Central Counsellors

Cash

Individual, Couples, Children Family Counsellor

Clarence (aka Cash) regards counselling as a devotion to assisting others in a collaborative journey to achieve their goals, overcome barriers and to explore alternatives in their lives which will create meaning, fulfilment, harmony and stability.

He has a successful background in teaching various cultures for many years across three continents and has also completed Psychology Honours and a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling Practice. As an integrative systemic counsellor, he has worked with individuals, couples, families and groups who present with diverse issues including relationships and mental health.

Clarence is a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors.

Availability: Tuesday and Thursday (Mt Eden)

David

Individual, Couple and Family Counsellor

David came to New Zealand at the age of 32 from Britain and throughout his adult life has had a passionate interest in self-discovery and understanding.  He studied at HD & T completing a Diploma in Counselling and Family Therapy in 2003 and became a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors at that time.

David has worked as a full-time counsellor since then supporting people with, grief, anxiety, loneliness, depression, addictions, and relationship difficulties.

He has a love for working with couples and is part qualified as an Imago therapist and also is also using skills learned from Susan Johnson’s Emotional Focused Therapy to support creating loving and intimate relationships.

He has deep compassion for people with trauma and supports them in a person-centered way by helping clients to heal early wounds and gain skills to deal with life’s challenges.

David trained for eight years with the Auckland psychodrama training centre and enjoys working with action methods and addressing early family experiences as needed for healing and awareness.

David also provides supervision for students and practitioners. 

He has a love for working with dreams and has trained with Margaret Bowater and completed a dream leadership certificate.

He enjoys supporting others to find purpose and meaning in their lives through meditation and insight inquiry to deepen their understanding of the self.

Availability: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday (Mt Eden)

Dean

Counsellor In Training

Dean has owned and operated a variety of businesses over a 30 year period, before moving to Fiji and engaging in charity work for the last 10 years. He has always tried to assist others to become all they could be, and in pursuing that goal for himself, began a more formal counselling career.

Dean is currently available at Home & Family Counselling every Saturday, whilst completing his second year of a bachelor’s degree in counselling at Laidlaw College. In addition, he has nearly completed his level 1 training in Internal Family Systems, a style of therapy that has transformed his own life. Dean is also training with domestic violence agency SHINE, to be able to facilitate their programmes. Dean serves on the executive of New Zealand Christian Counsellors Association (NZCCA).

Dean’s current areas of special interest are in trauma, somatic-based therapy, and IFS. He has lived in several different cultures and loves the diversity that culture brings to music, food, spirituality, and life itself. He has 5 adult children, plays the guitar, and is quite obsessed with his new poodle.

Availability: Saturdays (Mt Eden)

Annette

Counsellor in Training

Annette’s experience mentoring youth and working alongside people with disabilities led her to study for a Bachelor of Health Science in Counselling. She is presently in her third year at Auckland University of Technology (AUT).

Annette is compassionate, authentic and non-judgemental.

Client-centred counselling is at the core of her practice. She takes a holistic approach to fully understand her clients’ needs and utilises Transactional analysis, Narrative and creative therapies where required.

She has worked with clients experiencing anxiety, behavioural difficulties and grief. Her approach creates a supportive and collaborative space, helping clients identify and draw on their strengths to make meaningful changes in their lives.

Availability: Monday (Mt Eden)

Helen

Counsellor in Training

Helen has a graduate diploma in psychology from Massey University and is currently completing her third and final year of a Bachelor of Counselling at Bethlehem Tertiary Institute where she has developed a passion for working alongside clients from a person-centred and strength-based perspective.

With a background in teaching English as a second language, Helen enjoys working with individuals and families from diverse cultural backgrounds.

Availability: Friday (Mt Eden)

Frances

Counsellor in Training

Frances is in her third year working towards a Bachelor of Applied Counselling at Manukau Institute of Technology under the tuition of lecturers who are active counsellors in our community. Before starting her learning, Frances’s career path was in accounting and finance management where listening and supporting people were key to their success in the team. Disability brought forward the need for Frances to train for a new career that utilises her natural abilities, empathy, and passion.

Frances has always had a passion to support people in need. Her learning at MIT has deepened the importance of supporting others to rediscover their own abilities and skills to manoeuvre through any impasse they may come to.

Frances has a deep interest in working alongside people who have experienced trauma, problems with interpersonal relationships, grief, and difficult life changes that limit their potential and well-being.

As a Mum of two beautiful children, 20 and 10, Frances has personal experience with ADHD and child learning difficulties. Despite these little speed bumps, she cherishes the young woman her daughter has become and the wonderful young person her son is becoming.

Availability: Friday (Mt Eden)