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Services Offered
Adult Counselling Adults, Couples, Groups
Approaches and Interventions
I utilise a Post-Modernistic Paradigm for adults such as such as Narrative Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy.
When answering the questions choose the answer your feel best indicates how you have been feeling over the past two weeks.
Specialties;
-Stress Management -Grief -Marriage -Relationships & Intimacy -Low Self-esteem -Work Related Pressures -Trauma -Immigration -Refugee Support -Sexuality & Sexual Orientation -Medical Problems -Parenting Support
Teen Counselling (Ages 12-23)
Working with teenagers are quite different to working with young people. Teenagers do not know what to do with complex emotions and would project it in manners such as anger, bullying, biting nails, self-harming or even have suicidal ideation. Solution Focused Therapy and Narrative Therapy allow me to guide the child, student or adult in finding their own identity again.
Younger people usually project their feelings through anger, bullying and tantrums.
My practice allows the child and teenager to unfold their stories through events, the sequence it is linked in across time. We also work according to a plot. In counselling young children, I engage in art therapy, play therapy and metaphorical interventions such as "The Tree of Life" and the "Three Houses". Art Therapy is also a great part of my work with a young child. A child externalises his/her feelings through their art.
Specialties: -Behavioural Issues -Family Violence -Neglect and Isolation -Adoption -Foster -Bed Wetting -Abuse (Emotional, Physical and Sexual)
Fees and Payment
Prices vary between $115 - $135 pp/h (Incl. GST) depending on ages, groups, travel and overtime. Work & Income NZ Support available. Discuss it with your GP
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Payment: Sliding Scale Pro-bono
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.