Counselling Services
Please register through our contact page or call the office to arrange an appointment. Face to face and online/phone support available.
Meet Bridget Farmiloe, our lead counsellor with a Master's in Counselling Studies from Massey University and a full membership with NZAC. Since joining us in 2018, Bridget has been dedicated to helping women navigate tough times, offering support with issues like healthy relationships, loss, change, anxiety, and parenting. She adapts her approach to fit your needs, drawing from various therapy methods to ensure you feel heard and supported. Six free sessions are available with Bridget for women with dependent children 18 years and under. WINZ subsidised counselling is also available for eligible women. Funding for younger women can be accessed through Gumboot Friday.
Shannon is currently working towards her NZAC registration and completing a Master of Counselling through Massey University. Shannon completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance in 2023, also from Massey University.
Before beginning counsellor training Shannon had a 20 year career in adult education and workplace training. Shannon is passionate about offering accessible counselling to wahine in Warkworth. She works in a variety of areas including trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression. She has a special interest in working with older wahine experiencing change and personal life challenges.
We are excited to announce that we have some amazing counselling interns working with our centre this year! They bring a range of life experiences and a passion for helping others, and we can't wait for you to meet them. Counselling sessions with our interns are free.
Shannon
Bridget - Lead Counsellor
Tess
Heike
After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology Heike is now studying counselling at Manukau Institute of Technology. Originally from germany, Heike has been living in Aotearoa for 20 years and lives in a tiny home with her beloved dachshund Minnie. She has been a Victim Support volunteer for 2.5 years and is also working as a psychiatric assistant in an acute mental health facility. A certified beach bum, Heike prefers sunshine over rain and loves spending time with friends and trying any cuisine thats out there. Heike is comitted to working with all women in a non judgemental and supporting them through challenges and the unique stressors women can face.
Tess is a student Psychotherapist at AUT, who is excited to join the team at the Women's Centre.
She is passionate about helping others explore whatever's moving in their life, with an open and honouring lens, to support them in feeling heard, held, and able to flourish.
She loves to be in nature and will be holding a women's walking group on Fridays, alongside her 1:1 sessions.
She is also a qualified Embodied Imagination Practitioner, supporting others in finding meaning and gleaning personal insight from their dreams, altered state visions, and memories. She works 1:1 in this field, as well as facilitating group workshops.
Aside from this, Tess also has experience working with young people, people with different abilities, 1:1 and in groups.
