ANZASW - Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Social Workers

ANZASW
The Aotearoa New Zealand Association for Social Workers (ANZASW) is the professional Association for Social Workers in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Below you can find an overview of counsellors who are a member of the ANZASW.
Christchurch

Hi, my name is Rachel and I am a Registered Social Worker. I began my social work journey in 2007, but began counselling in 2021 after further study. I support children, teens, adults, families and couples in a safe, confidential, empathetic, non-judgmental and calm space.
Dannevirke

Kia ora,
I am an experienced Counsellor and Group Facilitator that has been involved in clinical work for the past 10+ years.
I enjoy working alongside clients who are navigating major life transitions, coping with mental health challenges, or seeking greater self-awareness.
I also welcome couples who are interested in relationship counselling.
Feilding

Kia ora,
I am an experienced Counsellor and Group Facilitator that has been involved in clinical work for the past 10+ years.
I enjoy working alongside clients who are navigating major life transitions, coping with mental health challenges, or seeking greater self-awareness.
I also welcome couples who are interested in relationship counselling.
Hastings

Kia ora,
I am an experienced Counsellor and Group Facilitator that has been involved in clinical work for the past 10+ years.
I enjoy working alongside clients who are navigating major life transitions, coping with mental health challenges, or seeking greater self-awareness.
I also welcome couples who are interested in relationship counselling.
Invercargill

Penelope is a Registered Social Worker, Somatic Practitioner, and Yoga Teacher who integrates trauma-informed care, intuitive movement, and ritual to guide individuals and couples through healing, transformation, and growth.
Lower Hutt

Are you ready for transformation? As a Conflict Coach and Consultant, I help individuals take back their power and use their 'conflict' to shift their lives into a better way of living and being.
Whether it's conflict in a personal relationship, a workplace dynamic, or during a major life transition, I support my clients in their healing to develop the tools and perspective to communicate more effectively, manage emotional overwhelm, set healthy boundaries and reclaim a sense of power and purpose in their lives.
Lower Moutere

Kia ora, I’m Julie—a Registered Social Worker and Equine Therapist based in beautiful Tasman, New Zealand.
With over 18 years of experience in the mental health field, I’ve supported children, youth, adults, and families through grief, trauma, anxiety, burnout, and the day-to-day weight life can carry.
Nelson

ACC Counselor/Social Worker. I provide a Sensitive Claims Counselling and a comprehensive range of ACC funded Social Work services. If you would benefit from linking with other health professionals and welfare organisations I will help with this too.
Palmerston North

My name is Michele, I am a Therapeutic Social Work Practitioner and Supervisor. I offer therapy/counselling with individual or family/whanau members in a non-judgmental, strength based manner to facilitate personal growth that is strength based and solution focused.
You will find a safe, confidential space to be supported to work through and discuss issues you are finding challenging, for positive outcomes in your life and health.

Kia ora,
I am an experienced Counsellor and Group Facilitator that has been involved in clinical work for the past 10+ years.
I enjoy working alongside clients who are navigating major life transitions, coping with mental health challenges, or seeking greater self-awareness.
I also welcome couples who are interested in relationship counselling.
Porirua

Kia Ora. My name is Jane and I practice Equine facilitated therapy from my property at Judgeford Pauatahanui. I have been working as a counsellor for nearly 10 years and offering Equine facilitated therapy for 9 years. I am a member of the ANZASW and SWRB. Registered with ACC.
Taupo

Kia ora,
I am an experienced Counsellor and Group Facilitator that has been involved in clinical work for the past 10+ years.
I enjoy working alongside clients who are navigating major life transitions, coping with mental health challenges, or seeking greater self-awareness.
I also welcome couples who are interested in relationship counselling.
Whanganui

Kia ora,
I am an experienced Counsellor and Group Facilitator that has been involved in clinical work for the past 10+ years.
I enjoy working alongside clients who are navigating major life transitions, coping with mental health challenges, or seeking greater self-awareness.
I also welcome couples who are interested in relationship counselling.
Online counselling and online therapy

A qualified Psychosynthesis Counsellor, Social Worker and a member of NZAC, I have been in private practice for the past 20 years and am passionate about assisting clients to overcome their difficulties.
I am available for online sessions via SKYPE or ZOOM .
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Therapies offered
- ACC Counselling
- ACT
- BWRT Therapy
- Career Counselling
- Child counselling
- Coaching
- Cognitive behavioural therapy
- Coherence Therapy
- Counselling
- Couples coaching
- Couples counselling
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
- EAP Counselling
- EMDR Therapy
- Emotional Freedom Techniques
- Existential analysis
- Family Therapy / Coaching
- Gestalttherapy
- Hakomi Psychotherapy
- Havening
- Health Coaching
- HypnoBirthing
- Hypnotherapy
- Interactive Drawing therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Life coaching
- Mindfulness
- Narrative Therapy
- Naturopathy
- NLP
- Online counselling
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Psychosynthesis counselling
- Psychotherapy
- Rapid Transformational Therapy
- Relationship Coaching
- Relationship Counselling
- Root Cause Therapy
- Solution focused therapy
- Somatic Experiencing
- Somatic Therapy
- Supervision
- Talking therapies
- Transactional Analysis
- WINZ Counselling
- Youth Counselling / Coaching
Types of issues
- Abuse
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Being a perfectionist
- Being assertive
- Bereavement, grief, loss
- Body image
- Bullying
- Burnout
- Codependency
- Communication
- Covid-19 Anxiety
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Eating Problems
- Fear
- Feeling lonely
- Food addiction
- Hyperventilation
- Insecurity
- Jealousy
- Low self esteem
- Neurodiversity
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Pain management
- Panic attack
- Parenting
- Performance anxiety
- Phobia
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Relationship issues
- Self confidence
- Separation anxiety
- Setting boundaries
- Sleep problems
- Social phobia
- Stress
- Trauma
- Weight loss
- Workplace stress
- Worrying too much
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