosis
- Treatment plan
- Uses DSMV diagnostic manual
These assessments have been well received and praised by judges by there in-depth view of the client, diagnosis that align with other reports and treatment plans that are realistic in preventing relapse and reoffending.
- Holistic Families has registered and highly experienced Clinicians, and social worker. They also have incredible mediators where required.
- Holistic Families can refer to inpatient treatment facilities or design intensive and effective community treatment plans. These are often agreed upon by judges at sentencing due to the holistic approach.
- John or his team can refer criminal matters to highly experienced Barristers
Contact
To contact or make an inquiry to Holistic Families, you simply need to E-mail or phone and the team’s manager who will contact you answering your inquiry or make an appointment for you to see the appropriate team member. Or they will put you in direct contact with John himself (please note that this email will go to the manager if it is a new inquiry/referral, not John directly, due to the rapid increase of clients).
The new and official website for Holistic Families will be active in early to mid-2025. They will remain a strong support to The Maleroom. Contact can be made through the Maleroom if required.
