Holmes, S. (1981). Failure to learn: A systems view. Adelaide Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1982). Family Systems approach to working with school based problems. Melbourne Family Therapy Summer School.

Holmes, S. (1985). The School and family interface. Melbourne School Counsellors Conference.

Holmes, S. (1985). Guided tour of a larger system. Melbourne Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. & Thomas, I. (1985). One plus one is more than you think or the evolution of a co-therapy team. Melbourne Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1986). Systems approach to problems of group dynamics. Sydney Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1986). The use of questions as interventions. Sydney Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1986). Family therapy: more than a search for clever interventions. Sydney Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1987). Working systemically with individuals with long histories of  emotional and familial disturbance. Perth Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1987) Family Therapy and the school system. Counselling in the 90's  2nd School Counsellors Conference, Melbourne.

Holmes, S. (1988). Case studies of Adolescents who have attempted suicide. Calgary (Canada) Family Therapy Advanced Summer school.

Holmes, S. (1989). What happens when Therapy with a family is neither neat or brief. Christchurch (N.Z.) Australian and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1991). Journey into intimacy or the importance of father in the family. Brisbane Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1992). Opening address & Closing address as Conference Convenor - Family Therapy What's in a Name. 2nd Australian and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference, July, Melbourne.

Holmes, S. (1993). Working with families in a school setting or just get on with it and don't bother me with your cleverness. Canberra Family Therapy Conference.

Holmes, S. (1994). Coming to know what we know. Discursive Construction of Knowledge Conference, February, Adelaide.

Holmes, S. (1994). Invited Facilitator - Discussant. New Voices in Human Systems Conference, Northampton, Massachusetts (USA).

Holmes, S. (1994). Invited presentation on Training and Supervision  The Cumulative Process. Galveston V Symposium - Dialogues about knowledge, training, learning and supervision, Chicago, (USA)

Holmes, S. (1995). What our clients Know that we don't ,  3rd Australian and New Zealand Family Therapy Conference,  Wellington  NZ

Holmes, S. ( 1996 )  Transitions : From Odd to Ordinary.  Invited Plenary  Australian Family Therapy Conference Hobart 1996

Holmes, S. (1998) A Relational Model of Expertise in Family Therapy. Invited Workshop, Texas Association of Marital and Family Therapy, Dallas,  January, 1998.

Holmes, S. (1998) Expertise in  Family Therapy. Invited presentation, Texas Association of Marital and Family Therapy, Dallas,  January, 1998.

Holmes, S. (1998) What Our Children Teach Us, Invited Workshop. Parenting in the 90's and Beyond Conference, Melbourne University February 1998

Holmes, S. (1998) When doing more is less and doing less is more difficult than you think, Invited Workshop, Psychotherapy In Practice : A Workshop based Congress, Melbourne July 1998

Holmes, S. (1998) On the Nature of Expertise in  Family Therapy.  Australian Family Therapy Conference Brisbane  1998

Holmes, S (1999) Useful Ideas and Practices of Family Therapy Psychotherapy in Practice Conference Melbourne July 1999

Holmes, S. (1999) When doing more is less and doing less is much more difficult than we expected. Psychotherapy in Practice Conference. Melbourne, July 1999

Holmes, S. (1999) Sibling conflict and sibling violence: Where do parents Fit in? 4th National Parenting Conference. Melbourne April 1999

Holmes, S. (1999) Emotional pain. distress and despair in the lives of gifted young people. Education of Gifted Students. 3rd Biennial  Australasian International Conference . Melbourne, August 1999.

Holmes, S. (1999) Sibling conflict and sibling violence: Where do parents fit in, Invited Workshop. Parenting: Great Survival Techniques in the New Millenium Conference, Melbourne University April 1999

Holmes, S. (2000) Stop what your Doing: Working effectively with families. Adolescent Forensic Health. Melbourne July 2000

Holmes, S.,(2000) Understanding Expertise in Therapy. Ongoing Education at Albert Road Clinic Melbourne July 2000

Holmes, S. (2000) Living Beyond Your Emotional Means .  Australian Family Therapy Conference Canberra  July 2000.

Holmes, S., (2000) Invited presenter / discussant Conference On Language Based Systems and Family Work Marburg Germany October 2000

Holmes, S. (2001) Too may cooks don’t always spoil the broth. How we can do it better Conference – School focused Youth Services. Geelong 2001

Holmes, S. (2002) Making the Transition from Individual Therapy to Family Therapy  .  Australian Family Therapy Conference Hobart  July 2002.