Counselling at St Peters House

• Our counselling service is for short-medium term interventions, generally up to 8-10 sessions.
• ​Counselling is provided for Tauranga and Western Bay of Plenty residents only (Waihi Beach to Pukehina). 
• Sessions are 1 hour long and start between 9am and 3pm.  If you cannot make these times, please do not apply.
  
• We have waiting lists for our counselling so you may have to wait up to 8 weeks for an appointment. 
• The more flexible you can be with your availability the sooner we may be able to offer you an appointment. 
• It is not our practice to have children in counselling sessions, exceptions can be made e.g. for breastfed babies.  Feel free to call us if you want to discuss your specific circumstances.  ​​

We do not provide counselling for:

• Individual children under the age of 12 
• Drugs and alcohol, gambling or other addictions
• Acute sexual abuse (i.e. a person who has been recently assaulted)
• Complex mental health issues – personality disorders, schizophrenia, bi-polar, psychosis, severe eating disorders or dementia
• Acute risk or safety issues
• Counselling students (e.g. BTI) who are needing to come to counselling to fulfil their course requirements​​

​If you fall into one of the categories we do not counsel, or want to see someone quicker, and you need help finding an alternate service please contact us on reception@stpetershouse.co.nz

Sorry, due to extended wait times our Individual Counselling list is currently closed

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Sorry, due to extended wait times our Couple Counselling list is currently closed

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Sorry, due to extended wait times for counselling our Agency Referrals are currently closed

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Telehealth (video or phone) counselling sessions are now available if that suits your circumstances better.

Your first 6 counselling sessions with us are subsidised, so are free of charge.  Fees, based on your income, apply for any subsequent sessions you have.  Refer the table below to determine the amount.​​

The cost of providing our service is substantial so we encourage your to consider making a financial contribution for all session if you are able.

Please note: We encourage you to attend all sessions booked for you. We do allow occasional missed appointments however if you do not attend, or cancel late, for more than 2 sessions we may cancel your counselling.

• Appointment changes within 48 hours are considered a missed appointment.
  • Only 2 missed appointments will be accepted.  A 3rd missed appointment may end your counselling with us.
  • Missed appointments within the first 6 sessions count as one of your subsidised sessions.
  • Missed appointments after 6 sessions will be charged at half your session rate.

Payment Guideline After 6 Subsidised Sessions

Weekly Household Income	Payment per Session
Up to $600	$10
$600 - $1000	$20
$1000 - $1500	$40
​$1500 and above	$60