Our Team
Sue MacGibbon
Registered Psychotherapist and Member of NZAP. Accredited ACC counsellor.
Grad Dip. Psychotherapy, BA, Post Grad.Cert. Health Sciences.
I work with adults individually and as couples, with a commitment to supporting healing and personal empowerment.
The main focus of my work is relationship with Self and Other, based on personal experience and theories around attachment, human development, and psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Specialist areas include sexual functioning, gender and sexuality issues, sexual abuse and trauma.
I also offer supervision for health professionals.
Gaylene Jakicevich
Registered Psychotherapist. Accredited ACC counsellor.
MHSc (Hons) Psychotherapy, Grad Dip Psych, Dip Vio & Trau St
I am a registered psychotherapist and offer counselling and psychotherapy for individuals and couples.
I work with a range of difficulties including relationship problems, loss and grief, anxiety, depression, anger and addictions including eating difficulties, self esteem issues and parenting difficulties.
I bring to my practice experience in a range of specialist organizations including abuse and trauma and mental health which enhances my ability to help a wide range of clients.
I honour the uniqueness of everyone's personal journey and provide a warm and inviting environment from which people can safely explore the emotional stress that led them into therapy.
Caroline Witten-Hannah
Registered Psychotherapist with Child & Adolescent Psychotherapist Specialism - PBANZ - Family Court, ACC & CYFS Approved
Grad. Diploma Child Psychotherapy (AUT), BA Social Sciences
I am a Child Psychotherapist who has been working for 20 years, providing psychotherapy for adults, adolescents, children and families.
I work primarily with children and young people and their families and can help children from the age of three years. I work with a wide range of child and adolescent difficulties including grief, loss, seperation problems, anxiety, trauma and other childhood problems.
In my work as a Child psychotherapist I use a wide range of therapeutic models according to the age of the child or adolescent and their individual needs. I work in a therapeutic playroom and offer creative media as well as talking when working with children.
I always liaise closely with parents and caregivers when helping children and young people.
I have considerable experience in the recovery from abuse and trauma, including treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
As a child psychotherapist I have a special interest in attachment. I have considerable training and experience in working with parents and children to enhance attachment relationships and correct disturbed attachments.
Caroline H. Bensinger
Registered Psychotherapist - ACC Approved
Grad. Diploma Psychotherapy, MNZAC, Cert. Teaching, Art As Healing
I have worked as a Psychotherapist and Counsellor for the last 11 years. I use Integrative and Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Models, as well as CBT, DBT, and Art As Healing. I have experience in working with the effects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, and issues of Grief and Loss. I am an ACC Approved Psychotherapist.
I come from a background of working in education and community settings. I am committed to assisting people to heal their past in order to move sully forward into their future.
Anne O'Kane
Registered Psychotherapist and member of NZAP
Post Graduate Diploma Psychotherapy, Certified Imago Couples Therapist, Affect Regulation Therapist, Registered General Nurse
Iam a registered psychotherapist and a member of New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists.
Prior to training as a psychotherapist I had extensive experience as a registered Nurse and in care and protection social work.
I hold to a broad and holistic perspective to health, emotional and relational problems in people's lives. I am able to offer an eclectic range of therapeutic modalities to meet the individual needs of my clients.
Though my background I believe that I am able to develop an empathy with my clients in a general way. As a psychotherapist I have worked for the last 15 years with victims of all kinds of trauma, mental health issues, couple and family relational problems, grief and loss, adolescent issues and health/mind-body awareness.
- I am ACC and Family Court Registered
- I am an Imago Certified Couples Therapist. (Imago New Zealand website)
- I am an Affect Regulation Therapy therapist. (Affect Regulation Therapy website)
I use Affect Regulation therapy to promote balance, provide stress reduction, improve mood etc along with mind body consciousness
- I work with Health West and am an approved counsellor with Primary Lifestyle Options and Your Choice Programmes
- I am trained in Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Cognitive Analytic Therapy
I am committed to ongoing education, professional development and regular supervision. I abide by the NZAP code of ethics in my clinical practice.
Tony Lindquist
Member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Grad Dip. Counselling
Kia Ora, my name is Tony Lindquist. I have been working as a counsellor since 2005, having spent the previous 20 years in the Social Work field.
I have a Graduate Diploma in Counselling at Unitec and I am a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC). I attend regular workshops and conferences and I am committed to ongoing training.
I work with people who bring a wide variety of issues and concerns, and I hold a strong belief that self knowledge and understanding empowers us towards gaining some choice and purpose in our lives. I work with adults, couples and young people who experience a variety of issues: anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and relationship difficulties.
I practise from a Narrative perspective but also use an eclectic range of therapies including Cognitive Behaviour, Strength Based, Drawing and Solution Focused. I believe our view of life is gained from the way we have interpreted past experiences and that our strengths hold more power than our weaknesses.
