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Eric Houghton

Registered Psychotherapist (PBANZ) and Counsellor working with adult individuals, couples and families.

Highly experienced group facilitator in therpeutic and psycho-educational settings.

B Psychology/M Gestalt Therapy 

 

I am pleased to be a founding therapist of Terrace Counselling & Therapy. Our strength is in having a group of skilled practitioners who bring a huge amount of complementary experience and passion for helping people reach their true potential. In my own journey I have been fortunate to work with, and learn alongside, caring and authentic people who have supported my own desire to be more aware and accessible to my clients. 

 

I first came to Aotearoa New Zealand at the age of 8 and have lived in Dunedin, Kāpiti, the Tasman Region and Wellington. Apart from a few years working overseas, and five years in the rural parts of Nelson/Tasman, Wellington has been home for my adult life. We have challenges here, though I cannot imagine finding a better place to live, work and raise a family. 

 

Prior to joining the therapeutic field, I worked in various roles in the field of communications, broadcasting, film and television. My interest in psychotherapy began with me engaging in my own personal therapeutic work. After first-hand experience of the transformative effects of psychotherapy, I became motivated to study and be able to offer this to others. My first step was completing a bachelor degree in psychology at Victoria University and followed this by attending training workshops in various aspects of mental health treatment. In 2018, I completed a Masters degree in Gestalt Psychotherapy in Australia (PACFA accredited). This followed my four years of experiential psychotherapy training with the Gestalt Institute of New Zealand. This training was fully accredited by the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) and the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ).

 

I am a registered psychotherapist (PBANZ) and have held membership in professional organisations in the therapeutic field. I have completed a number of trainings in group facilitation, and have trained other facilitators in how to work with various groups. With this training, I have facilitated groups in parenting through separation, adolescent resilience and grief by suicide. In my role as a facilitator-trainer I have worked in various locations around New Zealand assisting people to become facilitators in these areas. Previously I was the Chair of International Relations on the Gestalt Australia New Zealand (GANZ) council and during my training was a student representative member on the board of the Gestalt Institute of New Zealand (GINZ). In addition to seeing private clients on The Terrace, I previously worked as a guidance counsellor and ran adolescent resilience workshops at a local college. 

 

I work in a relational-syle based on my Gestalt training and experience working with clients. My goal is to create a supportive, collaborative relationship where together we can begin to understand patterns in your life and unhelpful ways of relating to your environment and those in it. The goal is empowerment through awareness. The more we gain awareness, the more we begin to understand ourselves, and the more we are able to become the person we have always wished to be.

 

If you feel like you need someone to assist you on your journey, I am available in central Wellington to see you one to one. I also work with couples in a relational style to assist with communication and emotional understanding of each other. I welcome diverse gender and sexual orientated peoples and relationships to my practice.

 

Please feel free to contact me directly on 021 661 565, via email terracecounselling@gmail.com, or via the enquire now page on this website.