Self Esteem Therapists in Tauranga
I also support people navigating depression, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, life transitions, and other experiences.
I use evidence-based approaches for anxiety and OCD, including ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) and I-CBT (Inference-Based CBT), alongside CBT, ACT, psychodynamic therapy, and compassion-focused work. Therapy is collaborative and tailored to your needs, combining practical tools with deeper understanding to support lasting change.
I also support people navigating depression, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, life transitions, and other experiences.
I use evidence-based approaches for anxiety and OCD, including ERP (Exposure and Response Prevention) and I-CBT (Inference-Based CBT), alongside CBT, ACT, psychodynamic therapy, and compassion-focused work. Therapy is collaborative and tailored to your needs, combining practical tools with deeper understanding to support lasting change.
I am a skilled and compassionate therapist, experienced in working with a whole range of concerns. If there is an issue getting in the way of you living the life you want to live, or from achieving what you want to achieve, then therapy can help. I work with people both short and long term. With over 20 years’ experience working in the mental health field, I have a wide variety of experience. Before starting in private practice, I worked for many years in various mental health roles, which has given me an excellent grounding in ensuring my practice is based on the best available evidence, and is both ethical and effective.
I am a skilled and compassionate therapist, experienced in working with a whole range of concerns. If there is an issue getting in the way of you living the life you want to live, or from achieving what you want to achieve, then therapy can help. I work with people both short and long term. With over 20 years’ experience working in the mental health field, I have a wide variety of experience. Before starting in private practice, I worked for many years in various mental health roles, which has given me an excellent grounding in ensuring my practice is based on the best available evidence, and is both ethical and effective.
These are the main issues I can help you with: I work with clients struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
Tired of living in your head? I work with people caught in patterns of overthinking, anxiety, people pleasing, and ADHD (even if you simply suspect you're neurodivergent). People who look fine on the outside but who feel quietly exhausted and disconnected on the inside. Maybe you've spent years making yourself smaller so others could feel more comfortable. Together, we'll work toward your authentic self and a full life. Grounded and present in your emotions. Confident and compassionate with yourself. More secure in your relationships.
These are the main issues I can help you with: I work with clients struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression.
Tired of living in your head? I work with people caught in patterns of overthinking, anxiety, people pleasing, and ADHD (even if you simply suspect you're neurodivergent). People who look fine on the outside but who feel quietly exhausted and disconnected on the inside. Maybe you've spent years making yourself smaller so others could feel more comfortable. Together, we'll work toward your authentic self and a full life. Grounded and present in your emotions. Confident and compassionate with yourself. More secure in your relationships.
I'm Geraldine Hughes, a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, specialising in supporting infants, children and young people and their whanau where there is a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. Through carefully understanding these difficulties, day to day functioning improves. I also specialise in supporting parents who experience their child as demanding or clingy, to shift focus from behaviour management to enhancing the quality of relationship.
I'm Geraldine Hughes, a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist, specialising in supporting infants, children and young people and their whanau where there is a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. Through carefully understanding these difficulties, day to day functioning improves. I also specialise in supporting parents who experience their child as demanding or clingy, to shift focus from behaviour management to enhancing the quality of relationship.
I’m committed to creating a safe, accepting space where you can talk openly and make sense of your experiences. Across public and private settings, I’ve supported clients with a wide variety of personal challenges, including those they’ve felt unsure or ashamed to bring up. I offer a confidential, non‑judgemental environment where you can speak openly about any issue you’re facing.
I’m committed to creating a safe, accepting space where you can talk openly and make sense of your experiences. Across public and private settings, I’ve supported clients with a wide variety of personal challenges, including those they’ve felt unsure or ashamed to bring up. I offer a confidential, non‑judgemental environment where you can speak openly about any issue you’re facing.
Together, we can identify and implement strategies tailored to your needs, whether it’s healing from trauma, managing anxiety and depression, enhancing relationships, building self-esteem and confidence, or addressing other difficulties you are facing.
I use a comprehensive and eclectic approach to therapy, specializing in trauma, anxiety, and depression. My therapeutic methods include EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, SFT, and MI. I provide customized support to address your unique needs, focusing on building resilience and helping you achieve your personal goals.
Together, we can identify and implement strategies tailored to your needs, whether it’s healing from trauma, managing anxiety and depression, enhancing relationships, building self-esteem and confidence, or addressing other difficulties you are facing.
