My Professional Qualifications And Memberships

• Registered Psychotherapist: Member of PBANZ

• Member of EMDRNZ

• Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy

• Certificate in Professional Mentoring and Supervision

• Certificate in EMDR

• Level 1 Certificate in Imago Relationship Counselling

• Master NLP Life Coaching Certificate

• ACC Registered (sensitive Claims)

• Family Court Approved

• Diploma in Teaching

• Enrolled Nurse

• Cert Maternity Nursing

How I Work

I have many years' experience dealing with men, women, LGBGTI, teenagers to the elderly, from countries all over the world from a number of different religious and spiritual backgrounds and who have a wide range of issues in life that they want to deal with. 

Alongside a private practice I have also been a business owner, business coach, facilitator, trainer, and tutor at a counselling institute. I have worked in several clinical services including Drug and Alcohol, Sexual Health, Refugee Torture and Trauma, Family Court (relationship counselling and meditation) ACC for sexual assault, as a financial coach, a counselling tutor and as Head of Guidance at two High Schools.

I few years ago I had a two year sabbatical to work and travel overseas. While away I trained as a maternity nurse (post natal care) which I thoroughly enjoyed, and I worked with some newborns and their families in China, London and Europe.

On a personal note: I am a mother of an adult son and an adoring grandmother. I live in the city and on Waiheke Island. I enjoy photography, camping, cycling, water, bush, travelling, cinematography, reading, ukulele, singing among other things  and I am always up for learning something new.

I love the privilege of working alongside people who are wanting to change their life direction when they feel lost, lonely stuck or unhappy and /or who want to create healthy and successful relationships and give clarity of vision in their life. I work with clients on a short or long term basis, either face to face in my inner city office or by skype. 

I originally trained as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, and I continuously up skill. I have also completed trainings in:

• EMDR

• Imago Relationship Counselling

• Trauma counselling (sexual assault, torture , trauma, accidents),

• Drug and alcohol and other addictions,

• Sexual health/identity/functions and dysfunction,

• Life coaching,

• Timeline therapy,

• Neuro linguistic programming(NLP),

• Mindfulness,

• Sand tray therapy,

• Interactive drawing therapy,

• Holistic treatments for depression and anxiety,

• Business coaching,

• Supervision and mentoring,

• Financial coaching

• Vulnerable Children’s workshop

• Restorative Justice training

• Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction

• Financial Coaching

• Interpreter Training (working with Refugees and Migrants)

• Suicide prevention

Some people want fast effective results which require a more focused, goal orientated approach (though EMDR also achieves this),and some people engage in a longer term treatment. The choice is yours; I am able to work in both ways.

Ms Sam Mitchell

Grad Dip Psychotherapy, Cert Professional Mentoring and Supervision,  Dip Tching, Master NLP Coaching, PBANZ,  ACC REG, Cert EMDR, Registered Psychotherapist, PBANZ.

Whenever I have engaged the services of a therapist, a coach or supervisor, which I have, I need to feel a rapport with them and to also feel that I can trust them to maintain my confidentiality, to listen without judgment, no matter what I say, and to be able to use their experience, knowledge and training to help me move forward.

I am able to offer you this.

You can be assured that I am a fully trained professional. I am a registered psychotherapist and counsellor which means you can be assured I am fully supervised and adhere to a code of ethics. 

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