Kirsty Nai Counselling

Member Registered with NZ Association of Counsellors (MNZAC).
Bachelor of Health Science in Counselling, Graduate Diploma of Psychotherapy Studies (from Auckland University of Technology).

Clinical Supervisor; Post Grad Certificate in Professional Supervision.

Master of Professional Practice (from Wintec)

I have been working as a Counsellor for over nine years and have over 12 years prior experience in the mental health sector.

I work with children utilising play, creative interventions, mindfulness and child-friendly CBT skills.

I take a person-centered approach to counselling, working with both child and adult clients to set meaningful goals and collaborate on strategies to achieve them.

I believe that people can live a valued life while accepting setbacks and developing strategies to cope with them. I help people to develop mindfulness skills to improve emotion regulation, as well as find practical solutions to problems. I utilise techniques from various counselling styles.

I am a provider for ACC Sensitive claims (www.findsupport.co.nz), Victim Support, and Aoake te Ra (a service for those bereaved by suicide www.aoaketera.org.nz).

Since much of the funding available for counselling is limited to short term work, I have investigated the ingredients for effective brief counselling, which you can read about here; NZ Journal of Counselling (Vol 37, 2, 2017).