Finding the right connection matters.
Our team brings together independent practitioners with different skills, backgrounds and approaches to care.
Tell us what you are looking for in a clinician, including any cultural, language or access needs. Our triage team can help you explore a suitable match.
Ginny is passionate about working with people from all walks of life, bringing 30 years of experience in the field and a bundle of hope.
Her beautiful therapy dog, Gracie, also joins her in the counselling space.
George is a registered addiction practitioner supporting people to recover from trauma. He has experience in alcohol and drug and mental health support for young people, adults and whānau.
Counsellor
Charlotte is an ACC-registered counsellor with experience and training in mental health, social work and counselling. She is passionate about difference and diversity.
Speech-language therapist
Nicole is a registered speech-language therapist, supporting people to recover from trauma through cognition-, voice- and language-based therapies.
She often supports clients with narrative language skills, helping them to process information and share their experiences and ideas clearly with others.
She’s also passionate about working with neurodivergent children, young people and adults, and their key supports.
Occupational therapist
Kia ora koutou. I’m a registered occupational therapist with more than 15 years of diverse experience across clinical practice, leadership, training and supervisory roles. My skills include injury and vocational rehabilitation, and mental health support.
Before completing my degree, I worked as a personal trainer, prescribing rehabilitative exercise within an interdisciplinary team.
Dietitian
I’ve worked as a dietitian for 10 years, and I have a particular interest in the link between food and mood, women’s health and gut issues.
I also see clients for weight gain or loss, and for disordered eating.
Consultant psychiatrist
Robert is a consultant psychiatrist who helps people understand what they’re going through. With several decades of experience in the mental health field, he has developed expertise in working with people who have experienced trauma.
Robert is well versed in providing third-party reports, and reports for ACC Sensitive Claims, Physical Injury and Treatment Injury. He navigates complex cases with ease and has a strong reputation for getting to the heart of the matter with sensitivity and compassion, leaving clients and patients feeling heard and validated.
Social worker & counsellor
Sharmaine works in mental health, with a special interest in acute depression and anxiety. She also works with couples who are going through difficult times.
As a supervisor, Sharmaine is passionate about ensuring her supervisees remain holistically well and are able to withstand the pressures often associated with many industries today.
Counsellor
For more than thirty years, I have had the honour and privilege of walking alongside people carrying trauma from past experiences. My work is rooted in deep understanding, respect, and recognition of each person’s unique journey. I support clients as they unfurl from within, heal, and grow, creating space for their own strength and wisdom to emerge.
Social worker
Ro is an experienced social worker with more than 20 years of experience across a range of sectors, including family support, community development, mental health and addictions, and homelessness and housing. She has extensive knowledge of the Christchurch community and a strong network of connections, helping her link people with the right services, resources and support.
Ro takes an empathetic, relationship-based and practical approach to her work. She meets people where they are and supports them to find solutions.
Outside of work, Ro enjoys spending time outdoors, being involved in her local New Brighton and St Albans communities, and spending time with her four adult children and three elderly cats!
ACC Sensitive Claims support
I offer several years of experience providing ACC Sensitive Claims services. I provide a safe, supportive space to explore challenges, relieve trauma symptoms and work towards agreed goals and a better quality of life.
I draw on Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy, visualisation tools and trauma-informed tools, alongside other models such as IFS. I also support clients through their ACC-funded recovery journey, helping them work towards healing, wellbeing and recovery at their own pace. I am proactive in accessing the array of supports available through ACC.
Based at the foot of beautiful Mt Oxford, clients can enjoy connecting with nature, meeting the animals and experiencing the calm, peaceful energy of the valley.
Ko Maukatere tōku mauka
Ko Rakahuri tōku awa
Ko Takitimu tōku waka
Ko Tūāhuriri me Arowhenua ōku hāpu
Ko Kāi Tahu tōku iwi
Ko Natalya Pitama ahau.
Tēnā koutou katoa.
Natalya is or has been a youth worker, registered social worker, kaupapa Māori advocate, budget advisor, disaster social worker, Royal Commission navigator, DV specialist, corporate has-been, social worker for young parents and their children, Māori advisor/chair on the CPYS Resource Panel Rangiora, curator of food parcels and Christmas hampers, Te Tiriti upholder, support letter writer, supporter in meetings, a voice if yours needs a rest, and supervisor. Wrap all that up and she is an ACC-registered social worker.
Natalya has 26 years of social work and community experience and learning, working in the Ōtautahi, Waimakariri, Hurunui, Te Tai Poutini-West Coast and Hurirapa-South Canterbury areas. She works as a kind, easy, supportive, kaupapa Māori professional. Building relationships and maintaining them are important to her practice. She also likes birds.
Social services
Matiu has worked in social services since 1988/89. He works with individuals, couples and groups, and co-designs policy and therapeutic programmes.
Matiu is attentive to each client's needs, balancing these with the approaches best suited to them.
Counsellor
Kia ora, my name is Anji Piper-Beckett, a counsellor registered with the NZ Association of Counsellors.
I work from a holistic lens, caring about all aspects of your health, your journey and your aspirations. I welcome people from diverse cultures and from the LGBTQI+ community.
I have a wide life experience, which leads me to approach healing with compassion and connection. I offer an integrative, strength-based approach using skills including psychoeducation, neuroexperiential and somatic modalities.
Our team is growing. Further practitioner profiles will be added with each practitioner’s approval.
Our clinicians operate their own private practices and contract with 701 Begin Again to provide their specialist services. Your lead provider helps bring the relevant parts of your care together.
You can discuss your goals, preferences and any concerns about the fit with your clinician or our team.
Tell us what matters to you when looking for support.