Closing Dates: Wingspan will be closing for the summer break from 19.12.2025 to 12.01.2026.
At Wingspan we are fortunate to have a great team of talented counsellors who each have different life experiences, interests and expertise.
All our counsellors are professionally trained and members of a professional body such as the New Zealand Association of Counselling, Australia New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW), or the New Zealand Christian Counsellors Association (NZCCA). Wingspan is an approved service provider of the Ministry of Social Development and Oranga Tamariki, and is audited annually.
Type of Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
Provisional member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Anna (she/her) opens up a warm and welcoming space for people to reflect on their experiences and explore their difficulties, challenges, and joys together. She takes a person-centred approach to working with clients, listening deeply and with compassion, and draws on a variety of therapeutic models to see what might work best for each person. Anna is particularly interested in Internal Family Systems and creative approaches to working — but mostly, she is interested in people. This comes in part from her background in journalism — she brings a love for hearing people's stories, an awareness of how social and systemic factors affect individuals, and a deep sense of appreciation for the creative ways people survive and grow, even in impossible circumstances.
Availability
Saturday
Type of Counselling
Individual Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
A provisional member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Annette (she/her) is compassionate, authentic, and non-judgemental.
As a person-centred practitioner, Annette aims to create a supportive and collaborative space and to identify and build on client's strengths to make meaningful change in their lives. Utilising a relational and integrative framework, she draws on a range of theories and tailors her approach to best suit the client's needs to foster and support change. With a real appreciation for a client's resilience despite adversity, Annette is passionate about helping them expand their skills to thrive.
Her previous experience mentoring youth and working alongside people with disabilities led her to return to study for a Bachelor of Health Science in Counselling, after a creative career in design and project management. Counselling experience includes working with children, young people, and adults struggling with anxiety and depression, self-esteem, relationship dynamics, trauma, grief, identity, and life transitions.
Availability
Monday, Wednesday
Type of Counselling
Individual Counselling | Couple Counselling | Family Counselling | Adolescent Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Clarence (aka Cash) regards counselling as a devotion to assisting others in a collaborative journey to achieve their goals, overcome barriers and to explore alternatives in their lives which will create meaning, fulfilment, harmony and stability.
As an integrative systemic counsellor, he has worked with individuals, couples, families and groups who present with diverse issues including relationships and mental health.
He has a successful background in teaching various cultures for many years across three continents.
Availability
Type of Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Yes – offers Clinical Supervision Services
Qualification
Membership
Member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
David came to New Zealand at the age of 32 from Britain. Throughout his adult life, he has had a passionate interest in self-discovery and understanding. He has worked as a full-time counsellor since then, supporting people with, grief, anxiety, loneliness, depression, addictions, and relationship difficulties. He has a love for working with couples and is part qualified as an Imago therapist and is also using skills learned from Susan Johnson’s Emotional Focused Therapy to support creating loving and intimate relationships.
David has deep compassion for people with trauma and supports them in a person-centered way by helping clients to heal early wounds and gain skills to deal with life’s challenges, often using the I.F.S (Internal Family Systems) approach.
He trained for eight years with the Auckland psychodrama training center and enjoys working with action methods and addressing early family experiences as needed for healing and awareness. He has a love for working with dreams and has trained with Margaret Bowater and completed a dream leadership certificate. He enjoys supporting others to find purpose and meaning in their lives through meditation and insight inquiry to deepen their understanding of the self.
Availability
Wednesday
Type of Counselling
Individual Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
Provisional Member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Before starting her learning at Manukau Institute of Technology, Frances’s career path was in accounting and finance management where listening and supporting people were key to their success in the team. Disability brought forward the need for Frances to train for a new career that utilises her natural abilities, empathy, and passion.
Frances has always had a passion to support people in need. Her humanistic foundation has deepened the importance of supporting others to rediscover their own abilities and skills to manoeuvre through any impasse they may come to.
