What is Narrative Therapy?
Watch the short video below where Kay explains what makes Narrative Therapy unique.
In our sessions you will move beyond problems to create inspiring new possibilities. Drawing upon your strengths, wisdom and values, and bring them to bear on whatever difficulties you are experiencing.
I have 30 years experience as a counsellor and family therapist with all sorts of issues.
I work with adults, children, adolescents/teenagers/young people, and families.
My approach is optimistic and solution-focused!
I am experienced with:
Anxiety, Panic attacks, Family therapy, Relationship issues, Couples therapy
Childhood problems including separation anxiety, anxiety, fears, school issues, bullying, eating disorders, behavioural problems, parenting issues, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), stealing, blended family issues, sibling issues etc.
Adolescent problems, Identity issues. Grief and loss, Gender and sexuality issues, Career and workplace issues, Parenting, Eating disorders
I am a full member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC) . I am a trained family therapist, child therapist and Journey Practitioner.
I can provide free sessions for:
- Young people Age 5-24, through Gumboot Friday, and for some young people in the Waitemata DHB area.
- Via your employer if they work with Clearhead, Ignite, or Telus
- Unimed clients.
- Victims of Crime through Victim Support
How I work
I see problems as stories. 'Problem stories’ often become so overwhelming that they consume us, take over our hearts and minds, and we find it almost impossible to separate ourselves from them. This is where narrative therapy comes in. I bring questions which disrupt problem stories and help you to access your own wisdom and expertise so that you can disentangle yourself from problems and see yourself more clearly.
What is Narrative Therapy?
Narrative therapy is a very well-known therapy or counselling approach.Narrative therapy is different because it doesn't identify the person with the problem in the way that many approaches do. If you have ever been to see a health professional and felt as if they talked to you as if you were the problem, you will know what I mean.
Narrative therapy is well known for the phrase: the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem.
This way of thinking leads to a different kind of therapy conversation. A narrative therapist look for how you have and can bring your knowledge, abilities and wisdom to bear in dealing with the problem. Narrative conversations are creative and fascinating. You willmake new discoveries and come to see yourself and the problem with new eyes.
What is Journey Therapy?
Problems often show up in the body in some way shape or form. Journey therapy as a way of restorying problems in the body. It is useful for problems that are physical and emotional.
Most psychologists treat the mind as disembodied, a phenomenon with little or no connection to the physical body. Conversely, physicians treat the body with no regard to the mind or the emotions. But the body and mind are not separate, and we cannot treat one without the other. Dr. Candace Pert.
I trained over several years to become a journey practitioner by its originator, Brandon Bays. You might like to read her best-selling book:
Bays, B. (2012) The Journey : a practical guide to healing your life. New York: Atria Books.You can buy the book through Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Journey-Practical-Healing-Setting-Yourself/dp/145166561X
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