Areas of work

• Adoption

• Grief and Loss

• Trauma

• PTSD

• Youth Mental Health

Elaine has over 10 years counselling experience. Prior to this she worked for many years in the business world in accounting and people and culture. She offers warm and relaxed counselling support in a respectful and safe space.

Elaine works with a diverse range of clients, from all walks of life including adults, teens, and children (from 8 up). She has experience working with culturally diverse clients including Pasifika, Māori and Asian and welcomes all cultures, genders, orientations, and backgrounds.

Her special interest areas are adoption, trauma, grief and loss, suicide bereavement, and youth mental health. Elaine worked in Auckland high schools for over seven years. She has been a Victim Support Bereavement by Suicide worker as well as a Seasons for Grief and Loss Facilitator (now called Seasons for Growth).

Elaine’s counselling style is to offer a warm, safe, and relaxed space for clients to be in.  Her person-centred approach sits with narrative therapy, art and sand tray and she adjusts her approach to the needs of the client.

Elaine is currently the Auckland Regional Representative on the Executive of NZAC (as at Aug 2024) and also on the Auckland Branch Committee for NZAC.

In her private life Elaine is a wife, stepparent, step-grandparent and has a cat called Blue.

Elaine likes to remind clients that they are the experts in their lives, and she is the naïve enquirer walking alongside them on their journey.

Qualifications and memberships

• Fully registered member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors MNZAC

• Te Whatu Ora accreditation

• Member of Grief Australia

• Graduate Diploma of Teaching Secondary, University of Auckland

• Bachelor of Counselling, Laidlaw College, Auckland

Pricing

Sessions are 50 to 60 minutes

Charge $120 per session

Please enquire with me about rates for students, possible funding options for clients under 25 years old via Gumboot Friday.  Some clients may also be eligible for funding through WINZ or Studylink. I am an accredited Victim Support Counsellor and also with Telus EAP.

Payments made via internet banking within 24 hours of booking.