If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines can help:
Crisis numbers in New Zealand
- 1737 Need to Talk, the national line, call or text 1737: Tel: 1737 | Text: 1737 | Tel: 0800 1737 1737, the long form for the same service
- Depression Helpline: Tel: 0800 111 757 | Text: 4202
- All crisis lines in New Zealand
This page lists Counsellors in Wellington. 5 in all.
What a counsellor does, and how counselling differs from psychotherapy
Everyone on this page describes their work as counselling. A counsellor listens and helps you find your own solutions to problems.
The training emphasises the conversation itself. Sessions usually stay close to something happening now: a loss, a relationship, work, a decision. That focus is what most often separates counselling from longer psychotherapy.
A counsellor is not a medical doctor and does not prescribe or diagnose. Ask a counsellor what they work with, and for how long.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the professional title counsellor.
The Wellington page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in New Zealand?
See the New Zealand page for the professions that do carry a register there.
What these practitioners record
The areas of focus listed most often here are Relationship Issues (3), Anxiety (2) and Life Transitions (2).
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)