Stuff you might find useful ...

General:

Funding:

https://www.workandincome.govt.nz/eligibility/health-and-disability/counselling.html

https://www.aoaketera.org.nz/ - if you’ve suffered a loss by suicide.

https://victimsupport.org.nz/about-us/what-we-do - if you’ve been a victim of serious crime.

What is a psychologist / psychiatrist / talking therapy?

https://www.healthnavigator.org.nz/healthcare-in-nz/types-of-health-providers/psychologist/

https://www.healthnavigator.org.nz/healthcare-in-nz/types-of-health-providers/psychiatrist/

https://www.healthnavigator.org.nz/media/14006/a-guide-to-talking-therapies-in-new-zealand.pdf

https://mentalhealth.org.nz/our-work

Grief:

Loss by Suicide:

https://www.aoaketera.org.nz/ - online resources

Grief:

What Abi Taught Us by Lucy Hone

It’s Okay not to be Okay by Megan Devine

The Reality Slap by Russ Harris

The Choice by Dr Edith Eger

Anxiety:

General Anxiety:

Hey Warrior by Karen Young

Headspace App

Calm App

https://www.tarabrach.com/

What to Do When You Worry Too Much: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming Anxiety by Dawn Heubner

Stuff That Sucks: Accepting what you can’t change and committing to what you can by Ben Sedley

https://depression.org.nz/

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/you-me-and-anxiety

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD):

Stuff That’s Loud: A Teen’s Guide to Unspiralling when OCD Gets Noisy by Ben Sedley and Lisa Coyne

Breaking Free of Childhood Anxiety and OCD by Eli Lebowitz

What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD by Dawn Heubner

Depression:

I had a Black Dog: His Name was Depression by Matthew Johnstone

Stand By Me by John Kirwin (and Kirsty Louden and Elliot Bell)

https://depression.org.nz/

Trauma:

The Body Keeps Score by Bessel A. Van Der Kolk

The Choice by Dr Edith Eger

CBT: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Thoughts / Feelings / Beliefs briefly explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw1p9YlZKEU

Mind over Mood by Dennis Greenburger, Christine Padesky and Aaron Beck

ACT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

The Happiness Trap - Russ Harris

Relationships

ACT wtih Love - Russ Harris

Love in the Real World - Rhonda Pritchard