Kia ora,
I am a Registered Mental Health Nurse seeking clients to further my current EMDR Therapy training. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing. It is a form of therapy identified by the World Health Organisation (WHO) to help people heal from the symptoms of trauma and emotional distress from disturbing life experiences. If you are interested, please contact me through this website. Ngā mihi nui. |
Kia ora,
My name is Rich. Born and raised in England, I arrived in Wellington in February 2024 on a working holiday visa. I gained my undergraduate degree in Psychology in 2013 and a postgraduate degree in Psychological research in 2015. Since 2015 I have worked in a variety of mental health settings with adults and young people, including residential, community and inpatient care. My main areas of focus in my clinical work have centred largely around risk management, self-harm, suicidality, childhood exploitation and developmental trauma. Alongside counselling, a key area of my focus within Men and Trauma is to help develop and implement a Youth Counselling Service to support young people in accessing therapeutic services; providing timely and person-centred interventions to empower young people with the skills, support and guidance to enhance their well-being and potential. " |
Life is often hard, and for many years I've found it enormously helpful to talk my problems through with a counsellor.
I have personal lived experience of depression, suicidal thoughts, significant mental illness, divorce, job loss, and more. I have also discovered the joy of facing my issues, taking responsibility for myself, and moving on to live a positive and fulfilling life. I would love to work with you using my experience and training to help you figure out how to get through your stuff. Along with the primary issues we work with at Men and Trauma, I specialise in anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and other common mental/emotional challenges. As well as relationship problems, grief, life goals, meaning of life, stress, work conflicts, and more. I am fond of CBT and broadly Rogerian approaches, however I favour choosing the techniques that will best fit your needs, in consultation with you. I'm now in my 50s and jobs I've worked in include builder's labourer, steel factory shift worker, web developer, business analyst, university tutor. I have a Masters degree in sociology, and my unpublished PhD thesis was the basis for learning to overcome my bipolar disorder. Peer support is a foundation of my approach. In this regard, I am also a board member of Kites NZ, a well-regarded peer-based mental health charity, and I was a past "consumer advisor" to the Wellington 3DHB before its restructure. Complimenting my work with Men and Trauma I run my own counselling practice. In my personal life, I am a father to two awesome kids, and am passionate about music, close friends, cooking, and nature. |
I have a passion for working with clients and their whanau in the community and I love making a difference in the lives of others. I have over ten years’ experience working in mental health and addictions, family and sexual harm intervention and prevention and working alongside those who have experienced childhood trauma. I apply trauma informed practice into my work regularly and I am trained and experienced in Therapeutic Crisis Intervention and Interactive Drawing Therapy.
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“I have worked with men from all walks of life since 2007. My aim is to assist and work with clients to process their past hurt, injustice and trauma which may be causing troubles in their interactions and relationships with others and their self. At the heart of my work is enabling men to live a more wholesome life, to heal and be freed from the shackles of trauma so they may enjoy their precious human life with digity and integrity.
I am registered with NZAC, an accredited ACC Counsellor (Sensitive Claims), BWRT Practitioner & a Family Mediator. My counselling approach is client centred and led (Narrative) as well as engaging with Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy (REBT) and BWRT (Brainworking Recursive Therapy). I work part-time with a Whanganui Based Trauma agency and have a private practice in the Ruapehu and Taihape region”. |
Vicki specialises in complex cases involving trauma and grief.
She is committed to helping you unpack and come to terms with the pain, hurt and confusion of your situation. Vicki will support you to discover and create awareness around trauma. She will also assist you to find new ways toward the clarity and vision of a brighter future. |
I am a counsellor working through a person centred model. Person centred counselling is a relational therapy. Healing takes place through and within the relationship between therapist and client. The relationship is ‘intentional’, in that it is fostered and nurtured by the therapist. My job, as a therapist, is to create a safe space in which healing can take place. Not necessarily a physical space, although typically it is within a physical space, but I myself am the safe space, the ‘holding’.
Creating a safe place and being present allows clients to explore their thoughts and feelings as they arise, and reveals to them the patterns that have been in place, often for many years, and often as an out-grown self-protection. I help to facilitate change by walking alongside the client, and in acknowledging the inherent unbrokeness which resides in all of us and which the client gradually uncovers in themselves. Healing, in a sense, is a resonance - that has been my experience. |