PBANZ - The Psychotherapists Board Aotearoa New Zealand
The Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ) has been set up to protect the health and safely of members of the public by providing for mechanisms to ensure that psychotherapists are competent and fit to practice in their professions.

• I am a New Zealand registered psychotherapist.

NZAP - The New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists 
This is the national, professional overseeing body that acts for and with psychotherapists to guide, monitor and improve the service they provide to the public.

• I am a full member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (MNZAP).

• I have achieved a satisfactory completion of a final assessment accredited or set by NZAP as well as supervised clinical practice and a personal psychotherapy experience.

• I am bound by the NZAP Code of Ethics and attend regular supervision with a recognized NZAP supervisor.

• I was the registrar for the NZAP conference in 2010 (Nelson)

• I have undergone an intense, long-term analysis (direct reductive analysis) with one of the founding members of NZAP and undergone psychotherapy with two highly qualified and recognized NZAP psychotherapists (direct reductive analysis, NLP). I also underwent Reichian psychotherapy in Australia.

NZAC - The New Zealand Association of Counsellors
This is the national, professional overseeing body that acts for and with counsellors to monitor and improve the service they provide to the public.
The aim of the NZAC is to promote safe and accountable counselling services.

• I am a full member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (MNZAC). 

• I am bound by the NZAC Code of Ethics. 

• I am a past Chairperson of the Marlborough branch of the NZAC. 

• I have presented workshops and given papers at conference level for NZAC (Canterbury) 

• I have worked on two NZAC conference committees in 1997 and 1994.

• To deal with shorter term issues I have engaged with two experienced and well regarded NZAC Counsellors (TA and Person Centred)

ACC – The New Zealand Accident Compensation Corporation

• I am an accredited ACC Sexual Abuse Trauma Counsellor

NZATD 

• Previous member of New Zealand Association of Training and Development. 

• Previous executive member of NZATD (Canterbury branch).

COMMUNITY

• Marlborough Chamber of Commerce Member since 1998 

• Previous MCOC Vice President and Business Awards Chairperson

• Former board member of the Marlborough Health Trust

• Former board member of the Millennium Art Gallery

• Member of the New Zealand Author’s Association

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