Other Social Assistance Services

Paul Letham, Counsellor

Paul is an experienced, fully-qualified registered counsellor based in Christchurch, Rolleston, and online. His counselling style is warm, interactive, exploratory, and methodical.

Paul’s work is fundamentally rooted in the idea of “client-centred practice”, reflecting the philosophy that you are essentially the expert in your own life, but Paul integrates other modalities as well, depending upon your needs. Drawing from a number of therapeutic approaches, he also works within existential, solution-based, narrative, psychodynamic, Jungian, and cognitive-behavioural (CBT/DBT) methods.

Counselling provides an opportunity for you to express your thoughts and feelings in a safe, confidential space. It is an opportunity for you to talk about what’s important to you, to seek clarity or insight, to make meaning or sense of what’s happening, and to gain control over aspects of your life that may be troubling you. Counselling relies upon the therapeutic relationship that builds over time between the counsellor and yourself. Therapy can be short-term or longer-term, depending on your needs, and the dynamics of counselling will differ from person to person.

What Makes us different

Counselling can help you: understand your emotions and thinking patterns; develop coping strategies; explore options and possibilities; empower you to make decisions; improve your communication skills; build a healthy self-image and identity; understand influences from your personal history and upbringing; relate to others more productively.

Core Products and Services

Paul’s main areas of specialty are: creative and performance industries, existential concerns (the search for meaning, purpose, or direction); depression and anxiety; relationship problems; gay, lesbian, and bisexual concerns; transgender and gender identity issues; intimacy and sexuality; Jungian, transpersonal, and depth psychology. Sessions and Fees: Sessions are 60 minutes in length. Paul operates a sliding scale, from $90 to $130 per session, depending on your circumstances. He's always happy to negotiate this with you. Payment can be made in cash at the end of the session, or by bank deposit within 3 working days of the session. Monthly invoicing is also available upon request. Partial funding may be available through WINZ if you are a beneficiary or student.