AURORA
Nurturing Health
Developing Resilience
FABIENNE USSHER | BCouns, DipClinHyp, Registered Member with NZAC
COUNSELLOR
About my approach to Counselling
I work holistically with a range of different counselling and psychotherapeutic modalities. Bringing unconscious processes to awareness, being mindful, connecting body and mind, and using all senses are integral parts of how I work.
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Every human experience is individual and unique. I work relationally with presence, empathy, curiosity, and respect, adapting to my clients’ pace, and collaborating with my clients to find the right approaches to meet their needs. I am interested in how we can find clarity in our thoughts and become self-aware; how we can befriend our feelings, express our emotions authentically, and remain stable under stress even in difficult situations; and how we can connect to our will, be aware of our free choice, and find a balanced approach to our responsibility for ourself, others and the world.
As a trainee psychotherapist, I am currently studying with the Transactional Analysis Institute Wellington. The aim of psychotherapy is the transformation of unconscious processes, such as conflicted or self-limiting aspects of ourselves, into a more conscious, creative, spontaneous and mature way of living.
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CONTACT:
021 179 2103
fabienneusshercounselling@gmail.com
COST:
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$120 for a therapy session
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I am WINZ and ACC accredited, and I have a contract with the Vitae Employee Assistance Program.
LOCATION:
I work in person at Aurora, Lower Hutt, on Mondays. And I work online using video and phone calls on Wednesdays and Fridays.
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About myself and my work
I spent my childhood and early adulthood in Europe and moved to Aotearoa, New Zealand, 20 years ago. I have two daughters who are young adults now. I have a Degree in Counselling and a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy. I am a full member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC). I am currently working towards my registration as a Psychotherapist. Transactional Analysis is a theory of personality and a systematic psychotherapy for personal growth and personal change (International Transactional Analysis Association).
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I have 15 years of practice experience working as a therapist with adults, and adolescents, supporting clients through stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, (complex) post-traumatic stress disorder, neuro- and gender-diversity, anger issues, mild addictive behaviour, chronic illness, grief and loss, parenting issues, phobias, difficult relationships, sexual/ physical/ psychological abuse, and emotional as well as physical pain.
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I am dedicated to my own daily practice of meditation and self-care - including witnessing beauty in nature, moving, breathing, and grounding. I believe that I can only share what I experience myself and make my own.
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I work for Sexual Abuse HELP Wellington and Indigo House as an ACC contract counsellor. See: https://www.wellingtonhelp.org.nz/ or https://indigohouse.co.nz;
as well as for Vitae as an EAP (Employee Assistance Program) contract counsellor. See: https://www.vitae.co.nz/counsellors/?location[]=9.​
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I am a member of the Anthroposophical Society and of Aurora. As an active parent, I have been a Steiner playgroup leader, trustee, fair coordinator, project chair, group facilitator, and adult education provider, first with BoI Waldorf Education Trust, then with Motueka Rudolf Steiner School, and at Raphael House.
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Moreover, I have studied two years of naturopathy in Switzerland, have an active interest in natural remedies and nutrition, and hold a certificate in nutrition and a certificate in massage therapy, with a sound understanding of anatomy and physiology. Alongside English, I speak fluently German and French.