Fees for counselling

Adults

Subsidised Counselling Prices for ADULTS effective from 16th October 2024 for a maximum of TEN sessions.*

Registered Counsellor - Couples $70 Adult $50

Student Counsellor - Couples $40 Adult $30

Follow Up / Private Counselling Prices for ADULTS effective from 16th October 2024

Registered Counsellor - Couples $120 Adult $100

Student Counsellor - Couples $65 Adult $55

*Referrals from external agencies will be charged at the full counselling rate. **WINZ clients may be eligible to receive an allowance for their counselling sessions.

Children under 18

Children may be able to access 10 fully funded sessions. Our counselling coordinator will speak to you about this once we receive your referral. Conditions must be met to receive this funding.

Follow Up / Private Counselling Prices for Children effective from 16th October 2024

Registered Counsellor - $70 Student Counsellor - $40

Fees are payable at the time of the appointment by cash or EFTPOS or through online banking.

FFSS reserves the right to charge full fees for all missed appointments or appointments cancelled at short notice.

Counselling Services

What is counselling

Counselling can help people cope with life's challenges and help you in your pursuit to wellbeing.

Counselling can be hugely beneficial in helping you to cope with depression and anxiety, bereavement, relationship challenges and personal problem solving.

Our counselling service provides you with a safe and confidential space to work through your concerns.

counselling service at Franklin Family Support

Counselling can assist with:

Grief
Stress
Relationships
Depression
Anxiety
Parenting
Abuse
Anger
Family

Our counsellors work within the guidelines of the Code of Ethics as required by NZAC and Franklin Family Support Services Policies and Procedures.

We respect confidentiality unless your safety or that of others is at risk.

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Our Counsellors

Martina

(B.App.Soc.Sci) (Counselling), NZAC registered counsellor, Registered FDR voice of the child mediator.

Tina has trained in client-centered Therapy. She has worked in the Waiuku/Franklin community for several years. Tina has over 20 years of experience in working with children and young people through a range of roles, youth leader, daycares, teacher aide, and a nanny.

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This has given her a great deal of experience in working with a child through each developmental stage - from newborn to late adolescent.

Tina grew up in Ireland, has strong family and community values, which she incorporates into her work. She knows the importance of family/whanau and community/hapu to shape and grow happy, healthy children and young people.

Tina uses a child-centered and family-focused approach to deliver the best results for both child and family. She uses creative and play approaches to engage with the child or young person. This method helps them to communicate their stress or worries. Her strengths are building a strong rapport or therapeutic relationship, age-appropriate communication, advocation, and working as part of a team to ensure the best outcome for her client.

Charlotte

Bachelor of Applied counselling (B.A. Counselling), Certificate in visual arts (CVA), Bachelor of visual arts (BVA), Provisional member of NZAC

Charlotte’s approach is client led and person centered with an emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, authenticity, compassion, awareness, and inner self strength. Charlotte is very passionate about the needs and support of others and their unique experiences and a strong advocate for holistic mental health.

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Janita

Bachelor of Applied Counselling (B.A. Counselling), Provisional member of NZAC

Janita has a passion for people and for seeing her client’s recognise their strengths and feel empowered for change. Her client-centered approach means that she personalises her work to suit the needs of the client, and she aims to work collaboratively in every aspect of the counselling experience. Janita work’s with adults, teens and children, and is driven to help people develop tools that will equip them to go forward with confidence.

Regina

Bachelor of Applied Counselling (B.A Counselling), Provisional member of NZAC

Regina has been working in the Mental Health and Addictions space supporting its leaders with business management and improvement and change projects for over 5 years. In 2021 she started her Bachelors in Applied Counselling so she could also support people in our community at the forefront of their distress.

More about Regina

“It is a privilege when someone comes to see me and then decides to share their most vulnerable moments with me. I will be there to listen and hear you, most of all to feel acknowledged for the courage to seek support with what life presents. Have you heard the saying ‘two heads are better than one’? This is most often so true!”

Regina has been with Franklin Family Support Services since the start of 2021 as a student counsellor and will complete her studies at the end of 2022. She has studied as a pluralistic counsellor combining a person-centered approach across multiple therapies such as Gestalt, creative expressive art, behavior modification, progressive relaxation and desensitization, narrative therapy, and the cultural health models of Fonofale and Whare tapa whā. Regina has special interest in contemplative sciences and mindful based approaches, and working with our rangatahi to get the help they need as early as they can.

Centean

Student Counsellor

3rd year Bachelor of Applied Counselling (B.A Counselling), National Certificate in Mental Health and Addiction Support (Level 4), Interactive Drawing Therapy (Foundation Level),

Centean advocates for a holistic and collaborative approach to wellness. She firmly believes in the healing power of connection/whakawhanaungatanga and the therapeutic relationships ability to facilitate growth and enhance the mana of both client and counsellor. She is passionate about supporting clients to recognise their inherent resilience, increase self-awareness, and tap into their own innate wisdom and creativity. Her kaupapa is to help clients discover who they want to be and to empower them to live a life aligned with their true values and aspirations.

Centean is of Ngāi Tūhoe descent and is currently on a journey to reclaim her own taha māori.

More about Centean

Centean previously worked as a community support worker for 10 years in dual disability services, which is where her dedication to the person-centered approach first developed. Centean's lived experience of mental health challenges inspired her to pursue a career in counselling and has led her to explore a multitude of therapeutic avenues herself throughout the years. This firsthand experience equips her with a deep well of knowledge, empathy, and authenticity that she channels into her professional practice.

She uses a range of modalities in sessions and is trained in Interactive Drawing Therapy (Foundation Level). Centean appreciates how creative interventions have the capacity to bring information from the client’s subconscious mind into their conscious awareness, and how such insights can serve as a catalyst for change. She has an interest in attachment theory and previously facilitated the “Incredible Years” parenting programme at FFSS. Additionally, she is also interested in trauma and strategies for managing emotional dysregulation, as well as non-western approaches to healing.

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