
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)…