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Lea
Registered Psychotherapist
Lea
Counselling and Psychotherapy Christchurch NZ
Hi I'm Lea,
I am a registered psychotherapist and have a Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology, I am certified in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, and am a certified Buddhist chaplain.
I work with adults experiencing a range of personal issues. If you are looking for a deeper level of understanding as to how you got to be as you are and how you might move forward, I can help.
You might consider psychotherapy if:
- You experience anxiety or depression.
- Have difficulty enjoying life, feeling hopeful, and experiencing pleasure
- Have difficulty maintaining a job, a family, friendships, and other relationships
- Experience persistent and regular negative thoughts about your ability to achieve, be successful and deserving
- Have intense and disturbing emotional reactions that seem out of place with the present situation.
- Feel frozen or stuck in familiar circumstances without understanding why
- Feel detached from oneself and the world
- Experience grief and loss
I am trained to help you discover and change habitual physical and psychological patterns that impede optimal functioning and well-being. We will work together towards integrating what has happened in the past and to develop wholesome ways to alleviate suffering and cultivate happiness in the present.
I work for The Nelson Clinic, ACC, WINZ, EAP and in private practice. If you have any questions or would like to contact me for a free 15 minute consultation please contact me via the Send a message - button.
Lea
Online therapy
A 60 minute session via zoom
Qualifications and registrations
Professional Qualifications
Professional Development
- Bachelor of Social Sciences in Psychology
- Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
- Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Advanced Clinical Practice
- Hakomi Psychotherapy Graduate
- Buddhist Chaplain
Professional Development
- Trauma Sensitive Mindfulness (MTIA)
- Teaching Mindfulness in the Workplace (Oxford University's Mindfulness Centre)
- Teaching MBCT-L and Peace in a frantic World curriculum (Oxford University's Mindfulness Centre)
Registrations
Lea is listed among the counsellors in Christchurch.
Therapy languages
Specialisations
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
12 Session package
12 Session package
Learn the life-changing tools of mindfulness meditation with cognitive skills to:
• Find calm, increase focus and reduce stress to avoid burnout
• Increase self-care and resilience
• Enhance self-compassion, moving away from rumination and self-criticism
MBCT is a clinically trialled and evidence-based eight-week program for managing stress, anxiety and depression. Recommended by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence, UK for the treatment of recurrent depression and to manage ruminative thinking and anxiety.
Most common issues I support people with:
- Anxiety or depression.
- Difficulty enjoying life, feeling hopeful, and experiencing pleasure
- Difficulty maintaining a job, a family, friendships, and other relationships
- Persistent and regular negative thoughts about your ability to achieve, be successful and deserving
- Intense and disturbing emotional reactions that seem out of place with the present situation.
- Feeling frozen or stuck in familiar circumstances without understanding why
- Feeling detached from oneself and the world
- Grief and loss
Issues I can help with
- Abuse
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Being a perfectionist
- Being assertive
- Body image
- Bullying
- Burnout
- Communication
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Eating problems
- Fear
- Feeling lonely
- Grief & loss
- Hyperventilation
- Jealousy
- Low self esteem
- Obsessive compulsive disorder
- Panic attack
- Parenting
- Phobia
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Relationship issues
- Self confidence
- Setting boundaries
- Sleep problems
- Social phobia
- Stress
- Trauma
- Workplace stress
- Worrying too much
Fees
- $130 per one hour session
Availability (Opening hours)
| monday | - |
| tuesday | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| wednesday | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| thursday | 9:00AM - 5:00PM |
| friday | 9.00AM - 5.00PM |
| saturday | - |
| sunday | - |
It is making a significant difference
Lea’s guidance through the MCBT programme has been invaluable in personalising strategies to best suit my needs and circumstances.
Her willingness to be flexible with dates and times has made it possible for me to do the course amidst huge change.
That has been much appreciated because MBCT practice is enabling me to navigate this season in my life with relative ease. It is making a significant difference.
Her willingness to be flexible with dates and times has made it possible for me to do the course amidst huge change.
