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Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : B (Psych), DCouns, Cert in Māori
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In her counselling practice, Anna can offer you a safe, confidential and neutral space for individual counselling and couples counselling. She has been in private practice for over 10 years in the Mid Canterbury area.
Anna is also passionate about empowering people to make positive changes in their lives and assisting them to reach their goals.
Memberships : NZPS
Qualifications : B.Sc. (Psychology), Cert. of Counselling
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Brent has 25 years’ experience as a counsellor and almost as long as a supervisor/mentor of psychologists, counsellors and counselling students.
Brent works from a pluralistic and solution-focused stance to assist clients to find ways forward to their desired outcomes.
Memberships : NZEI, NZPSS
Qualifications : BEd, DipTchg, MEd Psych, PG Dip Ed Psych
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Eleanor has worked with children in her role as a teacher (since 1987) and psychologist (since 2005). She is experienced in facilitating parenting groups for Incredible Years. A CISM-trained crisis responder, Eleanor has wide experience in working with traumatised children and adults.
Memberships : NZPB, NZPS
Qualifications : MSC Psychology, BA (Hons), PGD on Psychological Practice
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Emma is an experienced and creative registered psychologist who works with young people and adults. She provides a safe, empathic and collaborative space for psychological assessment and treatment. Clients are invited into a trusting relationship where they have a space to share their experiences without judgement, and an opportunity to develop their insight and explore tools to interact with their internal world.
Emma's therapeutic influences include synergetic play therapy and other trauma-informed modalities; acceptance and commitment, and cognitive behavioural therapies. Clinical interests include trauma and attachment, self-regulation and dissociation.
Memberships : OTBNZ
Qualifications : BSC (Occupational Therapy), PDCert. in CBT, Certificate in TF-CBT
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Emma is a NZ-registered occupational therapist, who has specialised in mental health over her 13-year career. She is passionate about coaching, encouraging, supporting, and equipping people to get unstuck, so they can get back to doing the things that are important to them.
Emma has a special interest in nervous system regulation, and enjoys teaching people about their brains and bodies in order to both validate their experiences, and empower their next steps.
Emma has a breadth of experience working with individuals, families, running groups, supervising others and speaking in corporate settings.
Memberships : NCNZ, DAPAANZ, ANZA
Qualifications : BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental health nursing), PGC CBT
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Erika is a registered nurse and therapist with over 27 years of clinical experience having worked within a range of mental health settings (hospital and community based).
For the last 12 years she has worked within the Brief Intervention services supporting many GP practices with brief assessments and interventions.
Erika's main clinical focus uses a multi-modality approach including cognitive behavioural therapy, mindfulness, acceptance and commitment, narrative, motivational interviewing and solution focused therapies.
Erika works with adults 18 years and over, and can offer in-person, phone or online support.
Memberships : MNZAC
Qualifications : GDCouns
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Fiona is an experienced counsellor working in private practice in Rangiora, North Canterbury. Fiona enjoys working with adults of all ages and backgrounds, and generally takes a person-centered approach to counselling to help create a safe and supportive environment for change. Fiona also draws on other therapeutic modalities when required, such as solution-focused therapy, schema therapy, narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectic behavioral therapy.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : BCouns, Imago Relationship Therapy (Cert & Adv Cert), NZ Coaching & Mentoring Centre-Supv, Transactional Analysis, Family Therapy Systems Training
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Fionna offers a warm, compassionate approach well-grounded in her knowledge, training and vast experience. Fionna’s passion for people is demonstrated as she journeys alongside those who want to improve their life situation and wellbeing.
This includes couples struggling with relationship issues who want a deeper loving connection, individuals seeking support with life challenges or personal growth, and families building better connections.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : BA Sociology & Social Psychology; MA Social Work, D. Couns.
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A registered counsellor with qualifications in counselling and social work, Geeta has been working in Timaru for over 20 years. The nature of her practice is an integrative approach and caters to the needs of her client. It includes core modalities of DBT, ACT, CBT, mindfulness therapy, motivational interviewing and person centred therapy. Geeta is also trained in EFT to work with couples.
