Counselling
We offer a free assessment phone call or meeting, to help work out how we can best support you on your grief journey. This may be with our companioning service, support groups or counselling, or a combination of all three.
Please contact us to arrange this.
If counselling is needed, we can offer one free session with one of our Counsellors. After this first session, you can choose to continue with the Counsellor at your own cost as a private client.
We have several registered Counsellors who work from the Loss and Grief Centre.
We are a provider for Aoake te Ra which gives people who have been bereaved by suicide access to a free therapeutic service.
For more information please contact us, or follow the link below and search under Loss and Grief Kapiti, to find us as a provider.
Counsellors
Sancia Duncan
I have a Masters in Counselling and am a registered member of the New Zealand Christian Counsellors Association. In sessions with clients I use a pluralistic approach that is client centred and based on the needs of the individual. I believe that each individual has within them the resources needed to make change. I see it as a privilege to support and journey alongside people offering hope as they grapple with the challenges in life. You can expect to feel valued, respected and heard in sessions with me without judgement. I work with ACC sensitive claim clients, families that are with the Child Cancer Foundation and clients who are grappling with the many forms of loss, grief and trauma that living in this world can bring. I also have experience working with adults and youth from a wide variety of cultures and backgrounds.
Letitia Geldenhuys
What a privilege it is to be working as a counsellor at the Loss and Grief Centre Kapiti and to be able to support those in need through difficult times.
I immigrated to New Zealand in 2013 from South Africa and was able to retrain as a counsellor in 2022 as my calling and passion is to work with those most in need of support on a journey of healing.
I believe that no matter what may come our way, we all have an inner strength to carry us through tough situations. My aim is to support the clients I work with to realise and find their inner strength and live a meaningful life with confidence. My work is based upon Christian values that strive to build up and empower my clients in a nonjudgmental and meaningful way. I use a pluralistic approach in my work as each client is unique. I will endeavour to listen, hear and understand you in a safe, caring and loving environment with the knowledge that you are the expert of your life.
I work with ACC sensitive claims clients, through Aoake to Ra for Bereaved by Suicide clients and travel alongside clients dealing with many forms of loss and grief. As a wife, mother and daughter, I know the many hats we wear to care for others yet we at times
forget to care for ourselves. Making the decision to start a counselling journey takes courage and signifies motivation to change. Welcome to a journey of healing, self-discovery, and support. God Bless
Private Counselling Room 1
Counselling Room 2
working together for a better tomorrow
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