contacts Sign In

image
Melinda Yu Ling Ma

Melinda Yu Ling Ma

Counsellor

My Counselling Services include:

  • therapy for depression, anxiety, trauma, sexual abuse, family violence, and mental health issues
  • assessment and counselling for addictions (alcohol, drugs, gambling, gaming, pornography)
  • skills development for anger management (de-escalation skills, anxiety, impulse control, social skills, emotional coping skills, and functional living skills)
  • support for ethnic women living in New Zealand to achieve their aspiration as Mana Wahine
  • NZ Transport Agency Fitness to Drive Assessments, if you have lost your license under Section 65 of the Land Transport Act 1998 (approved by the Ministry of Health).

 

About Me

I have worked as a counsellor in New Zealand since 2012 including positions at CADs, Odyssey House, Capri Hospital. In these roles I became highly experienced in providing individual and family counselling, assessments, treatment planning, and group therapy.

Before coming to New Zealand I was a Medical Doctor for 10 years at Hospital Anshan City in China.

FAQs

Q Registrations and Memberships

- Registered Practitioner Member of the Drug and Alcohol Practitioners Association of Aotearoa-New
Zealand (DAPAANZ)
- Member of County Manukau Asian Mental Health and Addiction professional Group
- ACC Registered Counsellor
- NZ Transport Agency Assessor (for fitness to drive if you lost your Licence)
- President NZ Asian Society
- National Advisory Board for Shama Ethnic Woman’s Trust
- Justice of the Peace

Q Qualifications

- Master of Health Science (Mental Health and Addiction, AUT)
- Certificate in Holistic Therapy (AUT)
- Bachelor of Health Science (Midwifery, AUT)

Q Fees

- My fee is $160/hr for private clients
- ACC counselling is fully funded for Sensitive Claims
- NZTA assessments are usually funded by NZTA

  • Children, Teens, Adults, Couples, Families, Groups
  • In Person, Online, Phone
  • English, Mandarin 普通话
  • ACC, I Am Hope, Insurance, WINZ, Victim Support
  • Counsellor
  • Abuse, ADD/ADHD, Addictions, Alcohol & Drugs, Anger, Anxiety, Behaviour difficulties, Brain Injury, Careers, Child development, Chronic Illness, Chronic Pain, Communication, Confidence, Conflict, Coping Skills, Creativity, Cultural difficulties, Depression, Disability, Divorce/Separation, Eating/Food/Body, Elder issues, Family issues, Family Violence, Gambling, Gender/Sexual identity, Grief/Loss, Life changes, Learning difficuties, LGBTQI+, Loneliness/Isolation, Meaning/Purpose, Mental Health, Men’s Issues, Mind-body, Migrant adjustment, Motivation/Goals, OCD, Online Game Addiction, Pornography, Parenting, Perfectionism, Personal growth, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Pre/Post Natal Depression, Redundancy, Relationships, Retirement, School difficulties, Self-esteem, Self-harm, Sexual abuse, Shame, Sleep/Insomnia, Spirituality, Sports Performance, Stress/Burnout, Suicide, Transgender, Trauma/PTSD, Workplace issues, Women’s issues
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Christian Counselling, Coaching, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Family Systems, Group Therapy, Mediation, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, Neurotherapy, Person-centred, Strengths based, Te Whare Tapa Wha, Transpersonal

  • 290 Queen Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland, New Zealand

    Get Directions

November, 2024

17

Sunday

DAY OFF
Timezone: UTC+0 Switch to

August 26,2019

  • Tuesday
  • 9:00am - 10:00am
  • Melinda Ma
Appointment confirmation email will be sent upon approval.

Awesome Job!

We have received your appointment and will send you a confirmation to your provided email upon approval.

Claiming your business Listing

Claim request is processed after verification..

image

Get in touch

Your request has been submitted successfully.

image