That has been much appreciated because MBCT practice is enabling me to navigate this season in my life with relative ease. It is making a significant difference.
Debbie | Australia | June 14 2025
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Gentle and respectful
I have been fortunate to enjoy 8 sessions of Mindfulness training with Lea. Her approach has always been gentle and respectful. I have learnt strategies to enable me to function more calmly when faced with stressful situations in my everyday life.
Taylor | Nelson | June 25 2022
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Thanks Lea!
I have been lucky enough to have been working with Lea for nearly six months. I started seeing Lea as part of my battle with cancer. Not only is this disease physically demanding, the mental toll is very taxing as well. The work I have done so far with Lea has been a key factor in me keeping my mental state in good health.
I was diagnosed in May 2018 and the road has been hard. Where I struggled most, was the extreme “high’s and low’s” I was having in my battle with cancer. Lea has helped me take more control of the present and that has allowed me to have a much more balanced experience with life (& death).
I can honestly say Lea has helped me in the direction I had been trying for but couldn’t find on my own, and the tools I have learnt from her are helping me stay on that path. Thanks Lea!
I was diagnosed in May 2018 and the road has been hard. Where I struggled most, was the extreme “high’s and low’s” I was having in my battle with cancer. Lea has helped me take more control of the present and that has allowed me to have a much more balanced experience with life (& death).
I can honestly say Lea has helped me in the direction I had been trying for but couldn’t find on my own, and the tools I have learnt from her are helping me stay on that path. Thanks Lea!
Jason | Nelson | May 20 2022
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Thanks so much
Thanks so much again for a life changing 8 weeks (MBCT). This practice is changing the relationship I have with myself, my thoughts, feelings and my actions and transforming the way I relate to and connect with the world (environment and people) around me every day in surprising ways.
Samantha Vandenhoek | Australia | January 11 2022
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Lea has such a caring nature who listens well and has a lot of empathy
I met Lea on one of her amazing mindfullness courses that’s life changing and continued to see Lea for counselling at the beginning of my grief journey. I absolutely can recommend Lea to anyone needing some help through any life challenging journey. Lea has such a caring nature who listens well and has a lot of empathy. I felt comfortable with Lea which is so important to be able to open up and feel trust. Well Recommended
Shelley | Nelson | April 29 2022
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I strongly recommend Lea
I am extremely fortunate to have had a series of psychotherapy sessions with Lea. She is a sensitive, empathetic and professional therapist who really helped me cope with my family background, medical history and life experiences in a positive way.
I feel privileged to have started this ongoing process with Lea who used her knowledge of psychotherapy and deep understanding of mindfulness to provide me with the tools I needed to become more accepting and positive.
I strongly recommend Lea as a psychotherapist
I feel privileged to have started this ongoing process with Lea who used her knowledge of psychotherapy and deep understanding of mindfulness to provide me with the tools I needed to become more accepting and positive.
I strongly recommend Lea as a psychotherapist
Margret | Christchurch | February 3 2022
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I cherish the time I had with Lea
I found Lea incredibly caring, and she always made an effort to understand me and challenged me in ways that worked for me.
I would have no hesitation to recommend her for anybody that I care about.
I cherish the time I had with Lea; she is a very caring person who has great tools to help others.
I would have no hesitation to recommend her for anybody that I care about.
I cherish the time I had with Lea; she is a very caring person who has great tools to help others.
Odette | Nelson | December 18 2021
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Incredibly helpful
Lea showed that she listened carefully to what I said, as she often referred back to points I had made and was able to weave those points back into the conversation.
Lea helped me to feel how my body reacts and where my body reacts. This has proved incredibly helpful outside the counselling sessions and has made me far more aware of my stress and anxiety levels and how to help myself.
Lea helped me to feel how my body reacts and where my body reacts. This has proved incredibly helpful outside the counselling sessions and has made me far more aware of my stress and anxiety levels and how to help myself.
Ali Davis | Motueka | November 30 2021
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