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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 Health New Zealand publishes for the same service
- Depression Helpline, 0800 111 757: Tel: 0800 111 757 | Text: 4202
- Healthline, 0800 611 116, nurses and paramedics: Tel: 0800 611 116
- Youthline, 0800 376 633, for young people: Tel: 0800 376 633 | Text: 234
- All crisis lines in New Zealand
New Zealand has 51 therapists listed on TherapyRoute, including clinical psychologists, counsellors and professional counsellors.
At a glance
- Therapists listed
- 51 (Clinical Psychologists 6, Counsellors 5, Professional Counsellors 5, Registered Counsellors 5, Mental Health Counsellors 4, Psychologists 3, Counselling Psychologists 2, Psychotherapists 2). Professions given by 45 of them.
- How they see clients
- in person 4 (8%), online 1 (2%), online and in person 45 (90%).
- Languages
- English 100%, Afrikaans 11%, Hindi/Urdu 11%, Hebrew 4%, Punjabi 4%.
- Who they work with
- Adults, Individuals, Adolescents, Couples, Families, Parents, Groups.
The summary above sets out how the practitioners listed across New Zealand differ from one another. If you know where you want to be seen, the city pages below each carry that place's own list. Filtering for practitioners who work online shows everyone in New Zealand available by video, wherever they are based. Two or three enquiries is normal, and a first conversation is where most people decide.
Cities in New Zealand with therapists listed
- Auckland (20)
- Christchurch (7)
- Wellington (7)
- Wanaka (3)
- Hamilton (2)
- Tauranga (2)
- Blenheim (1)
- Dunedin (1)
- Gisborne (1)
- Hastings (1)
- Inglewood (1)
- Lower Hutt (1)
- Mount Maunganui (1)
- Papaioea (1)
- Pokeno (1)
- Queenstown (1)
- Raglan (1)
- Rotorua (1)
- Takaka (1)
- Thorndon (1)
- Waiuku (1)
- Warkworth (1)
- Whangarei (1)
A therapist who practises in more than one city is listed under each.
Places with a therapist and no page of their own yet (6)
These are recorded against a therapist on TherapyRoute and have no listing page yet, so there is nothing to send you to and no count we can stand behind.
Central Otago District, Marlborough District, P Keno, Queenstown Lakes District, W Naka, Waikato District
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. Verify with New Zealand Psychologists Board (NZPB), Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ) or Medical Council of New Zealand (MCNZ).
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.
What a session costs varies with training, setting and where the practice is. What therapy costs in New Zealand sets out the current picture.
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, not to investors or corporate interests. 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)
TherapyRoute is not for emergencies and does not provide medical advice. All of our content is informational and cannot replace professional healthcare. In an emergency, contact a local emergency service. For immediate support, consider a local helpline.
