Sue Parr

Counselling can be genuinely life-changing. It can provide you with greater self-understanding, healthier thought patterns, practical coping skills and a more positive approach to life.

Counselling Benefits:

• Developing more constructive relationships
• Improving one’s emotional responses
• Conquering self-doubt and gaining greater confidence
• Building self-esteem and self-belief
• Taking action when feeling stuck
• Exploring one’s feelings
• Treating yourself more compassionately
• Managing stress and life challenges more effectively

Life Counselling

I offer counselling for personal challenges. I counsel in many life areas. I work primarily with adults. I am also available to work with high school-aged teenagers.

Areas I can help you with include:

• anxiety
• self-esteem
• grief and loss
• bereavement
• managing emotions
• guilt
• shame
• trauma
• stress
• social stressors
• relationship, friendship, and family issues

Challenging Work Situations

Challenging work situations are one of my specialities. We work together to explore your concerns and design strategies that will help you with experiencing redundancy, career transitions, job loss and uncertainty, workplace issues, organisational change, stress and burnout and retirement. I have had an extensive management career and have a Masters in Organisational Psychology. I have worked with many clients experiencing challenging work exits including redundancy situations.  Additionally, I work as a Career Practitioner and have Professional Membership with the Career Development Association of New Zealand.

Areas I can help you with include:

• Redundancy
• Career Transition
• Workplace Issues
• Job Loss and Uncertainty
• Organisational Change
• Stress and burnout
• Retirement

About Me

I work in the Birkenhead area in Auckland in-person, online and over the telephone.

I am a warm, empathetic and open-minded counsellor offering you a safe space to explore your concerns. We discuss the type of counselling that suits you best and work together at your pace. 

I am registered with the New Zealand Association of Counsellors and abide by their Code of Ethics (see their website for more information).

I offer a free 15 min phone consultation prior to booking an initial session. I am currently accepting new clients.

For more information do look at my website. Please feel free to get in contact.  I look forward to hearing from you.

Approaches we can take

• Person-Centred
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Motivational Interviewing
• Solution Focussed
• Strengths Based
• Mindfulness
• Te Whare Tapa Whā
• Coaching