Our Treatments

Our team members are fully registered clinicians with their respective professional bodies, such as the New Zealand Psychologists Board and the Medical Council of New Zealand. They are qualified to conduct assessments and provide evidence-based psychiatric and psychological treatments in their respective fields.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

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​This is considered as a third wave in psychotherapy. The core of ACT is to help you to live a more rich and meaningful life by developing "psychological flexibility". One of the awakening moments in the ACT is coming to terms with acceptance of what is within or outside your personal control, and connecting with what matters to you most. ACT adopts mindfulness and acceptance process, discovering values and helping you to take a fully committed action to live well despite challenges. ​

​Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)

​Another form of evidence-based psychotherapy. It helps you to develop a range of self-management skills to cope with painful emotions, urges to harmful behaviours including suicidal urges or risks, improves your relationships with others, and help you to minimise crisis in your life. DBT specifically focuses on providing therapeutic skills in four key modules such as learning about mindfulness which is focused on improving your ability to accept and be present in the current moment. Second, learn about coping with emotional distress via distress tolerance, the third focus is on emotional regulation which is designed to learn strategies to manage and change intense emotions and lastly learning about better manage your relationships via interpersonal effectiveness module. DBT is usually best suited for personality issues, high-risk behaviours, and volatile emotional struggles.  ​

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)

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​​This is a time-sensitive, structured, present-oriented psychotherapy directed toward solving current problems and teaching clients skills to modify their dysfunctional thinking and behaviour. CBT is a psychotherapy that is based on the cognitive model: the way that individuals perceive a situation is more closely connected to their reaction than the situation itself. A critical part of CBT is helping clients change their unhelpful thinking and behaviour, leading to a lasting improvement in their mood and functioning. (Beck Institute)

Trauma-Focused Therapy (TFT) ​

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​A specialised CBT based psychological treatment that is designed to manage PTSD, including complex post-trauma issues. This treatment is recommended for a wide range of trauma issues in adults. It involves a variety of coping skills, reprocessing your experiences, facing your fears (prolonged exposure), and developing mindfulness.  ​

Schema Focus Therapy (SFT)

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​A another evidence-based psychotherapeutic model which is an integrative approach to address a wide range of psychological problems. It uses combinations of CBT, Psychoanalytical, Interpersonal and Experiential components to change your negative thought and behaviour patterns, mood issues, and manage longstanding difficulties which you may be experiencing across various domains of your life e.g., personal relationships, work etc. ​