About me
I have lived in Hamilton for over 30 years and I am married with two grown up children. I hold a Bachelor of Social Sciences Applied in Counselling. It is a job I love and feel fortunate to have people trust me with their challenges and let me be alongside them as they achieve their goals.
I have always been actively involved in community organisations. I volunteered with Hospice supporting families for 10 years and volunteering at Lifeline, I have completed in ASIST Training (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training). I know the impact of dealing with mental illness in a family and find supporting families members with this challenge rewarding. Being a full member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors I work in accordance with the professional associations Code of Ethics.
How does counselling help?
Life sends us challenges such as grief, mental health issues, relationship and marriage issues, separation, parenting, domestic violence and anxiety. Sometimes it’s hard alone to work out what direction to take and what is important to you. Counselling can create that safe confidential space to explore solutions and develop strategies to resolve or cope with those challenges.
If you are thinking about counselling or know someone who needs support it can be hard to make that first contact. It can be lonely and isolating living with something that troubles you that you can’t move past or make sense of. I am deeply committed to providing the best service I can for my clients. I work alongside my clients so together we will find ways to move their lives forward in the direction they want.
Counselling in a confidential, non-judgemental environment can help you explore those problems that keep you stuck. It will help you develop strategies to cope and make the changes you want at your own pace. Become more self-aware of yourself and learn ways to change unhelpful behaviours that might be keeping you from achieving your goals in life.