About Me

Hello! I’m Kelly

Licensed Therapist

My journey as a Counsellor has been extensive and varied. I am a natural people helper and hold each person’s story as a privilege. I started out as a registered nurse in 1996, then seeing a gap in the Mental Health system as a Nurse, I became a qualified therapist in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (Post graduate Certificate), following 2 years of Narrative therapy, then Qualified as a Counsellor (3 years) that specialised in person-centred and CBT in 2009, and became a full member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC). I studied further in ‘Clinical Supervision’ for my Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science. Then following this I trained in Dialectical Behavioural therapy (emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness) and worked with the Dialectical Behavioural Team for a year at the Hospital. I have a plethora of tools to help people, and I have recently been trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), working with trauma clients.

For 14 years I have worked in Community Mental Health (two hospitals). I worked as the Eating Disorder Clinician, a role that involved specialist assessment and treatment (therapy) and had a role with other various client groups. I have also worked in other agencies where I worked specifically with males, and females age range from youth to the elderly.