Meet the Team
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Toni Snapes
Role: Counsellor/Director
Location: Hamilton/Huntly
Registration: Dapannz and ACC ISSC
Experience: Over 10 years
Clients: Male/female, youth and correctional
Treatment modalities: CBT, Mindfulness, Solution Focused Therapy, Behaviour Activation Trauma Focused Therapy, Exposure Therapy, Narrative Therapy, relationship counselling, and addiction treatment.
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Sophie Chung
Role: Counsellor
Location: North Shore
Registration: Dapannz, NZAC and ACC ISSC
Experience: Over 10 years
Clients: Female adults
Treatment modalities: CBT, DBT, trauma therapy and meditation
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Chantelle Hurst
Role: Counsellor
Location: Pukekohe
Registration: NZAC Provisional Member
Experience: 2 years practicing
Clients: Female, youth and children
Treatment modalities: PTC,CBT, DBT, Animal Assisted Therapy Creative Expressive Therapy and play therapy
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Shirleen Prasad
Role: Counsellor and Addictions Practitioner
Location: Auckland (Glen Lynn)
Registration: Dapannz and ACC ISSC
Experience: Over 10 years
Clients: Female adults
Treatment modalities: CBT, Family Therapy, Person-centred Therapy, Mindfulness, Narrative Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
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Liz Gilchirst
Role: Counsellor
Location: Christchurch
Registration: Dapannz and ACC ISSC
Experience: Over 6 years
Clients: Female and male adults
Treatment modalities: ACT, CBT, Mindfulness, Holistic Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Family Therapy, Strength-based approach
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Sarah Reid
Role: Clinical Psychologist
Location: Hamilton
Registration: APC New Zealand Psychology Association and ISSC ACC
Experience: Over 10 years
Clients: Children, adolescents and adults
Treatment modalities: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness and Trauma Focused Therapy including Trauma Processing and Polyvagal Theory Informed Practice
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Tommy Benefield
Role: Counsellor, Therapist, Coach
Location: Wellington, Kapiti, Hutt Valley
Registration: DAPAANZ, ACC
Experience: 20 years in counselling and psychotherapy as well as coaching and shamanic work
Clients: I specialize in working with clients struggling with trauma, addictions, depression, anxiety
Treatment modalities: Counselling, Psychotherapy, Transactional Analysis, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, Family Constellation work, 12-Step, Stutz: The Tools
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Elizabeth Clausen
Role: Clinical psychologist
Location: Hamilton
Registration: APC New Zealand Psychology Association and ISSC ACC
Experience: Over 15 years
Clients: Adolescents and adults
Treatment modalities: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Solution-focused Therapy, Acceptance, Commitment Therapy, and Attachment-based Therapy
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Wendi Halligan
Location: Dunedin
Registration: Clinical supervisor, Dapannz and ACC ISSC
Experience: Over 20 years
Clients: Male, Female, AOD and justice system
Treatment modalities: CBT, Mindfulness, Behavioural activation, Couples counseling, Family therapy
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Natasha Rojkind
Location: Remuera
Registration: NZAC
Experience: Psychosomatic symptoms, Addiction, Trauma, and Relationships.
Clients: female ages 20-40
Treatment modalities: Body and Somatic Psychotherapy. Dance Therapy. Family Therapy
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Steph Pease
Role: Social Worker
Location: Waikato and Hauraki Plains
Registration: Registered with the SWRB (Master in Social work)
Experience: As a community social worker for over 22 years
Clients: All ages and orientations
Treatment modalities: Te Whare Tapa Wha model
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Kirandeep Kaur
Role: Social Worker providing counselling
Location: Hamilton
Registration: SWRB
Experience: Mental health, ACC sensitive claims, PTSD, depression.
Clients: From age 12 to any
Treatment modalities: EMDR, IFS, CBT, NLP, mindfulness
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Eugenia Jimenez
Role: Clinical Psychologist
Location: Wellington
Registration: NZ Psychologist Board, NZCCP and EMDRNZ
Experience: 20+ years of clinical experience working with trauma (PTSD and complex PTSD), addictions, depression, anxiety, sexual abuse, sexual harmful/inappropriate behaviour, couples therapy, family therapy, emotional regulation, OCD, stress management, dissociation, grief and borderline personality disorder. Supervising/consultant experience of 12 years.
Clients: Adults and adolescents
Treatment modalities: EMDR, DBT, CBT, neuropsychotherapy and Emotional Focus Therapy (individual, couples and families).
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Sam Lindsay
Role: Clinical Psychologist
Location: Wellington
Registration: NZCCP
Experience: Five years working in Pain Management; Two and a half years in Private Practice
Clients: Adults 18 onwards, Male, Female, Non-binary, open to all ethnicities
Treatment modalities: CBT, ACT, EMDR (in training)
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Marianne Harlaar
Role: Counsellor, Supervisor, Coach, Social Worker and Therapist
Location: Auckland (Parnell)
Registration: MANZASW and ACC ISSC
Experience: Over 25 years’ experience in counselling, social work, supervision and as a wellbeing coach
Clients: Female and male adult clients
Treatment modalities: Client-centred, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Mindfulness, Strengths-based Approach, Solution-Focused, Holistic Therapy, Te Whare Tapa Wha, Trauma-focused Therapy (including Polyvagal Theory, Vagal Toning, Somatic Breathwork), Meditation, Narrative approach and Compassion-focused Therapy.
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Rosemary Marsh
Role: Clinical Psychologist
Location: Riccarton
Registration: I am registered with the New Zealand Psychologists Board under the clinical scope and hold a professional membership with the New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS).
Experience: I work closely with patients in the treatment and diagnosis of a range of mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, substance use disorders, and various dissociative disorders.
I have been conducting ADHD assessments since 2016 and have expertise in evaluating dissociative identity disorder. I hold a Ph.D. from the University of Groningen and the University of Canterbury, with a focus on dissociative identity disorder. My research has been published in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology, PLoS One, and Frontiers in Psychology. I have also delivered lectures in psychology at the University of Otago and the University of Canterbury, and have conducted workshops for the NZ College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP) on comprehensive assessment and treatment of dissociative identity disorder, and treatment of complex PTSD.
Clients: Adults
Treatment Modalities: Eye movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)