Geeta is deeply aware that her authentic and attuned presence and core nature of respect, compassion and empathy supports clients to form a meaningful and therapeutic relationship during counselling sessions enabling them to gain inner strength, awareness, learn new skills and generate change.
Geeta is a New Zealander with an Indian ancestry and has lived and worked in different countries. This has supported her competency to work as a counsellor with people having varied areas of comfort and need, beliefs, social backgrounds and ethnicity.
Geeta has multilingual competency with fluency in speaking English, Hindi and Malayalam with a limited fluency in Urdu and Tamil. She has a special interest in multicultural counselling, personal growth and holistic wellbeing.
I provide professional supervision to staff working with social services in the community.
Memberships : DAPAANZ
Qualifications : BAAS Serv - Maj. Couns, CertTrauma Studies
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George is a registered addictions practitioner and clinical supervisor with DAPAANZ. He has worked with young people and adults who are survivors of trauma and supported them with post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression and addictions.
In therapy, George works in a person-centred way, drawing strongly on his training and experience to support people to become all that they desire to be and overcome barriers to achieving that.
Memberships : DAPAANZ, NCNZ
Qualifications : BA(PsychSoc), Reg Psychiatric Nurse, Reg General and Obstetric Nurse, Reg Naturopath
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Georgina works in a solution focused, client-centred way, her approach is eclectic, with a firm clinical process base. A registered naturopath, Georgina's counselling style has a focus on lifestyle, work-home life balance and self-care.
Georgina has provided supervision for over 25 years for a range of professionals including social workers, psychologists, addiction practitioners, mental health nurses, comprehensive nurses, counsellors, psychotherapists and naturopaths.
Memberships : NZCCA
Qualifications : BCouns
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Ian offers a safe non-judgemental place, journeying alongside men and women who are distressed by life’s events and supporting them in their quest for wholeness and healing. Ian’s work is informed by his training in person-centred practice and emotional freedom-technique couples counselling.
Memberships : NZCCA, JP
Qualifications : BA (Psyc/Soc), MEd (Couns)
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Jo has vast experience in general counselling including crisis work, mediating and telephone support she has supervised volunteer counsellors at Lifeline Christchurch for a number of years, and became the clinical manager for Lifeline Canterbury.
Jo is also a Justice of the Peace.
Memberships : AANZPA, PBANZ, MNZAP
Qualifications : Psychotherapist, Psychodramatist
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Joss' special interest is in helping clients build self-esteem and self-compassion, personal growth and fulfilment. She also assists clients to find new direction after loss of job and when entering a new stage in life and trauma work is another area she provides appropriate support.
Joss has worked as a private practitioner, and with employee assistance programmes and Victim Support for over 16 years. In her private practice, Joss works with both couples and individuals; she is trained in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and regularly attends her own supervision and relevant training.
Memberships : MNZAC
Qualifications : BA (Psych), MACouns (Psych)
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Juanine is an experienced therapist, who is culturally informed and acknowledges New Zealand Māori concepts of our whakapapa. Juanine is South African born, has lived in and across Asia and now calls New Zealand home. She believes that therapy is a collaborative process and together, within the therapeutic relationship, we can increase self-awareness, gain new perspectives, decrease symptoms and increase personal strengths to have a more meaningful life experience.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : MEd with CertCouns, PhD Cultural Studies
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Kate has worked in mental health for over 20 years, for the past 14 years as a fully qualified counsellor. She works with adults and young people (16yrs+) from diverse backgrounds and life stages. She has a specialist background in eating difficulties/body image issues as well as experience in broader issues and client groups.
Kate works mindfully and gently with clients to explore issues and discover solutions and new perspectives, without prescription or judgement. She is well-resourced to share education and information to enhance clients’ knowledge and support change.
Kate’s counselling style is influenced by her training in solution-focused counselling, narrative therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).
