Meet the Team

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 

  • 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

  • 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).

  • 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)

  • 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.

  • Rachel Scaife

    Role: Counsellor

    Location: West Auckland

    Registration: Dapaanz & ACC ISSC

    Experience: 25+ years

    Treatment modalities: CBT, ACT, Mindfulness, Motivational interviewing, Solution-focused therapy and a strengths-based approach.

  • Stella Orzuza

    Role: Counsellor and Assessor

    Location: Central Auckland

    Experience: I bring many years of experience across various settings, including adult mental health, community care, and education. Currently, I work in private practice, providing talk therapy in both Spanish and English for a range of psychological and personal issues.

    Clients: My passion is supporting people on a pathway to rediscovering joy after acute suffering. This includes recovery from both recent and long-lasting effects of trauma, which may manifest as intense emotions, low self-esteem, self-harm, or difficulties in building healthy relationships.

    Treatment modalities:‍ ‍I base my practice on a holistic approach, drawing on clinically sound methods including psychoanalysis, DBT, Mindfulness, trauma-informed care, art and play therapy, and indigenous models. 

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