Availability My practice is currently full, and I'm not taking new clients.
I offer:
– a long term stable psychotherapy relationship to bring about sustained personal growth, and
– short-term counselling to successfully navigate ‘bumps’ in the road of life.
I work to build a safe relationship with you in which we can compassionately explore together what brought you to see me. The sort of experiences I can effectively help with include:
I work with adult (20yr+) individuals of all ages and from a variety of backgrounds and cultures.
My approach is warm, compassionate and collaborative. I use my extensive skills and experience in an intuitive way to best meet your needs. I aim for you to feel heard, understood, and accepted. Working together we will make sense of your inner world and your life circumstance, so you develop the capacity/find healthy ways to achieve your therapeutic goals. The therapy process organically increases self-awareness, reflective capacity, self-acceptance, and genuine self-esteem.
I offer reflective practice for professionals wanting ongoing confidential support. Professional reflective practice can help to:
In addition to my therapeutic skills, I bring to supervision my coaching, leadership development, facilitation skills, and understanding of organisational dynamics from my first career.
- I have been working as a psychotherapist and counsellor in private practice for over ten years providing short-term and long term psychotherapy.
- I've had extensive training in a variety of therapeutic approaches, and use all of these skills when working with people. My primary paradigm is psychodynamic psychotherapy - a relational depth approach that enables lasting positive change.
- My first career was in Organisational Capability and Development, and many of the skills developed and knowledge I gained, are also useful in my work as a therapist. I changed careers because my curiosity, my own inner struggles and love of learning, propelled me to delve deeper into the human psyche.
- Member of Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (MANZAP)
- Member of International Association of Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
- Advanced Clinical Practice, New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists
- Wholebody Focusing Oriented Therapist, International Focusing Institute
- Satir Systemic Transformational Therapy L2, Satir Institute of the Pacific
- NLP (neuro linguistic programming) practitioner, Transformations
- Graduate Diploma - Management, University of Canterbury
- Bachelor of Science - Psychology, University of Canterbury
- Appointments are $172.50 including GST per 50min session
- I work 8:15am - 4:30pm Monday-Thursday in the CBD
Please contact me to find what times I have available.
Cancellations fee in full for less than 24 hours notice.