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://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)
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