Welcome to Nurturing Minds, your private therapy service.  We provide a wide range of support and services including ACC counselling for people of all ages, and we are looking forward to seeing you.   

About Melissa

I am a Registered Psychologist and attained my Master’s degree in neuropsychology at the University of Auckland. I have advanced training in behavioural and psychological assessments and intervention through Massey University.

The simple fact is, I love working with people. I recognise that everyone is the ‘expert’ in their own lives - my role is to assist you and/or your child to learn skills to successfully face life’s challenges, build happiness, health and productivity.

I have a personal and professional interest in:

·         Effects of trauma

·         Social and emotional difficulties, such as anxiety and depression

·         Positive parenting solutions

·         Behaviour management

Qualifications

·         Master of Arts with First Class Honours – MA (Hons)

·         Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Psychology - PGDipEdPsych

·         Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Psychology - PGCertEdPsych

·         Postgraduate Diploma in Arts with distinction – PGDipArts

·         Bachelor of Arts - BA

About George

I am a Counsellor holding membership with the New Zealand Association of Counsellors, having obtained my degree through MIT in Auckland. I also have a strong focus on you as the ‘expert’ in your own life and I actively look to support you to find the best way for you to move towards the place where you ultimately wish to be.

My professional and personal interests include:

·         Social and emotional difficulties, such as anxiety and depression

·         Effects and influences of trauma

·         Behaviour management

Qualifications

·         Bachelor of Applied Counselling

·         Bachelor of Arts majoring in Psychology

·         Interplay Therapy Clinical Programme

 

Let's Chat

We are regular people like yourself, it's just that you need our particular set of skills! We would like this to be as pleasant an experience as possible for everyone, so let's chat and come up with a result together. You can call or text here, or message us using the form, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively you can access a list of useful numbers here. Everybody is important to us so if we can't take your call immediately it's because we are with a client. 

All the best

Melissa & George