I use a comprehensive and eclectic approach to therapy, specializing in trauma, anxiety, and depression. My therapeutic methods include EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, SFT, and MI. I provide customized support to address your unique needs, focusing on building resilience and helping you achieve your personal goals.
During my nearly 20 years in practice, I have come to understand that people seek therapy for many reasons, most often guided by a natural desire to grow, heal, and live more fully.
I offer a warm, safe, and supportive space where you can feel genuinely seen, heard, and understood.
My intention is to help you explore your inner world and the challenges you face with curiosity and compassion, supporting healing, self-awareness, and meaningful change.
I am a trained Psychosynthesis Psychotherapist. Psychosynthesis is a holistic, integrative therapeutic approach that honours the whole person — mind, body, feelings and spirit
During my nearly 20 years in practice, I have come to understand that people seek therapy for many reasons, most often guided by a natural desire to grow, heal, and live more fully.
I offer a warm, safe, and supportive space where you can feel genuinely seen, heard, and understood.
My intention is to help you explore your inner world and the challenges you face with curiosity and compassion, supporting healing, self-awareness, and meaningful change.
I am a trained Psychosynthesis Psychotherapist. Psychosynthesis is a holistic, integrative therapeutic approach that honours the whole person — mind, body, feelings and spirit
I can help with communication skills, conflict resolution, reducing anxiety, self-confidence, healthy boundaries, addictions and better self-care to name a few...
I am a trauma-trained counsellor and couples therapist dedicated to helping clients work through challenges while feeling heard and validated. I use several counselling modalities including CBT, Narrative, Solution Focused Therapy, Couples Therapy, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy.
I have experience working with many kinds of issues and challenges, but specialise in trauma, anxiety, addictions, and relationship issues.
I can help with communication skills, conflict resolution, reducing anxiety, self-confidence, healthy boundaries, addictions and better self-care to name a few...
I am a trauma-trained counsellor and couples therapist dedicated to helping clients work through challenges while feeling heard and validated. I use several counselling modalities including CBT, Narrative, Solution Focused Therapy, Couples Therapy, and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy and EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy.
I have experience working with many kinds of issues and challenges, but specialise in trauma, anxiety, addictions, and relationship issues.
Kia ora, hello, and Ayubowan. I’m Kushlani Munasinghe, a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Supervisor, originally from Sri Lanka and now based in Tauranga. If you’ve found your way here, you might be thinking about starting therapy or simply wondering how it could help. You might be dealing with stress, anxiety or low mood, carrying the effects of trauma, struggling with relationships or attachment, finding it hard to manage emotions, exploring your identity, or navigating migration and life transitions. My approach is warm, open, inclusive, and creative, and I like to make space for reflection and curiosity.
Kia ora, hello, and Ayubowan. I’m Kushlani Munasinghe, a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Supervisor, originally from Sri Lanka and now based in Tauranga. If you’ve found your way here, you might be thinking about starting therapy or simply wondering how it could help. You might be dealing with stress, anxiety or low mood, carrying the effects of trauma, struggling with relationships or attachment, finding it hard to manage emotions, exploring your identity, or navigating migration and life transitions. My approach is warm, open, inclusive, and creative, and I like to make space for reflection and curiosity.
I also have a strong interest in working with eating disorders, grief, identity, self esteem/worth, anxiety, depression and healthy relationships.
Do you need someone safe, empathetic and genuine to speak with? Someone who is not in your usual circle, so can offer a different outlook on problems? Someone who understands life is not easy and has many challenges along the way? I enjoy working with people who have either long term or short term challenges or goals, working towards a better understanding of themselves. Perhaps life has got you down, and you are not sure where to start in your journey of reclaiming life. That is when you may find a counsellor is someone to help you through these challenges - to support you, be honest with, and to help you reach your goals.
I also have a strong interest in working with eating disorders, grief, identity, self esteem/worth, anxiety, depression and healthy relationships.
Do you need someone safe, empathetic and genuine to speak with? Someone who is not in your usual circle, so can offer a different outlook on problems? Someone who understands life is not easy and has many challenges along the way? I enjoy working with people who have either long term or short term challenges or goals, working towards a better understanding of themselves. Perhaps life has got you down, and you are not sure where to start in your journey of reclaiming life. That is when you may find a counsellor is someone to help you through these challenges - to support you, be honest with, and to help you reach your goals.
I specialise in helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, abuse, depression, self-esteem, confidence, and life transitions.
