OUR TEAM OF COUNSELLORS.
Kathy Clist - Te Atatu Peninsula
B.Soc.Prac. (Couns), P.G. Cert H.Sc., MNZAC, MNZCCA, Cert, Supervision; NZAC Adv. Cert. Supervision.
Kathy is one of the founders of C.A.R.E. Waitakere Trust. An experienced trauma counsellor, she offers clinical supervision to counsellors and counselling students. Her areas of interest are stress and burnout prevention and recovery, faith transitions and spirituality. Kathy regrets she is unable to take on new clients at the moment but has spaces for supervisees.
Lynn Goold - Te Atatu Peninsula
Dip. Couns. (endorsed in Family Therapy), L.Th., Dip. Min., Trained Teachers Cert, MNZAC, MNZCCA.
As well as being a wife, parent of two adult children, and grandparent, Lynn’s experience includes teaching and pastoral counselling. She enjoys seeing people empowered to reclaim their potential, personally and relationally. She has particular interest in the areas of relationships, self-esteem, depression and spirituality (including spiritual abuse). Lynn also offers supervision to counsellors, pastoral workers, ACC Case Managers and other professionals.
David Pimentel - Te Atatu Peninsula
B.Soc.Prac. (Couns), MNZAC. ACC Provider.
David has worked extensively with people and families suffering from the effects of addictions and their underlying issues. Areas of particular interest include relationship counselling, life transition, men's issues and personal growth. David also offers clinical supervision to counsellors working in the addictions field.
Elaine McConnell - Te Atatu Peninsula
Dip. Couns., Nat. Cert. Mental Hlth, Cert. T.A., Cert. Dreamwork, MNZAC. ACC Provider.
Elaine is a counsellor who cares about "what works". Since most difficulties have their causes in relationships, she works alongside clients to build a trusting relationship, where things can be safely shared and answers found. Elaine is particularly interested in offering people tools for living well and for managing painful feelings. She has particular interest in working with issues of identity ("Who am I?'), depression, sexual abuse and anger-management, as well as working with individuals on how to get the best out of their relationships.
Jane Hepburn - Te Atatu Peninsula
PGDip HSc (MindBody Healthcare), B.Couns, MNZCCA,. ACC Provider.
Jane enjoys meeting with adolescents, adults and families. She likes helping people grow through life's challenges and works alongside clients experiencing depression, stress, grief, self-esteem, relationship and identity issues. Jane is also a lecturer at Laidlaw College where she enjoys teaching Year 2 Counselling students in the School of Social Practice. Jane has two adult children, three grandchildren plus she can juggle!
Susan Fuhrer - Te Atatu Peninsula
B. Couns., Dip. Teaching, Trained Debriefer. MNZCCA. ACC Provider.
Susan
is passionate about wholeness and people coming into freedom to be all they can
be. Her particular interest is working with trauma in the area of sexual abuse to
bring empowerment for change and restore self-esteem. She also enjoys working
with couples using imago therapy, a highly effective approach to strengthen and
bring connectivity to any couple struggling or wanting to strengthen their
relationship. As transition has been a large part of her life she understands
the challenges of change and is trained in the area of debriefing.
Andrew McRoberts - Massey
DipCouns, MNZAC
Andrew believes our lives are precious and deserve our care. His counselling focuses on the areas of depression, anxiety, trauma, loss, grief and self-esteem. He offers relationship counselling and family therapy, understanding that dynamics found in relationships have a powerful effect on our actions and reactions. As well as helping to resolve past issues, Andrew gives tools to help manage our present. Every life is special and valid, and he would be honoured to hear about yours and help you towards a brighter future.
Maysoon Rassam - Te Atatu Peninsula
B. Couns.; Dip.CBT.; Ph. D. Biochem.; MNZCCA, ACC Provider, Bilingual Counsellor: English & Arabic
Maysoon
loves people and relationships and has warm and friendly demeanor which helps
clients to connect with her. She is deeply motivated, enthusiastic and
compassionate about providing counselling services to adolescents, adults and
families. Of particular interest to Maysoon is counselling clients who are
experiencing the painful feelings of grief and loss, depression, anxiety,
stress, trauma, domestic violence and other relationship issues. She values
holistic healing and can offer variety of tools to empower her clients for more
fulfilled ways of being.
Kathy Bennett - Te Atatu Peninsula
B. Couns, MNZCCA
Kathy
enjoys working with children and young people. She offers a range of
counselling including support for grief, loss, anxiety and depression. Kathy
uses strength-based strategies that help build resilience in a client to
empower them to make the changes needed for a better life. Kathy’s practice
supports a collaborative relationship that respects the client, while allowing
them a safe, non-judgemental space to explore feelings and challenging issues
at their own pace. Kathy lives in Auckland with her husband and five children,
aged 8 to 21 years.
Libby Taylor - Massey
B.Couns., MNZCCA, ACC Provider
Libby presents with an ability to
connect with people of all ages and from many different ethnicities, in
particular Māori. She has a wealth of experience in group facilitation and
individual therapy with adults and young people. With a background in nursing,
Libby provides a safe therapeutic environment to help clients sensitively
explore their areas of concern. Her speciality is in working with those who
have experienced sexual abuse and trauma and also enjoys working with issues
including stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, anger, spiritual
issues, loss and grief. Libby is
based at CARE Waitakere-Massey.
Mavis Seymour - Massey
Dip. Counselling (endorsed in Family Therapy) Adv. Cert. Dreamwork, MNZAC
Mavis has 15 years’ experience counselling and
facilitating groups in the West Auckland community. She has extensive
experience in the areas of family violence, family relationships and
relationship with self. She also works alongside clients experiencing grief,
depression and anxiety. Mavis uses dream-work as a way of enabling clients to
gain insight and strength and to connect with their inner process. Working with
people and families impacted by disability is of particular interest to Mavis.
Craig Gemmell - Te Atatu Peninsula
B. Couns, MNZCCA
Craig has a background
in business management and has always enjoyed the challenge of working with
people of all ages and from all walks of life. Moving into the field of
counselling has afforded him the privilege of bearing witness to stories that
have challenged and controlled the lives of his clients. Craig uses a narrative
informed approach to therapy, a method that helps clients map the effects of
behavior or relationship on self and others and welcomes the opportunities to
re-author lives that desire change and growth. Craig has a particular interest
in working with adolescents and mature men in the area of addictions and life
stages.
Helen Huston - Te Atatu Peninsula & Massey
CPW Grad Dip CCPT, B.Couns, Cert. Psychotherapy and Counselling, MNZAC
Helen particularly enjoys working with children, young people and their families. She believes that individuals often come to therapy presenting with problems that can overwhelm their lives, interfere with their hopes and dreams and blind them to the strengths, abilities and values they hold. She enjoys working collaboratively with individuals in playfully exposing both the problem's tactics, tricks and triggers and the individual's skills, strengths and resources; enabling them to take action against the problem, reducing the power and influence it has over their lives and enabling them to live life more fully.