Kia Ora and welcome to The Harakeke Centre, where we provide specialist therapeutic services for children and families/whanau, adult psychotherapy, and supervision.

We are a team of qualified registered professionals with many years of experience working with children, adolescents, families and adults.

If you are looking for –

• individual adult psychotherapy
• therapy for trauma and abuse
• ADHD and anxiety concerns
• help in managing parenting and/or childrens’ difficult behaviours
• or would simply like to talk through worries you might have

We would be happy to hear from you.

Contact us for clinial, professional, and cultural supervision.

The Centre is an Independent Private Practice, based in central Christchurch.

Hutia te rito
o te harakeke
Kei whea, te kōmako e kō?
Kī mai ki ahau
He aha te mea nui
o tēnei ao
Māku e kī atu
He tangata, he tangata, he tangata.

When the heart is torn
from the flax bush
where will the Bell bird sing?
You ask me
what is the greatest thing
on Earth
My reply is
it is people people people

Harakeke (flax)
‘it is believed the three inner layers of the plant represent a family.  The outer layer represents the grandparents, whereas the inner layer of new shoots, or the child, remains to be protected by the next inner layer of leaves, the parents’