When you are unsure where to start but have a sense of what you need, integrative counselling and coaching offers a flexible, tailored approach that adapts to your unique journey. Together, we will explore where you are now and where you would like to be, while also examining patterns of thoughts or behaviours that may be holding you back. This process involves understanding the cause and effect of life's challenges, identifying what is working well alongside what needs adjustment, and navigating the conflicting dynamics of your internal and external environments.
I specialise in helping people navigate stress, anxiety, trauma, abuse, depression, self-esteem, confidence, and life transitions.
When you are unsure where to start but have a sense of what you need, integrative counselling and coaching offers a flexible, tailored approach that adapts to your unique journey. Together, we will explore where you are now and where you would like to be, while also examining patterns of thoughts or behaviours that may be holding you back. This process involves understanding the cause and effect of life's challenges, identifying what is working well alongside what needs adjustment, and navigating the conflicting dynamics of your internal and external environments.
Hi there - my background includes working as a Registered Nurse for 6 years, and then as an Independant Midwife for 10 years. I paused to raise and home-educate my 4 children (all adults now, and I'm now enjoying being a Grandma. I then retrained to gain a Batchelor in Counselling 13 years ago and have really enjoyed for the past 13 years working with children through to the elderly. I can see you face to face, or via zoom. I work in a number of different modalities to suit your needs. I work with all ethnicities.
Hi there - my background includes working as a Registered Nurse for 6 years, and then as an Independant Midwife for 10 years. I paused to raise and home-educate my 4 children (all adults now, and I'm now enjoying being a Grandma. I then retrained to gain a Batchelor in Counselling 13 years ago and have really enjoyed for the past 13 years working with children through to the elderly. I can see you face to face, or via zoom. I work in a number of different modalities to suit your needs. I work with all ethnicities.
I'm a Clinical Psychologist registered with the New Zealand Psychologists Board and a full member of the New Zealand Psychological Society.
I specialise in supporting young people and adults to make sense of what they are experiencing, grow in understanding of themselves, and improve their daily functioning. I enjoy helping people foster self-compassion and gain skills to draw on in challenging times, with the aim of engaging meaningfully with the life they want for themselves. I also provide clinical supervision to other practitioners in my specialist practice areas.
I work for Te Whatu Ora Health NZ and in private practice.
I'm a Clinical Psychologist registered with the New Zealand Psychologists Board and a full member of the New Zealand Psychological Society.
I specialise in supporting young people and adults to make sense of what they are experiencing, grow in understanding of themselves, and improve their daily functioning. I enjoy helping people foster self-compassion and gain skills to draw on in challenging times, with the aim of engaging meaningfully with the life they want for themselves. I also provide clinical supervision to other practitioners in my specialist practice areas.
I work for Te Whatu Ora Health NZ and in private practice.
Children don’t always have the words to express how they feel but they show us through their play. I offer a warm, safe space where children can express big emotions, make sense of their experiences, and feel more settled and understood.
Using play therapy I support children aged 5–18 who may be struggling with anxiety, emotional overwhelm, behavioural challenges, ADHD, autism, or life changes. Together, we gently build emotional regulation, resilience, and a stronger sense of self at their pace.
Children don’t always have the words to express how they feel but they show us through their play. I offer a warm, safe space where children can express big emotions, make sense of their experiences, and feel more settled and understood.
Using play therapy I support children aged 5–18 who may be struggling with anxiety, emotional overwhelm, behavioural challenges, ADHD, autism, or life changes. Together, we gently build emotional regulation, resilience, and a stronger sense of self at their pace.
I am a qualified counsellor committed to supporting people through life’s challenges and helping them move toward meaningful, positive change.
I provide a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space where you can explore and process difficult emotions. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply need someone to talk to, I’m here to listen and support you.
My approach is tailored to each individual, I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all solution. Your experiences are unique, and I take the time to understand what they mean to you. Together, we will work at a pace that feels right for you.
I am a qualified counsellor committed to supporting people through life’s challenges and helping them move toward meaningful, positive change.
I provide a safe, confidential, and non-judgemental space where you can explore and process difficult emotions. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply need someone to talk to, I’m here to listen and support you.
My approach is tailored to each individual, I don’t believe in a one-size-fits-all solution. Your experiences are unique, and I take the time to understand what they mean to you. Together, we will work at a pace that feels right for you.
Life doesn’t always unfold as we expect, and there are times when challenges or unhelpful patterns can leave us feeling stuck. I offer a safe, compassionate, and collaborative space to explore what’s going on and support you in moving toward meaningful change, drawing on evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs. Together, we can build understanding, develop effective coping strategies, and work towards meaningful and lasting growth.
