who we are
What does a Psychologist do?
A psychologist is a specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness, abnormal behaviour and psychiatric problems. They are not doctors so cannot prescribe medication. However, they have expertise in psychological evaluation, testing, assessment, diagnosis and treatment for people experiencing mental, behaviour or emotional problems.
Psychologists take privacy and confidentiality very seriously. Indeed integrity, trust and respect are core values of their profession. The clients’ confidentiality is protected both under the HDCA (Health and Disability Commissioner Act) and under the code of ethics of the New Zealand Psychologists Board.
Jessica Gu, Counselling Psychologist
ACC Registered, EMDR Trained
MNZPsS, PGDip(Coun. Psychology), MHSc(Hons), BHSc(Hons), BA
Jessica has more than 7 years clinical experience in primary health organisation (PHO), both inpatient and outpatient mental health services, and NGO sectors including clinical leadership and managerial roles. She has extensive experience working with medical, psychiatric, emotional, learning and behavioural issues for children, adolescents, and adults.
After working a few years in the mainstream health systems, Jessica established Auckland Mental Wellness Centre in 2017 in hopes to give back to the society by using her professional knowledge and skills. Jessica is also a trained supervisor.
Jessica is eager to apply her experience and compassion with clients as they begin to address issues that will help them to improve their quality of life and attain a sense of fulfilment. She works collaboratively with a focus on clients’ needs, goals and best interests.
Neha Golchha, Consultant Clinical Psychologist
“You can develop kindness and resilience by effectively managing anxiety, low mood and stress! Our work can bring about a sense of calm so that you can live authentically.”
Neha is a NZ Registered Clinical Psychologist and has worked in a wide variety of settings. She is trained in the assessment and treatment of a broad range of mental health difficulties.
She has a deep personal commitment to mindfulness and self-compassion practices as pathways to increased well-being and flourishing. She believes in creating genuine, warm and collaborative treatment style, with the intent to help clients make enduring and enriching change in their lives. Drawing from a range of evidence based treatment strategies she strives to help clients make sense of and adjust their thoughts, emotions and unhelpful patterns of behaviours.
Whether therapy is reflective or goal focused, short or long term, she tailors the treatment plan to meet the individual needs.
WHAT WE DO
Services
Therapeutic Approach
Therapy Details
Auckland Mental Wellness Centre offers general counselling, clinical neuropsychology, and specialist psychotherapy services of a wide range of relational, psychological, emotional and behavioural issues for children, adolescents, and adults below:
- Anxiety
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Issues (ADHD, Autism, Cognitive Disorder, Anger Ma
Auckland Mental Wellness Centre offers general counselling, clinical neuropsychology, and specialist psychotherapy services of a wide range of relational, psychological, emotional and behavioural issues for children, adolescents, and adults below:
- Anxiety
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Issues (ADHD, Autism, Cognitive Disorder, Anger Management, learning difficulty)
- Chronic/ medically unexplained Pain
- Depression
- Drug & Alcohol Abuse
- Life Transitions
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
- Eating Disorder
- Panic
- Personality Disorder
- Relationship Problems
- Sleep/Insomnia
- Supervision and Training
- Traumatic Brain injury
- Trauma Related Disorders
- Work Place Issues
Therapy Details
Therapeutic Approach
Therapy Details
Psychological therapy involves an initial assessment, following which we will discuss with you an individual, evidence-based treatment plan that is the best fit for your current difficulties.
Therapy is not a one-off thing. The total number of sessions to complete treatment is usually between six and twelve sessions. Anyone considering en
Psychological therapy involves an initial assessment, following which we will discuss with you an individual, evidence-based treatment plan that is the best fit for your current difficulties.
Therapy is not a one-off thing. The total number of sessions to complete treatment is usually between six and twelve sessions. Anyone considering entering therapy needs to be thinking of an initial commitment of at least six sessions for a specific focus.
There is normally one session per week in the beginning. Regular sessions are especially important at the start of therapy, so both you and your psychologist can get to know each other. Appointments are normally 50-60 minutes in length.
Therapy is offered in English, Hindi and Mandarin.
We can also offer consultations and e-therapy via Skype, messenger, and Google hangouts.
Therapeutic Approach
Therapeutic Approach
Therapeutic Approach
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT)
- Focussed acceptance & commitment therapy (FACT)
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
- Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET)
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
- Other forms of evidence based treatments