As someone who has been involved in pastoral care for the last 12 years I am passionate about journeying with people from all walks of life, and ethnic & cultural backgrounds.

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Originally trained to work with couples and relationship mentoring, in more recent years I have been working with children, youth and adults in a school setting. My focus now is to serve the community in Private Practice consisting of a blend of Private, ACC (sensitive claims), and WINZ clients from various ages and backgrounds.

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I have had experience with working with Māori, Asian, South African, and NZ European clientele and work with a variety of different down to earth therapeutic techniques designed to meet the needs of my clients.

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I offer counselling in the following areas:

• Relationships including couples and families

• Work with teens (13 years +)

• Depression and anxiety

• Self-esteem, assertiveness and anger management

• Loneliness and self-confidence

• Grief and loss

• OCD

• Autism and ADHD

• Addictions - drug, alcohol, pornography and gambling

• Eating disorders

• Sexual abuse

• Family violence

• Dealing with chronic illness and pain management

• Trauma and PTSD

• Men's issues

• Stress, burnout and work-life balance

• Work issues and workplace relationships

• Career uncertainty and self-development

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I have special skills in the following areas:

• Spiritual issues

• Couples counselling

• Anxiety and depression

• Trauma

• CBT

• Narrative Therapy

• Solution-Focused Therapy

• Person-Centred Therapy

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My Qualifications & Memberships are as follows:

• Bachelor of Counselling

• Member of NZ Christian Counsellors Association

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