About Me
David Gaze
Bachelor's Degree - Counselling
IFS Therapist (IFSI Level 1)
Provisional Member, NZCCA
I became a therapist so I can help people heal and develop into who they want to be. I am passionate about being as effective as possible as a therapist, so that when you are prepared for the next step in your healing/growth journey, it can be as efficient, powerful, empowering, and painless as possible.
I am Christchurch based with an office in Shirley. I offer online counselling too.
It can be hard to find a therapist that understands you and meets your needs. This is why I offer the first session free.
Therapeutic approach
My approach to therapy is grounded in understanding of relationships, memory, trauma and dissociation, different parts of the personality - and how these can be healed. I use an integrative approach which brings together practices from EMDR, Somatic approaches, Imagery, and IFS, while being supported by Person-Centred and Narrative counselling skills.
Going deeper
Often, many difficulties such as anxiety, depression, feeling stuck, or isolation, relate back to earlier experiences. In counselling, I can help you to understand your unique experience and context, and then we can figure out together what the best way to work toward resolution is, often transforming the initial problem.
e.g. Anxiety related to the earthquakes - once the traumatic memories of the earthquakes are healed/resolved, the anxiety that resulted from them often also resolves, or at least reduces significantly. This means that instead of only offering some ways of managing the anxiety, I also offer ways of resolving the underlying cause.