Memberships : ANZASW, SWRB
Qualifications : BA (Psychology and Sociology), B Social Work, Cert. ASBG
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Katrina is an experienced and committed counsellor and group facilitator, who has worked in both the public and private sector. This includes extensive experience in Ara Poutama/Department of Corrections. Katrina is focused on wellbeing, regardless of an individual’s background or circumstances. Her aim is to support people to function at their best, offering a safe place to express themselves freely, illuminate their own thoughts and feelings, and find solutions for positive outcomes. The therapeutic process supports an individual’s ability to develop lasting tools/strategies to overcome their issues of concern, and to experience a more meaningful and enjoyable life. She has an engaging, knowledgeable and aware facilitation style that supports the development of positive group dynamics.
Katrina is of Māori/Pakeha descent. Tainui is her whakapapa.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : MEd (Counselling), BA (Psychology)
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Khan's unique expertise lies in helping clients live their preferred lives despite the obstacles and challenges they face. Guided by his training in solution-focused therapy, his sessions are directed toward what the client wants to achieve as opposed to what they want to leave behind.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : MoPP, GCPC, DCoachng, DCouns
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Liza is an experienced person-centred, strengths-based counsellor. She enjoys building a collaborative connection to focus on what is ‘right’ with a person, rather than what is perceived as ‘wrong’. Liza imparts tools and techniques from positive psychology, cognitive behavioural therapy, neuro-linguistic programming, and solution-focused therapy to empower people to find strategies to enhance their resilience and mental wellbeing.
Liza particularly enjoys working with micro and small business owners (fewer than 20 FTE employees), and those in trade or 'doing' industries such as building trades and construction, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, transport, etc.
Memberships : NZAOT
Qualifications : BHSc occupational therapist, PGCert mental health and addiction studies
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Lou is a born and bred Wellingtonian and has now adopted South Canterbury as her home. She graduated in Auckland in 1999 and since this time has worked mainly in mental health and addiction services both in NZ and overseas. This has included both longer-term therapy and brief intervention work. She has over 20 years’ experience working in the mental health sector.
Lou is passionate about people living a personally meaningful and valued life, and comes from a compassionate and strengths-focused approach. She loves working with people to find new ways of dealing with challenges and moving towards the things in life that are important to them.
Memberships : NZAC, NZPsS
Qualifications : MEd (Couns), BA (Psych)
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Marion likes working with people of all ethnicities. She is interested in helping clients achieve wellbeing and satisfaction in their lives - supporting them to reach their highest aspirations.
Memberships : SWRB, ANZASW, DAPAANZ
Qualifications : CQSW
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Mary is motivated by working alongside others to help them overcome challenges in a constructive, energetic and supportive way. As a clear communicator and skilled reflective listener, Mary aims to affirm and support individuals to affect changes they wish to make in their lives. She is passionate about social justice and committed to contributing to positive, reality-based change for individuals. Mary has over 27 years' experience as a social worker, brief intervention worker, probation officer, group facilitator, external supervisor, trainer and manager within both statutory organisations and NGOs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Mary is currently only available via Zoom/FaceTime or phone.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : DipCouns
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Michelle is passionate about supporting, encouraging and empowering people so they can focus on what is important to them and live their lives more fully. Michelle has an eclectic approach to work through difficult situations, explore options and make decisions. She is comfortable working from a cognitive perspective, and also integrates the principles of acceptance and commitment therapy for a more holistic and integrated way of working.
Memberships : SWRB, ANZASW
Qualifications : BSW (Hons), Cert. Rational Emotional Behaviour Therapy, Certificate Community Psychiatric Care
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Mike has extensive experience working in the health and mental health sector, both within primary care, working alongside general practitioners; in secondary care, providing specialist support for people experiencing psychosis, anxiety and depression, within SMHS; and in tertiary care, through his role as a Team Leader for social work, overseeing general medicine wards in a busy public hospital. Mike’s experience in leading teams in both the public and private sector has given him a unique perspective of the challenges faced by both employees and organisations as they try to fulfil their various responsibilities. He is aware of the impact of both toxic work environments upon employees and also the thriving culture that can be created with exceptional leadership. Mike also has extensive experience in providing professional supervision for social workers, healthcare professionals and managers.
