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) invested working within a couple therapy framework have the ability to offer greater returns in a timely manner than individual therapy aimed at addressing relationship concerns. Given this, I am highly motivated to assist couples to make the most of the opportunity they are presenting with, working together to achieve growth for both parties and, if they choose, an enhanced connection with each other.
Qualifications: Ph.D., PG.Dip(Clin)Psych.
Professional Membership: full member of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP).
I am located in Hamilton, and provide in-person appointments only at present.
Appointments: Late Monday afternoons, and all day Thursdays and Fridays.
Please e-mail with your enquiry to jan@psychologyconsultants.co.nz , or leave a message on my confidential answer phone (07) 855 8135.
Fees: (payable on day of appointment via cash or internet banking. No EFTPOS or credit card facilities available).
Couple sessions (90-minutes in length) – $300 + gst
Individual sessions (60-minutes in length) – $200 + gst
If you need to change or cancel an appointment, please provide at least 2 working days’ notice. Sessions not attended, or cancelled within 24-hours, incur the full appointment fee.
Please note that I cannot offer an immediate response or crisis service.
If you are concerned for your own or any other person’s safety, you should contact emergency services (dial 111) or use one of the crisis services listed on the following web page: http://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/get-help/in-crisis/