Welcome to Petersgate Counselling Centre - we provide affordable professional counselling to the community.

Under the umbrella of Petersgate Trust, we respect and look after the needs of everyone, regardless of creed, culture or socio-economic background. We do this through a team of professionally trained & supervised counsellors who are members of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (or are working towards membership).

Our counsellors are qualified in many forms of therapy including:

- Gestalt,

- Solution-Focused Therapy,

- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy,

- Interactive Drawing Therapy, and

- Narrative Therapy.

What Is Counselling About

Counselling is a working relationship that helps you explore & manage what is happening in your life.

The aim of counselling is to provide an opportunity for you to work towards a more satisfying and resourceful experience of life. Each person's needs are different.

Counselling may be concerned with personal development issues:

- Resolving specific problems,

- Making decisions,

- Coping with crisis,

- Developing personal insight and knowledge,

- Working through feelings of inner conflict,

- Improving relationships with others, or

- Any other issues which crop up in everyday life.

The counsellor's role is to assist you in ways that respect your values, culture, personal resources and capacity for change.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Petersgate Counselling Centre in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch today.