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
New Zealand has 43 therapists listed on TherapyRoute.
The list includes counsellors, clinical psychologists and mental health counsellors.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 43 (Counsellors 21, Psychologists 15, Psychotherapists 2, Social Workers 2, Psychiatrists 1). Professions given by 43 of them.
- How they see clients
- in person 3 (7%), online and in person 40 (93%).
- Who they work with
- Adolescents, Adults, Couples, Families, Parents, Groups, Organisations.
- Languages
- mostly English, then Afrikaans 11%, Hindi/Urdu 11%, Hebrew 4%, Punjabi 4%.
Each city below carries its own list.
In New Zealand the free routes come first. Many GP practices provide free wellbeing services through Health New Zealand's Access and Choice programme, for enrolled patients and with no referral needed.
ACC funds support at no cost for anyone who has experienced sexual abuse or assault, and that support starts before the claim is assessed. Mental health support connected to a physical injury can also be funded under an accepted ACC claim.
Paying privately, fees track the practitioner's profession and seniority, with counsellors generally charging less than psychologists and psychiatrists, as medical specialists, the most. Ask what the fee is and how long the session runs, whether a lower-fee or student-intern place exists, and whether online sessions are charged differently.
Read What therapy costs in New Zealand.
Who is allowed to practise
New Zealand protects both the psychologist title and the psychotherapist title by statute. The Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act reserves each to registered practitioners. The New Zealand Psychologists Board sets the scopes a psychologist may work in, so its register shows which scope a person holds.
The Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand holds the psychotherapist register. Counsellor is not a protected title, so no board answers for it. You can search the New Zealand Psychologists Board register, and check a psychiatrist on the Medical Council of New Zealand register of doctors.
Search the register by name at Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ). Check that the name and title match and that the entry is current. If they do not, ask the practitioner why.
Therapists by profession and city
- Psychologists in Auckland
- Male Psychologists in Auckland, one filter on the full Auckland psychologists list
- Female Psychologists in Auckland, one filter on the full Auckland psychologists list
- Counsellors in Auckland
Other cities with therapists listed (6)
Real choice. Authentic, independent, clinician-led care.
TherapyRoute is a clinician-led directory that champions independent practitioners who answer to you and their professional ethics. We don't take commissions, sell your data, or assign therapists by algorithm. You browse, compare, and choose.
Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)