Change it Psychology – Focus on change

Kia ora and welcome!

At Change it Psychology I focus on change. I help you change habits, thinking, beliefs, and behaviour that is not serving you.

I help you identify patterns that are causing problems or keeping you stuck in your life.  Change begins with mindfully noticing patterns, understanding where they came from and how they were originally generally helpful. Together, we then work towards different and more effective ways of being.

I offer individual and couple sessions, a warm, non-judgemental environment, therapy drawing from a range of approaches, and a central Auckland location.

My clients tend to describe themselves as either highly rational, problem solving types who perhaps haven’t had a lot of practice getting to know their own emotional worlds or those of others (very often people in the corporate world); and on the opposite end, some clients would say that they feel life experiences very intensely and have a vivid emotional world that can feel overwhelming and highly distressing (often creative professionals). Of course, many of us have times where we would identify with both rational and emotional parts of our experience and therapy can explore the many sides of us.

Life challenges I commonly work with include:

• anxiety
• stress
• burnout
• trauma
• mid-life crises
• depression and mood related problems
• relationship challenges
• parenting challenges
• sexuality
• grief and loss

Change The World – Know your values and become more aware by Dr. Mary Grogan

Counselling & Therapy

Counselling is a broad term to describe many different forms of talking therapy. At Change it Psychology, I specialize in change, through exploration and self- discovery.  What happens in therapy can feel like magic (but it’s actually grounded in scientific experimental psychology including mindfulness, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), positive psychology, neuroscience and attachment research) and many people find it transformative.

If you are experiencing anxiety, stress, low mood, depression, low self-esteem, eating issues, or problems in your relationships, I will work with you to help you understand what could be causing and maintaining your difficulties and offer new ways of approaching these issues.  Ultimately, we all know that people not only want help to get out of a hole, but also to not fall in again and to take a different path next time!

As a result of our sessions, you gain insight, new skills and a deeper understanding of yourself and others. You’ll continue thinking and practicing what we talk about long after our sessions end. Your life becomes more aligned as you live according to your values and what matters to you.

If you are experiencing stress or anxiety – including feeling worried, tense, on edge, a sense that you can’t let things go, feeling like thousands of thoughts are overwhelming you, wishing you had an “off” switch… we can help you gain a different perspective.

If you are experiencing low mood or depression – including a sense that everything is too much, and you have lots of negative thoughts, you’ll be relieved to hear that depression is generally very treatable and we can help you.

If you are experiencing concern about your weight or eating patterns – feeling like you sabotage yourself or struggle with emotional eating, we can help you break the habits that are holding you back.

If you are concerned about your relationship, we can help you and your partner come to a new understanding of each other, and change entrenched patterns that are causing dissatisfaction.