Our practice
A place to learn and change
Change can be really hard. Lucid Psychotherapy was set up to try to make this as easy as possible for you. Between us, our team have many decades of training and experience. This means that you don’t have to figure out therapy by yourself.
Our approach
We are integrative therapists, which means we draw on a range of proven approaches and tailor them to you rather than fitting you into a single method. Sessions move at your pace, guided by what matters most to you.
How it works
Reach out
Send a booking request or message. We reply within one working day.
First conversation
A gentle, no-pressure session to understand your situation and what you are hoping for.
Ongoing support
Regular sessions, in person or online. Often these are weekly or fortnightly.
Our focus
What we help with
Every person who comes to us brings something different. Here are some of the areas we often support people through. This list is not exhaustive, so if you do not see your situation here, please reach out anyway.
Meet the team
Counsellors who listen
James Weaver
Psychotherapist
I’ll help you improve your symptoms by exploring the patterns and driving forces behind them. With curious, non-judgmental inquiry, I center your goals and desires.
Michael Apáthy
Psychotherapist
With 12 years of experience in counselling, psychotherapy, and facilitation, I adapt various therapeutic approaches to suit each individual client’s unique needs.
Selina Clare
Psychotherapist
I am an experienced and compassionate therapist dedicated to helping clients feel better. I work with a diverse range of issues like depression, problem gambling, relationship challenges and anxiety.
Chanelle Vanderhaeghe
Counsellor
I blends cognitive and somatic approaches to help clients feel grounded and understood by creating a warm, non-judgemental space where clients can explore their story at their own pace.
Our values
We are in a social justice and climate crisis
The practitioners at Lucid Psychotherapy and Counselling acknowledge that we are in the middle of a global climate and social justice crisis. We respect that clients may or may not choose to explore in therapy their personal responses to this crisis, however we do welcome these conversations. We believe that mental health practitioners have a responsibility to empathically and proactively respond to social justice and climate issues without any form of denial, minimisation, or helplessness.
We acknowledge that whilst not all groups of people are equally affected by these crises, nor have contributed equally to them, we all participate in interrelated economic, political, cultural, psychological, racist, ableist and gendered systems that are causing them.
“We all bear responsibility to create positive changes.”
Visit us
Get in touch
St Albans, Christchurch 8014
A warm, confidential space for therapy and counselling. We walk alongside you toward clarity, calm, and lasting change.
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- (+64) 021 0264 7562
- info@lucidpsychotherapy.co.nz
- 88b Edgeware Rd, St Albans, Christchurch 8014