Frances has a deep interest in working alongside people who have experienced trauma, problems with interpersonal relationships, grief, and difficult life changes that limit their potential and well-being.
As a Mum of two children, 22 and 12, Frances has personal experience with ADHD and child learning difficulties with her younger son. Despite these little speed bumps, she cherishes the young woman her daughter has become and the wonderful young person her son is becoming.
Availability Central
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Type of Counselling
Individual Counselling | Couples Counselling | Family Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Frances retrained as a counsellor in 2006, bringing a wealth of life experience and a strong background in psychology to her practice. She is passionate about helping individuals navigate life's challenges and believes in the beauty of life, despite its occasional pain and sadness. Frances feels privileged to support people during their difficult times.
Availability
Saturday
Type of Counselling
Individual Counselling
Couples Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
Provisional member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Ginnie brings the experience of immigration and settlement, family trauma, and building resilience and awareness of self. Providing neuro-affirming counselling, Ginnie helps clients understand their unique selves and how best to create ease and contentment in their own lives. Using a pluralist approach and an internal family systems lens, Ginnie forms collaborative, strengths-based relationships with clients who are journeying into their preferred way of living.
When not at work, Ginnie will be on a yoga mat, a bicycle, or in the garden.
Availability
Tuesday, Thursday
Type of Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
Provisional member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Riley (he/him) is a counsellor with two years of experience in the field and is currently completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling at the University of Auckland. Most of his work has been as a supervisor on a helpline supporting children and young people aged 5 to 19. Before moving into counselling, he worked as a social worker in South Auckland, walking alongside children and families through times of challenge and change.
In his practice, Riley draws on a range of approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Pluralism, and Narrative techniques. He enjoys working with people from all walks of life and has a particular paassion and depth of experience in supporing children and families.
When he's not working, you'll often find him enjoying the outdoors—usually with his puppy in tow—exploring the bush or wandering along the beach.
Availability
Monday, Tuesday
Type of Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
Student member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Anjali has an interest in youth and adolescent mental health and experience working with young people aged 10-18, as well as adults. Her work has enabled her to develop a deep understanding of the unique challenges faced by individuals across different stages of life.
Anjali uses a person-centered approach, which places her clients as the leaders of their life while working with them in a collaborative manner to explore paths they would like to take in their lives. In her practice, she touches on various modalities, such as narrative therapy and creative therapies, to support her clients.
Anjali's practice is shaped by a cultural lens based on lived experiences, and she is committed to providing a safe and compassionate space for clients of all backgrounds.
Availability
Wednesday
Type of Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
Student member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Paula uses her curiosity, life experience, and studies in counselling, psychology, and psychotherapy to work with clients to understand how the client's past and current issues are impacting their present life situation, and then to identify what they need to do to move towards a future situation, in which the client is able to live a fulfilled and meaningful life and is sustained by successful relationships, based on caring and effective communication.
Fascinated by the transformational possibilities that counselling and therapy offer, Paula works as a relational, person-centered therapist, building a strong therapeutic relationship with the client.
Paula works in a pluralistic way, involving her client in the decision of which counselling tools would best help in each situation, and using tools from modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, and Gestalt.
Availability
Saturday
Type of Counselling
Clinical supervision services
Does not provide Clinical Supervision
Qualification
Membership
Student member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC)
Bio
Sue is a person-centred, pluralistic practitioner with a keen interest in bicultural practice. She comes from an education background and brings an understanding of working with both children and adults.
Sue has experience in supporting families who have a loved one with a mental illness and has both lived and working experience with neurodiversity. She has worked with grief and loss, helping individuals navigate the complexities of bereavement and significant life transitions.
Sue draws on mindfulness practices, solution-focused therapies, and life experience to support clients in developing agency and empowerment in their lives. She is deeply committed to providing a compassionate space for those processing life's challenges, enabling them to find meaning and resilience.
Her work is strength-based, collaborative, and affirming, ensuring that clients feel supported and valued on their journey.
Availability
Friday
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