Therapies | Formative Healing

Therapy Sessions

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Anxiety
Therapy

I am able to support you in teaching you skills and strategies to be rid of anxiety in your life. Some of the skills taught are mindfulness, CBT, breathwork, emotional balance and wellbeing.

Anxiety can be caused by a traumatic event, stress, family, relationship problems, school, work, death or loss of a loved one, emotional shock and abuse. If you are experiencing any of these, we can work together to recognise the trigger/s and to effectively lessen them, then rid you of anxiety.

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Couples

Therapy

Some of the skills used to gain a connection again with your loved one are couple communication, individual self, needs, and wants, acceptance, love language, intimacy, and time in/out.

It can be difficult to be truthful to your loved one about what it is you are wanting to change within the relationship. The skills that you are supported through, will definitely work to have both of you connecting on a deeper level.

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Positive Parenting
Therapy

Sometimes parenting can be hard, I can support the changes you are wanting by looking at past parenting, how you were parented and teach positive skills to become the parent you have always known you are.

Positive parenting skills are designed to cater to who you are and how you would like to parent whilst considering the needs of your children and any other members of your family that play a role in your children's lives.

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Trauma
Therapy

Trauma is caused by an event or events from your past or present. The effect that trauma has on lives can be detrimental as it can cause emotional, physical, spiritual and/or psychological harm.

Trauma affects us in many different ways. Working through a traumatic experience with you will require me to respect your pace, listen to you, and offer therapy that is relative to you.

My Approach

Having worked with different people from various backgrounds, I am able to work in an empathetic, non-judgmental, supportive, compassionate and confidential environment. My belief is that you are the expert of your life and I can support the positive changes that you are requiring to continue your journey. The approach I use is creative and tailored to your needs and wants.

About me

I am a trained Social Worker with 18 years experience, graduating from Massey University with Honors. My experience is working with couples, individuals, families and teens using many different therapies and tools.

Getting Help

Due to my background in social work I use various therapies such as Narrative Therapy, Trauma Triggered Therapy, Couples Counseling, Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution Focused Therapy, Task Centered Practice, and Problem Solving Therapy, to support change for anxiety, depression, couples counseling, positive parenting, trauma, emotional regulation, antenatal anxiety, abuse and family violence. I also offer mediation for families as well as supervision for social workers.

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Anxiety

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Self Esteem

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Depression

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Anger Management

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Stress

I would highly recommend Maria as a counselor, she’s awesome! Maria is patient and compassionate while being proactive and constructively challenging when I needed it. I felt safe sharing all the trauma from my past. She is empathic and logical, which helped me greatly with my negative perceptions as a mother and as an individual. She helped me to see the good things in life.

Norah

Contact

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Anxiety Therapy

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