Memberships : MNZAC
Qualifications : Dip Psychosynthesis Counselling, Cert Te Arataki Manu Korero, Acred Senior Face to Face Counsellor (Youthline NZ)
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When you are ready to talk, Natasha will be there to listen. People generally find Natasha caring, confidential and supportive. She works with individuals and couples and is located in quiet, comfortable premises in a discreet location in Timaru's CBD.
Memberships : ANZASW
Qualifications : BSocSci (Social Work)
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Working with bereavement, couples, families, relationships, young people and children, Sandra is an experienced social worker who has specialised in the field of mental health and wellbeing.
Memberships : ANZASW, DAPAANZ
Qualifications : DD, MCC, Dip SW, AAT(SA)(Management), Cert Competency Social Work Practitioner
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Sharmaine understands the need for counselling in difficult times and is fully aware of different therapies and modalities. She has a way of working that allows people to feel supported and enabled. Sharmaine has worked for many years in the business and counselling fields and is also a published author.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : DipCouns (Psych), Dip Analytical (Psych)
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An experienced counsellor since 1994, Shirley offers both long-term and short-term sessions, having had many years of experience as workplace support, facilitating both critical incident work and debriefing and professional supervision. Shirley believes each of us has our own answers within and her task is to support you to find those answers.
Memberships : RSWB; ANZASW
Qualifications : BSW (Hons)
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Kia Ora. Stacey has a passion for supporting her clients to navigate life's challenges. She will work alongside you to help remove barriers that you may be experiencing. She works from a holistic and person-led approach which is strength based and will walk alongside you with the ability to provide a flexible service and support to suit your needs. Stacey creates an atmosphere of mutual respect, trust and understanding. Sometimes all we need is to talk to someone where we feel heard and understood!
Memberships : NZAC, MNZAC
Qualifications : MEd Couns, BA, LTh, DipEd
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Although Struan has been trained in and uses a number of modalities, he believes that the counsellor/client relationship is at the heart of change, healing and wellbeing for clients. Struan values acceptance, wisdom, intuition, kindness, humour, forgiveness and spirituality - and the essential ingredients of this relationship.
Struan has been a supervisor for 20 years, having attended courses by Michael Durrant, Margaret Morrell, and studied Michael Carroll's approach with interest and appreciation.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : DipCouns, DipTeaching
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Susie has over 12 years' experience counselling individuals, couples and families in modalities suited to their needs. Susie’s specialty and passion is relationship counselling and the underlying issues that need to be dealt with to enable optimal functioning.
Memberships : DAPAANZ
Qualifications : BDAS, CertTraumaStudies, CertATch
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Tessa is an experienced counsellor who works in partnership with people to hear their stories, supporting people to acquire new strengths and skills, and to develop to their fullest potential.
Memberships : PBNZ, NZAC
Qualifications : DipAdPsych, RGN
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Ursula has been a psychotherapist in private practice for over 20 years. She works with all ages, cultural backgrounds and the issues and problems with which people present.
Memberships : DAPANNZ
Qualifications : AOD Cert. L7, App. Couns, CI Cert.
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Will is a highly competent and professional counselor, alcohol/Drug Clinician, supervisor and workplace crisis facilitator. He supports individuals and teams to maintain individual wellness whilst problem solving to co-creating a positive and nurturing workplace environment. I am solution focused whist remaining true to humanist and inclusive values to support and empower clients to be the best version of themselves.
He brings 30 years of experience to the table backed up with academic studies and real life lived experience. He is direct and empathetic to support a productive and safe work space for all involved.
Memberships : NZAC
Qualifications : PGDip (Couns), MCouns
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Zoe works in a client-led and non-judgemental way. She began counselling in 2015 has worked at family violence agencies and Massey University before starting private practice in 2021.
Zoe works mainly with people between the ages of 17-45 and believes that no issue is too big or small to reach out for support. Zoe uses different techniques to help produce and sustain insights and desired change, including cognitive behavioural therapy, interactive drawing therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy and solution-focused therapy.
Zoe is presently providing online telehealth (Zoom, phone) services only.