Our Counsellors and Therapists

Kathy Egan (Manager)

Couples counsellor practising for 28years
MNZAC
Certificated 1982
Family Court registered
 
“I see couples who come to enhance or redesign their relationship. Couples who separate wanting the best for their children and needing support for that. I work with separated parents needing to discuss parenting issues.”
 
 
 
 

Dianne Lummis

Child Psychotherapist
B.A Psych, University of Canterbury
Postgraduate Diploma in Child Psychotherapy, Otago School of medicine
Executive member of NZ Association of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists, ACC registered
 
Dianne has over 15yrs experience in the field of child psychotherapy. Dianne works with children from birth to 13yrs.
 
“I have a passionate interest in working with children and their families, helping children who have problems and worries and empowering families to enjoy their lives and each other. It is also a great deal of fun!"
 
 

Alayne Cullen

Trained counsellor and supervisor, Human Development and Training Institute, Auckland.
MNZAC
Elizabeth Kubbler Ross Facilitator
 
Alayne’s interests include people accessing a sense of self, she creates a safe place for people to tell their story and have their voice, which can include shame, fear, anger, loss and grief.
 
“I learnt to find a place inside myself to stand, to tell my story and to speak my truth, that is what I call self empowerment, a powerful place to stand.”

Mandy Pentecost

M. Couns, M.A.,
MNZAC
DipTch
 
“I am an experienced counsellor and teacher and I enjoy working with families, adults and young people who would like their life to work better for them.”
 
Mandy also has an extensive background working with groups and individuals in organisations with workplace issues on stress management, conflict management, communication, assertiveness, self esteem, workplace harassment and bullying.

Balveer Sikh

Reg. Psychologist No: 90-02371
MNZPS
 
"I provided psychological assessment and treatment for a range of psychological problems, including psychological trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, dissociative disorders and psychosis.
 
I use an eclectic approach and mainly draw upon evidence based behavioural, cognitive and mindfulness psychologies in formulating and ameliorating problems."

Lianne Jaycock

Dip. Couns., MNZAC.BApp
SocSci Counselling
 
“I generally work with individuals and encompass many different counselling issues including trauma and abuse, relationship issues, stress, depression, anxiety, grief, eating disorders, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. I also offer a safe place for Christians to explore their issues in the context of their spirituality. It is my desire to come alongside those who are hurting, to create a safe, non-judgemental environment, assisting them to move forward towards healing and wholeness.”

Cherilea Stalker

Dip.Psychotherapy
Dip. Integrative Psychology (Hakomi)
Registered Psychotherapist, PBANZ.
MNZAP
Cherilea began her career 32 years ago (1978) and brings experience to working with issues around parenting and step parenting, trauma, anxiety, depression, self esteem and attachment/relationship issues.

"Born the sixth child in a family of seven and raised on the east coast, I am of Scottish/Irish descent. I enjoy sharing my life with my partner and our six adult children and two grandchildren. I acknowledge the need for safe practice relating to your ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender, spiritual and cultural beliefs. I choose to incorporate mind, body, spirit, emotions, whanau, when working along side others." 


 Kym Cousins

 
B.AppSocSci Counselling major; RGON RM (non-practicing).
 
Kym works with individuals currently experiencing problems in their lives which have become too great to manage independently. Their concerns are often interrelated and can include grief, anxiety, depression, relationships and the effects of separation/divorce.
“My work as a midwife has also instilled a desire to assist women and their families to work through stressful or traumatic birth experiences and support them through post natal depression."
 
Read here for Kym's article on attachment.