Find a counsellor
We have a selection of qualified, experienced relationship counsellors available in various locations.
Janine Bird
- Location: St Heliers area
- Qualifications: MNZAC, PGDip Couns, BSc Hons Psych, Dip Pastoral Care in Schools. Trained in Gottman, Imago, mindfulness, narrative therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy, EFT, Love and Logic.
- Rates:
- Business hours (9-5): $185.00
- Weekdays (5pm - 8pm): $195.00
- Weekends: $230.00
As a specialist relationship counsellor and the Director of Relationship Rescue, I’ve been incredibly lucky. Lucky to support thousands of couples to repair their relationship or build an even stronger relationship. Lucky to support people in unhealthy or unhappy relationships to amicably leave the relationship. Lucky to build a community of specialist relationship counsellors to help people across New Zealand build good habits in their relationships.
John Evangelista
- Location: Glendowie
- Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Medicine; PGDip Couns; Bachelor's degree in Philosophy and Theology; MBA
- Rates:
- Per Hour: $120.00
I am passionate about people. I am passionate about the whole person – physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
I have spent 35 years in the healthcare field, as a doctor, a healthcare manager, academic and a counsellor. I have been blessed with the opportunity to live and work with people from all walks of life, ages, religions and culture having studied, worked and lived in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Australasian region.
Noelle van Thiel
- Location: Orakei
- Qualifications: Graduate diploma in Counselling Practice, Master’s degree in Dutch Law
- Rates:
- Per Hour: $150.00
In my native country of The Netherlands, I worked in family and criminal law for over a decade before living all over the world in Belgium, Switzerland, Dubai, and Thailand. After settling in New Zealand, I knew I wanted to make a real difference and provide service to others. I became a Lifeline volunteer counsellor, which nurtured a real love of counselling in me and led me to become re-qualified as a counsellor.
Since then, I’ve become specialised in dealing with addictions, anti-social personality disorders (and helping people heal from relationships with people who have these personalities) and building strength and resilience.
Stefanie Bullock
- Location: Titirangi, Takapuna, CBD (Victoria Park Market). Skype Sessions available.
- Qualifications: MNZAC, BASW, DipCouns, DipFamTherapy, PGDipCouplesTherapy, CertClinicalSup, Court Approved
- Rates:
- Per Hour: $180.00
- Relationship Rescue $450.00 (2.5 hours)
I’d been a counsellor for 15 years when my first marriage broke up – we went to couples counselling (what I now know was pretty bad couples counselling!) but still ended up separating and going through years of agony and pain, as did our three kids. It was awful, but it motivated me to train as a couples counsellor – to understand what makes couples work and tick, and to help other couples avoid the pain that we had been through.
Stefanie is trained in a wide variety of couples therapy interventions, with Imago Relationship Therapy and the Gottman approach showing great and sustainable results.
Stefanie brings over two decades of working in the health field, has trained nationally and internationally, and is also a clinical supervisor for other counsellors.
She has appeared on TV (The Project) and is working currently on two books (‘The Ultimate Workbook for Couples - an Integrative Approach to Working therapeutically with Couples’ and ‘Hindsight is a Bitch - Affair Recovery 101).
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Magdalena Krejcova
- Location: Henderson
- Qualifications: Master of Psychology, Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, Member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) Drug and Alcohol Practitioners’ Association Aotearoa–New Zealand (DAPAANZ).
Magdalena is currently on Maternity leave and is unable to accept bookings from August 2019.
All of us are born with a craving for connection. For many of us, childhood simply doesn’t bring the connection we need, and we look for adult relationships to heal our childhood wounds. Yet relationships are possibly the most complex and challenging pursuits in our life. They can be painful and rock our whole world, bringing trying times. However, most of us see them as the cornerstone of happiness – to feel loved, connected, and a sense of belonging.
"I was ready to leave my marriage. I felt so alone and hurt by the distance between us and my husband’s affair. In the very first session Janine had us do a communication exercise and for the first time in a long time we felt the connection that we thought we had lost for good. We got through the affair and understood more about why it had happened. We now go back once a year for what she calls a WOF for relationships, just to make sure we stay on track."
– Marianne Fuller, Remuera.