Gains Psychology and Consulting Services is one of the largest integrated group practices of Clinical Psychologists in New Zealand. Our team also includes an Industrial-Organisational Psychologist and a Psychotherapist, which further broadens the range of professional services we can provide across the region - for individuals, for families, and for organisations (large and small, public and private).

 

Gains Clinical Psychologists have the skills and experience base to help with a wide range of emotional, motivational and life issues. These include problems such as adjustment problems in chronic illness (including pain management), depression, anxiety, relationship issues, eating problems, trauma, and health concerns. Gains is also regularly called upon to provide mentoring, supervision and consultancy services to a variety of organisations and businesses.

Gains Clinicians work with:

• Individuals
• Groups
• Children and families
• Couples
• GPs and other primary care providers
• Secondary health care services to deliver services to children and adults
• ACC contract work e.g. neuropsychology assessment and rehabilitation, injury and pain management
• NZ Police
• Employee Assistance Programmes (EAP)

• Depression and grief issues
• Anxieties, fearful states, obsessions and compulsions
• Adjustment problems subsequent to injury or illness, including pain management
• Child and family issues
• Relationship and interpersonal concerns
• Sex therapy, including desire problems and sexual dysfunction
• Eating disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder, arising from physical trauma, emotional and/or sexual abuse
• Intellectual and memory concerns
• Critical incident debriefing
• Neuropsychological assessment and rehabilitation from head injury
• Dementia
• Emotional health and adjustment of the elderly
• Family Therapy
• Parenting Skills

From an Industrial-Organisational perspective, Gains conducts consultancy work for groups and organisations in the following areas:

• Executive coaching
• Mentoring and supervision
• Organisational development - leadership and management issues
• Personnel selection - advice and assistance across all areas of assessment including psychometric testing, behavioural descriptive interviewing and evaluation
• Personnel management - manager and employee education and training
• Team dynamics and team-building
• MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
• Communication skills
• EQ - assessment and enhancement of emotional intelligence
• Conflict resolution
• Change and transition management / Organisational culture change
• Stress and fatigue management - audits and interventions