Northspan Wellbeing

Professional counselling that supports you — and helps someone else too.

Northspan Wellbeing provides professional counselling for individuals, couples and families — with the added reassurance that every session helps support affordable counselling for people in our community.

We are a social enterprise and the charitable partner of Wingspan, a trusted Auckland counselling service with over 130 years of history. This means your counselling sessions at Northspan help fund accessible support for people who might otherwise miss out.

We can help

At Northspan Wellbeing, we support people across a wide range of life experiences, including individual wellbeing, relationship and couples concerns, family dynamics, youth and child support, and emotional wellbeing during times of stress or change. Our team brings a depth of experience, diverse therapeutic approaches, and a shared commitment to professional, ethical counselling.

• Individual Counselling: Individual counselling at Northspan Wellbeing offers a confidential, supportive space to explore whatever you’re facing — whether that’s stress, anxiety, burnout, grief, low mood, or feeling stuck in patterns that no longer feel helpful.

  Our counsellors work alongside you at your pace, helping you make sense of your experiences and develop practical tools to move forward with greater clarity, confidence and self‑understanding.

• Couples Counselling: Couples counselling at Northspan Wellbeing supports partners who are experiencing ongoing conflict, communication breakdowns, emotional distance, trust challenges, or major life transitions. You may feel stuck having the same arguments or unsure how to reconnect.

  Our couples counsellors provide a safe, respectful space to explore what’s happening in your relationship, strengthen communication, and navigate change — whether your goal is reconnection, clarity, or respectful decision‑making.

• Family Counselling: Family counselling provides a supportive environment for families to work through challenges together, improve communication, and strengthen relationships. This may include parenting difficulties, blended family dynamics, behavioural concerns, or times of significant change.

  At Northspan Wellbeing, family counselling focuses on understanding each family member’s perspective and supporting healthier, more connected relationships.

• Youth Counselling (Under 18Y): Youth counselling at Northspan Wellbeing offers a safe, confidential space for young people to talk openly about what’s going on in their lives. This may include stress, anxiety, school challenges, relationships, identity, emotional regulation, or self‑esteem.

  Our counsellors work in an age‑appropriate, respectful way that supports young people to build resilience, coping skills, and confidence.

• Child Counselling (Under 12Y): Child counselling supports children to express feelings, make sense of experiences, and develop emotional regulation in a safe and nurturing environment. Children may attend counselling due to anxiety, behavioural changes, family transitions, or significant life events.

  Counselling is offered using age‑appropriate approaches and can include support for parents or caregivers where helpful.

• Creative Art Therapy: Creative art therapy is a form of counselling that uses creative processes such as drawing, painting and visual expression to explore feelings and experiences that may be difficult to put into words.

  Art therapy at Northspan Wellbeing provides a gentle, therapeutic approach to emotional processing, self‑expression and healing for both children and adults.

Our Counsellors

All Northspan Wellbeing Counsellors are registered with the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) or the Australian, New Zealand and Asian Creative Arts Therapies Association (ANZACATA)

Please visit our website to view all our counsellor bios, availability, counselling type, qualifications, and memberships:

• Anna Harrison – Counsellor
• Annette Nichols – Counsellor
• David Legg – Counsellor
• Frances Sullivan – Counsellor
• Gemma Neuendorf – Clinical Manager
• Jane Mudford – Counsellor
• Nina Hawkins – Counsellor & Creative Arts Therapist