Dr Jan Brassington

Dr Jan Brassington

CURRENTLY NOT BEGINNING WITH NEW CLIENTS UNTIL AUGUST 2025 I am a NZ-trained & registered Clinical Psychologist with 25+ years’ experience working with mental health and relationship issues across the life span - children, adolescents, and adults; specializing in working with couples for the past decade. My couple therapy approach has been significantly influenced by the Bader Pearson Developmental Model of Relationship Therapy due in part to its dual focus of assisting individuals to understand and engage in their own personal growth, alongside the couple work of assisting insight, understanding, capacity, & skill development for enhancing relationship trust and intimacy. Long-term intimate adult relationships provide valuable and meaningful opportunities for growth if we choose to explore them and be open to feedback. In my experience, resources (e.g., time, energy, money)…
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Verity Thom

Verity Thom

ONLINE NATIONWIDE ONLY I have been working as a psychologist for  34 years now and am a dedicated relationship specialist and sex therapist.  I work with individuals and couples online using Zoom to help them with any type of relationship problem they are experiencing. If you want to work with me face to face I also offer couple therapy retreats - these can be anything from one weekend, two long weekends or 5 days (Mon-Fri). Each couple sees me on their own - this is NOT a group programme.  Follow-up therapy is then offered online. I work at RelationshipWork alongside Nic Beets who is also my husband of 40 years. I have focused on working with relationship problems for 23 years now and I love to make a difference in…
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Nic Beets

Nic Beets

ONLINE NATIONWIDE ONLY I am a Clinical Psychologist and Family Therapist in my 50s who has been in private practice since 1996.  For the last 15 years I have specialised almost solely in relationship therapy.  I have had some training in all the major models of couple therapy and have qualified as a “Master Mentor” in the Developmental Model.  I have developed a reputation as a “straight talker” and as someone who is able to cut to the heart of difficulties. Since 2004 I have been doing couple therapy by teleconference as a means to follow up on the week-long therapy intensives I have been offering.  As a result of my experience during the Covid-19 lockdown, I have decided to shift ALL my sessions (apart from the intensives) online.  As…
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