NZAPP - New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology

NZAPP
The mission of the New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology (NZAPP) is to promote the science and practice of positive psychology and its research-based applications, and to foster communication and collaboration among researchers, practitioners, teachers, and students around New Zealand and across disciplines who are interested in positive psychology.
Below you can find an overview of counsellors who are a member of the NZAPP.
Blenheim

I work with people who are recovering from trauma, having relationship issues, are looking for life development or change, are dealing with anxiety, depression, grief, anger, work and life stresses, and maternal mental health.

Kia Ora, hello and welcome.
I aim to provide a warm, authentic, person- centred, non- judgemental, confidential, welcoming space where you can freely share about whatever is happening for you in your life.
Dunedin

I have been in practice for more than 20 years and specialise in providing a wide range of effective therapeutic techniques for individuals, couples and families.
I am passionate about the work I do and I am committed in providing beneficial therapy for clients affected by mental health related issues such as depression, anxiety, stress, phobia. trauma and grief.
I utilise a range of modalities that include Neuroscience evidence based techniques like BWRT, Brief Solution focused therapy, CBT and Mindfulness.
Hamilton

Sarel – Registered Counsellor in Hamilton offering face-to-face support for trauma, relationship and sexual abuse, career and general mental health concerns. Using CBT, Person-Centred and Narrative Therapy, alongside Māori supervision and Te Whare Tapa Whā, Sarel provides a safe, welcoming space to explore emotions, build resilience, and support your journey toward healing and personal growth.
Mount Maunganui

Tired of living in your head? I work with overthinkers, people pleasers, and ADHDers who look fine on the outside but feel quietly exhausted on the inside. Maybe you've spent years managing everyone else’s emotions while your own needs got buried. Together, we'll work toward your most authentic self – the one who feels grounded in their emotions, secure in their relationships, and confident in themselves.
Picton

Kia Ora, hello and welcome.
I aim to provide a warm, authentic, person- centred, non- judgemental, confidential, welcoming space where you can freely share about whatever is happening for you in your life.
Tauranga

Sarel – Registered Counsellor in Tauranga offering face-to-face support for trauma, relationship and sexual abuse, career and general mental health concerns. Using CBT, Person-Centred and Narrative Therapy, alongside Māori supervision and Te Whare Tapa Whā, Sarel provides a safe, welcoming space to explore emotions, build resilience, and support your journey toward healing and personal growth.
Whangarei

I offer in-person counselling for individuals and couples from a cozy boathouse studio in central Whangarei, also worldwide online counselling in English, Swedish and Estonian. My therapy style is solution focused CBT mixed with other styles I find useful in personal growth.
My areas of interest include couples therapy, migration and cultural issues, stress and anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, communication difficulties and self-esteem concerns.
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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
- Family Therapy / Coaching
- Gestalttherapy
- Hakomi Psychotherapy
- Havening
- Hypnotherapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Mindfulness
- Narrative Therapy
- NLP
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Psychosynthesis counselling
- Psychotherapy
- Rapid Transformational Therapy
- 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
- Body image
- Bullying
- Burnout
- Codependency
- Communication
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Eating problems
- Fear
- Feeling lonely
- Grief & loss
- Hyperventilation
- Jealousy
- Low self esteem
- Neurodiversity
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Panic attack
- Parenting
- Phobia
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Relationship issues
- Self confidence
- Separation anxiety
- Setting boundaries
- Sleep problems
- Social phobia
- Stress
- Trauma
- Workplace stress
- Worrying too much
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