Meet Anna
Anna is an experienced and passionate psychologist who helps people make meaningful shifts in their relationship with themselves, others, and in their experience of their own life.
DClinPsych, BA (First Class Hons), PGDip (Psychology, with Distinction), BPhEd
Registered with the New Zealand Psychologists' Board, under the scope of Clinical Psychology and holds a current Annual Practising Certificate
Accredited Cognitive Analytic Therapy Practitioner (Four years of post-doctoral training)
Level 3 EMDR Therapist (EMDRAA) who is also trained in the Child and Adolescent EMDR protocols, as well as the Group Traumatic Events Protocol (G-TEP) and Recent Traumatic Events Protocol (R-TEP).
Member of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists (NZCCP)
Member of Australian and New Zealand Association of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (ANZACAT)
Member of Association of Contextual and Behavioural Science (ACBS)
In her early career, Anna worked for five years in the public sector as a Clinical Psychologist for a specialised mental health service within the District Health Board. In this role she provided psychological assessment and treatment for people with moderate to severe mental health problems. In 2018 she began private practice in Auckland, and established a therapy clinic with a large collective of other experienced mental health professionals. She also set up and runs a mental health programme for an SME, so that employees can access funded, time-limited therapy sessions. Currently, Anna also is employed at Starship Children’s Hospital in the Consult Liaison Team, where she provides psychological assessment and intervention for patients and families under the care of the Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology Service. Her remaining hours are in private practice at Therapy Space in Ellerslie.
Alongside these various roles and her work with clients, Anna provides professional supervision to other a number of clinical psychologists and mental health professionals who are based around New Zealand.
Journal Publications
Miller, A. & Cartwright, C. & Gibson, K. (2017). Stepmothers’ Perceptions and Experiences of the Wicked Stepmother Stereotype. Journal of Family Issues. Nov 2017
Miller, A.C, & Cartwright, C. (2013). An investigation of internet support available for mothers in stepfamilies. New Zealand Journal of Psychology, Vol. 42, No. 3.
Anna provides professional, evidence-based psychological therapy within a supportive, confidential, and trustworthy therapeutic relationship
Approach
Life throws us all some challenging experiences and sometimes, despite effort and personal resource, struggles can persist. You can become stuck - in mood, life stage, circumstance, direction, patterns of relationships or behaviours - and these difficulties might start to feel too hard to sort through on your own. Or perhaps you are finding that many areas of your life are going well, however, there may be a particular aspect which you would like some assistance with.
Whatever the reason, it is important to make time to take care of yourself. Anna will work with you on your goals, and if you want, can help you move from awareness and understanding, to figuring out the 'how' of making change, so that you can be closer to being the person you want to be, and doing the things that are important to you.
“Gosh – being heard by a kind soul was wonderful. Talking all about myself was a great release, as I never like to do that to anyone else, but it is helpful. Thank you Anna, so very much.”
— Female, late forties.