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Driftwood Therapy counselling services with Emma Newcombe. Based in Nelson New Zealand. All issues are welcome, including relationships and attachment, migration and racism, workplace challenges, environmental grief, and long covid.

Welcome

Counselling at Driftwood Therapy is about getting to know what works for you. Life can be a joy, a grind, an adventure, and a source of confusion. We are unique and complex beings, and sometimes it is useful to have help working out how life has shaped us, how to manage the present, or how to take our next steps.

I am curious, non-judgmental and open. Our sessions will be structured around your needs and goals.  I’m here to support you to share, understand, and process life’s challenges. Also, sessions don’t need to be all seriousness and hard work. Laughter and celebration can be as much a part of counselling as the tough stuff is.

Colour photograph of Coquille Bay, Abel Tasman, Nelson, New Zealand, at sunrise. Driftwood sculpture in the foreground. Photo: Emma Newcombe.

Any issues you bring to our sessions are welcome. Some of my particular interests or relevant life experience include relationships and attachment, migration and racism, workplace challenges, environmental grief, and long covid.

All genders, cultures, neurotypes, sexualities, ages and abilities are welcome and I will do everything in my power to keep you safe and meet you where you are at. Whether you lead with your head or your heart; speak with few or many, sweary or polite words; whatever walk of life you come from, we can work together on whatever issues or challenges you bring to our sessions.

For more information about counselling with me, see the Counselling agreement.

About me

Emma Newcombe, counsellor working with Internal Family Systems Therapy and Interpersonal neurobiology. [Front profile, black and white photograph]

Kia ora, My name is Emma Newcombe. I am a Pākehā born and raised in the South Island. I have also lived in the UK and South America.

I have experience of corporate and academic environments, and have worked in creative and scientific roles. I am both a practical outdoorsy type and a lover of the arts.

I have counselling experience with youth and adults. I am also happy to work in Spanish if you prefer (por favor, entiende que mi español esta adecuada, pero lejos de ser perfecto).

I hold New Zealand Association of Counsellors provisional registration.

My ways of working include:

Person-Centered Counselling – the understanding that you are the expert on your life, and the counselling relationship supports you to find your solutions

Parts work (Internal Family Systems) – working with different aspects of your self. Uncovering the good intentions, needs, and potential of each part

Interpersonal neurobiology – understanding how our nervous systems function, and we are affected by others’ nervous systems.

My qualifications include a bachelors degree in counselling, and training in Internal Family Systems therapy through the Internal Family Systems Counselling Association.

Availability

I am available for appointments in central Nelson (in the BNZ building on Trafalgar St) Monday afternoons, Tuesdays, and Wednesday mornings. I am also available for online sessions, using WhatsApp calling.

To make an appointment please email emma@driftwoodtherapy.nz or text or leave a voicemail on 022 463 4037 and let me know some times that would suit you.

Cost and payment

Sessions are $120, please pay in cash or via bank transfer.

Work and Income can provide funding for counselling under some circumstances, see the requirements and how to apply here.

Contact

Emma Newcombe: emma@driftwoodtherapy.nz

Phone: 022 463 4037

Please understand that I am unable to provide crisis support. If you or someone else are at serious and immediate risk, please dial 111.
Information about other acute mental health services is available from Te Whatu Ora.

Driftwood Therapy counselling services with Emma Newcombe. Based in Nelson New Zealand. All issues are welcome, including relationships and attachment, migration and racism, workplace challenges, environmental grief, and long covid.