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Sonya McCullough
Hi, my name is Sonya McCullough. I was born and raised on a farm in Canterbury New Zealand. I started my journey as a therapist working on a Mental Health Rehabilitation ward in Dunedin. I left Dunedin, as I always had a drive to go overseas to work and travel. I lived in the UK for 10 years where I worked as a therapist to support people on the journey of mental health recovery in the community and on mental health wards. I returned to New Zealand in 2015 to raise my family in Christchurch to be closer to family.
If you’re looking for a therapist I imagine something in your life is not going as well as you might like. This might be a new problem, or you might have struggled with an issue for several years.
I work to create a safe space for you to explore how to regain your wholeness. My work can help you transform stuck emotional patterns and build new skills. Therapy I provide enables you to become more confident, engaged, experience joy and able to cope with whatever life throws your way.
My specialty is helping people who have suffered trauma and/or abuse. I work with a wide variety of people including children, teenagers and adults who experience anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, poor self-esteem, grief, chronic pain and addictions.
I believe that clients have the power within to heal themselves, but at times have difficulty accessing their own inner strength. I am here to help you access your own natural resources to navigate difficult times. I want to help you to achieve your goals as quickly as possible and am happy to work short-term or long-term.
My approach is holistic and active, utilising Brainspotting (developed from EMDR), Havening Techniques®, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT tapping), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, talk therapy, informed Counselling along with Mindfulness and Person-Centred Therapy approaches. I like to incorporate Trauma Informed Yoga within 1:1 sessions or within a group setting when indivduals would like to process trauma that is stuck in their body. I am easy to talk to, and even laugh with you because humour can be an important part of our healing process! Most importantly, I will work deeply and whole heartedly with you.
I love working with my clients, walking beside them on their journey and helping them make positive changes to their wellbeing and lives. I am confident that successful outcomes of happiness, confidence, health and wellbeing, overcoming trauma or whatever you personally want to achieve, can be attained.
I am a mother of 3 children and understand the struggles of everyday life. I use many strategies within my own day to help manage my emotions, feel balanced and productive. I help my children manage their struggles and difficulties by using Brainspotting, Havening Techniques® and EFT tapping.
I have a theme that is running through my website of native plants. Living within a Maori whanau, I have embraced the Maori culture and beliefs. I love to weave with flax and use native plants to heal. I enjoy being out with nature to feel centered and balanced. I use gardening as a way to relax and I also find it very rewarding when I get to cook with the vegetables I have grown.
Session Fee: $150.00 per 60 minute session
Click the following links to find out more about the services I provide
Areas of Interest & Expertise
Qualifications & Professional Memberships
Offering wide variety of assistance for:
MSc Health Studies
Brainspotting – Phase 1 and 2
Brainspotting with Children and Adolescents
Certified Havening Techniques® Practitioner
Emotional Freedom Technique – Level 1 and 2
200h Yoga teacher training
Foundation Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY)
Sensory Enhanced Yoga for Self-Regulation and Trauma Healing with additional
Certificate Trauma Informed Yoga
Certificate Yoga Nidra
Brainspotting Practitioner - Brainspotting AustralAsia Pacific
Certified Havening Techniques® Practitioner - Havening.org
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Brainspotting (BSP)
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Havening Techniques®
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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Tapping
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Trauma Informed Yoga
Depression
Addictions
Social Anxiety & Shyness
Stress & Life Challenges
Vocational Rehabilitation
Wellbeing Support
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Anxiety & Panic
Grief & Adjustment
Excessive Worry
Self Harming
Self Esteem
Sensory Process Disorder
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ( OCD)
Eating Disorders
Sleep Management
Chronic Pain
Fatique Management
Work pressure & Change
Weight Issues
Work related emotional stress
Contact Me
Please feel free to contact me should you have any queries or questions regarding my services.
Phone: +64 274440873
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