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Welcome to Counselling & Psychotherapy Takapuna
Psychotherapy offers you the opportunity to explore and resolve these in a safe, confidential and professional setting.
About Us
Introducing Kathryn Ryan:
I have 17 years of experience, having trained and worked as a psychotherapist in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. I also spent some time working in Japan. I returned to New Zealand in 2003 and subsequently worked in private practice and Community Mental Health. I am currently working in both Specialist Psychotherapy Services and private practice.
Modalities I use in my work:
Psychodynamic and psychoanalytic theory; Attachment theory; CBT - cognitive-behavioural therapy; DBT – Dialectical Behavioural Therapy; Mentalization Based Therapy; Compassionate Mind Training; Solution Focused Brief Treatment; Self Soothing and Sensory Modulation Training.
Our Services
The aim of therapy is not primarily to achieve insights into the past, but rather to improve our self awareness.
Unfortunately, the less aware we are, the more we stay stuck in old patterns that don’t work anymore. Therapy helps us look at ourselves in a new way, which leads to new understandings and new meanings
Psychotherapy offers:
- A safe space, where painful stories and feelings can be explored
- Helps reduce your symptoms – for example, stress, anxiety, depression, irritability
- Improves your ability to cope with life and its stressors
- Helps you understand how, and why, you have become who you are
- Helps you grow in self awareness, confidence, and happiness
- Improves your ability to form more satisfying intimate relationships
- Develops a strengthened sense of inner identity and freedom to be who you are
What psychotherapy can help with:
Psychotherapy has helped many people deal with psychological or emotional distress which can be experienced in many ways including:
- Feelings of anxiety and/or panic
- Feelings of depression, sadness, grief or emptiness
- Dealing with losses such as bereavement, divorce, loss of employment, retirement
- Marital issues
- Difficulty in dealing with stress, or recovering from stressful situations
- Lack of confidence or excessive shyness
- Extreme mood swings
- Traumatic life experiences, including physical or sexual abuse.
- Difficulty making or sustaining intimate relationships
- Repeatedly becoming involved in unsatisfying or destructive relationships
- Self harm
- Alcohol issues
- Problems with food and body image
- Difficulties with strong emotions, such as anger
- Cross cultural adjustment
- Post Natal Depression and Bipolar Disorder
If you have difficulties in any of these areas, psychotherapy offers you the opportunity to explore and resolve these in a safe, confidential and professional setting.
Qualifications:
Doctor of Ministry (D.Min) . Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA, USA
Master of Social Work (MSW) - Smith College, Northampton, MA, USA (NZ Qualifications Assessment Board translated this as a Master of Social Science).
Bachelor of Theology. Otago University, Dunedin. NZ / Aotearoa
Teacher's Certificate. Auckland Education Board. NZ / Aotearoa
Memberships:
NZ Registered Psychotherapist
NZ Association of Psychotherapists
Associate member of British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists
Member of The International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy
Prior registration with The American Psychotherapy Association, (Diplomat American Psychotherapy Assn); and The US National Assn. of Social Workers, (LICSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker)
Service Categories
Counselling, Psychotherapy
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