Life doesn’t always unfold as we expect, and there are times when challenges or unhelpful patterns can leave us feeling stuck. I offer a safe, compassionate, and collaborative space to explore what’s going on and support you in moving toward meaningful change, drawing on evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs. Together, we can build understanding, develop effective coping strategies, and work towards meaningful and lasting growth.
Hello there, Embarking on a counselling journey is a brave step, and I'm here to support you every step of the way. If you're ready to explore, heal, and grow, I look forward to the opportunity to work with you and help you achieve your goals. As a qualified and registered counsellor, I have the privilege of working with individuals facing a range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, sexual addiction, relationship issues, workplace issues and many other difficulties that become apparent in people’s lives.
Hello there, Embarking on a counselling journey is a brave step, and I'm here to support you every step of the way. If you're ready to explore, heal, and grow, I look forward to the opportunity to work with you and help you achieve your goals. As a qualified and registered counsellor, I have the privilege of working with individuals facing a range of challenges, including anxiety, depression, trauma, sexual addiction, relationship issues, workplace issues and many other difficulties that become apparent in people’s lives.
I’m a registered Clinical Psychologist who works with children, adolescents, and individual adults. I have experience in both public and private settings. I am a full member of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists.
I’m a registered Clinical Psychologist who works with children, adolescents, and individual adults. I have experience in both public and private settings. I am a full member of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists.
Suzanne is a registered social worker, a member of the ANZASW and has a social work degree with honours (Massey University, 2006). Suzanne has 12 years’ experience working in mental health & addiction services where she gained a specialty in Addictions. She is currently working in private practice offering counselling and social work support working alongside people with trauma, mental health and addictions. Suzanne works alongside people to empower them to reach their potential.
Suzanne is a registered social worker, a member of the ANZASW and has a social work degree with honours (Massey University, 2006). Suzanne has 12 years’ experience working in mental health & addiction services where she gained a specialty in Addictions. She is currently working in private practice offering counselling and social work support working alongside people with trauma, mental health and addictions. Suzanne works alongside people to empower them to reach their potential.
Ella is an Aotearoa registered Occupational Therapist, practicising psychodynamic and EMDR therapy with a trauma focus, having spent much of her career working with people who have experienced developmental trauma. Ella trained and qualified in the UK and made the move to Aotearoa in early 2024.
She now offers a range of trauma informed therapeutic support, utilising skills from within the occupational therapy field but with a psychotherapeutic, attachment and systemic focused lens. Ella has a special interest in family therapy, long-term psychotherapy and EMDR, and can work accross all age groups.
Ella is an Aotearoa registered Occupational Therapist, practicising psychodynamic and EMDR therapy with a trauma focus, having spent much of her career working with people who have experienced developmental trauma. Ella trained and qualified in the UK and made the move to Aotearoa in early 2024.
She now offers a range of trauma informed therapeutic support, utilising skills from within the occupational therapy field but with a psychotherapeutic, attachment and systemic focused lens. Ella has a special interest in family therapy, long-term psychotherapy and EMDR, and can work accross all age groups.
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When should a person seek therapy for low self-esteem?
When self-esteem problems begin to disrupt the healthy daily functioning of an individual, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If a person finds that they are not engaging with friends for fear of being judged, not completing work assignments because they don’t think they’re capable, or not finding romantic love because they don’t feel they’re worthy of it, a therapist may be able to help.
What are the signs of low self-esteem?
Low self-esteem is a common issue that can affect a person's mental and emotional well-being. Some common signs of low self-esteem include negative self-talk, perfectionism, social anxiety, difficulty making decisions, an inability to set boundaries, people-pleasing, and others. A lack of belief in oneself or one’s abilities and a feeling of not being worthy or deserving underlie most of these characteristics.
What causes low self-esteem?
Feelings of low self-worth can begin in childhood or adulthood. Being raised by a highly critical parent or growing up feeling constant disapproval can stay with a person well into adulthood. Specific issues in adulthood may also be a cause of low self-esteem. An unhappy relationship, a dysfunctional work or school experience can impact a person’s feelings of self-worth.
How can therapy improve self-esteem?
Therapists can help identify negative thought patterns that keep the client stuck in a loop of destructive self-talk and develop coping skills to change the voice in their head. A therapist can help with goal-setting, so that clients are better able to stay on task and build confidence from successfully completing work they’re proud of. Coaching a client on how to better communicate can improve relationships. These skills can result in someone with low self-esteem feeling empowered and living with less fear.