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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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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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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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.
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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.