Personality Disorders Therapists in Auckland, New Zealand

Address personality in relation to looking at the parts of you that sometimes create inner and or outer conflict.

I work primarily from a Rogerian or Person-Centred Therapy (PCT) approach using a conversational style listening patiently to you, always with empathy, genuineness and without judgement, to help find the solutions you desire for your life whilst adjusting my techniques to fit your needs within each session. Due to my background in nursing and mental health, I have a good understanding of personality disorders and how they impact the person including the potential impacts for those around them. I am able to utilise a psycho-educational approach to help you understand personality disorder better, along with specific somatic (mind/body) therapy techniques within the therapy session to support greater healing of the often underlying negative experiences held within the subconscious brain that support the negative personality traits you wish to change. These gentle but effective techniques create a new positive sense of self. My aim is to assist you with your personality disorder struggles to restore balance, happiness and inner peace (using the various techniques of 'talk therapy' and somatic (mind/body) healing methods) along with offering practical strategies that may be useful where suitable and desired by you. Whatever you are going through, know that there is hope - Let me help you find that hope.

Personality disorders can profoundly affect emotions, relationships, and daily functioning. At Mind Health, our experienced clinicians provide comprehensive assessments and evidence-based therapies tailored to address the unique challenges associated with various personality disorders. Utilising approaches such as Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Schema Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), we focus on enhancing self-awareness, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. Our goal is to support individuals in developing healthier patterns of thinking and behaviour, fostering improved relationships and overall well-being.

Auckland houses the majority of New Zealand's therapy community, with practitioners concentrated in Parnell, Remuera, Grey Lynn, and the North Shore. The city's housing affordability crisis — one of the worst in the world relative to income — is a persistent source of financial anxiety, and therapists frequently address housing stress, displacement, and the difficulty of achieving stability in one of the world's most expensive property markets. Auckland's large Pasifika and Māori populations require therapists with cultural competence around Indigenous mental health, collectivist family systems, and the historical trauma of colonisation. Te Whatu Ora — Health New Zealand provides public mental health services, with a growing private therapy community serving those with health insurance or the capacity to self-fund.

Gender ID

	50%	Female
	50%	Male

Session Type

	67%	In Person and Online
	33%	Online Only

Top Treatment Approaches

67%	Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
67%	Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
67%	Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)
67%	Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
67%	Eclectic Therapy
67%	Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
67%	Existential / Humanistic Therapy

Ages Served

100%	Adult
100%	Senior
100%	Teen
100%	Young Adult
33%	Children

Client Focus

100%	Asian
100%	Black / African American
100%	Buddhist
100%	Christian
100%	Hindu

Personality Disorders therapists in Auckland, New Zealand NZ

Chris Chicoteau

Gaye Mallinson - Somatic Psychotherapies

Mind Health