My Background

​I am a first-generation New Zealander (of Scottish ancestry) based in the eastern suburbs of Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland).
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I support clients with a wide range of issues including trauma, abuse, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting, work and identity issues. 

I work with men, women, mixed genders, couples, families and adolescents.

As a professional counsellor I have held senior clinical roles within counselling teams in a range of contexts including mental health, violence prevention, family support -
including school-based services as the Head of Guidance in a large East Auckland secondary school.
I have done a lot of work with adolescents particularly in the areas of resilience building and gender/sexuality diversity support and am experienced in group facilitation having run men’s violence prevention programmes, parenting programmes, and skill based mental health and resilience building groups with young people.
 
My qualifications include both a Bachelor’s Degree and a Diploma in Counselling and I hold full membership with the New Zealand Association of Counsellors.