Sheena Irving

If you are feeling stuck, it can sometimes be hard to see choices and options. I provide a safe and confidential space to discover other possibilities.

What I can help you with:

• Trauma
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Relationships
• Grief and loss
• Repartnering
• Gender and Sexuality
• Communication
• Intimacy
• Adjusting to change
• Ethical non-monogamy
• Artist wellbeing
• Affirming support for Rainbow clients

Counselling Services

I offer both short term and long term counselling to adolescents and adults who are overwhelmed, stuck or feeling dissatisfied with life.

When clients come to see me they are hoping for change, and the stories that they carry with them may have never been witnessed or told.

Their lives may have become submerged by a specific problem, or beliefs and behaviours which create inner conflict or leave them feeling stuck. I work collaboratively alongside my clients to illuminate how experiences and beliefs from your past may be shaping your present, identify how you would prefer your life to be and discover the action that you might take to get there.

Change is always possible, our identity is fluid and constantly evolving. Counselling provides a supportive space, free from judgement, to draw forward the resources and values that exist within you to support that change.

Counselling Approach

My practice is grounded in Narrative Therapy approaches. Narrative Therapy takes the stance that people are competent and knowledgeable, that problems are separate from people and that change is possible. Alongside Narrative Therapy, I draw on Compassionate Communication (NVC), IFS, SFBT, Polyvagal Therapy and Mindfulness techniques, to ensure that our work together meets your specific needs.

Background and Experience

Having previously worked at a co-educational Grammar School and a not for profit community counselling practice, I see individuals and couples for a range of presenting problems. A significant amount of my work involves anxiety, depression, grief/loss and relationship issues.

Particular areas of interest include anxiety, depression, non-suicidal self-injury and working with LGBTQI+ community.

Where I work

I am pleased to offer a warm and inviting counselling space on Auckland’s North Shore.  In addition to in-person counselling sessions at my office on Auckland’s North Shore, I also offer the convenience of online counselling for those who prefer or are unable to meet in person.