Kia ora koutou.
My name is Gill Stacey (she/her) and I was born in England. I moved to Aotearoa New Zealand in the early 1990s and I now live in Palmerston North.
In my life and work, I draw from my own diverse life experiences, both in Aotearoa New Zealand and other countries and cultures.
I aim to live simply and make a contribution to our beautiful world. I believe we have within ourselves and our communities everything we need to live a rich and meaningful life.
Be kind for everyone you meet is on a hard journey - Plato
I am a Registered Social Worker, UK trained Psychiatric Nurse, and have a Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling.
I am an Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner, with training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I am a Professional Supervisor, and a Sex Therapy New Zealand counsellor.
I have worked for ACC with sensitive claims and physical injury trauma, hospice, health centres, hospitals, Massey University, community organisations, Iwi based social services, and the Family Court.
- Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers
- Registered Social Worker Registration number 5830
- Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling
- UK Psychiatric Nurse
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Social Services Supervision
- Sex Therapy New Zealand
- Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner
- Vitae Contractor
- Victim Support
I am committed to promoting kindness, empowerment, equity, change, inclusivity and diversity. I work with anyone with any issue affecting their wellbeing, and have a wealth of personal and professional experiences and training to draw from. I am committed to my ongoing journey of cultural humility in my life, work, and practice.
I use an integrated approach including a wide range of therapeutic and counselling methods to suit the person I am seeing, within a Brief Intervention structure.
We are all in this life together and we all have times of peace and times of challenges. It is very normal to get caught in unhelpful patterns of behaviour, to feel overwhelmed by emotions or thoughts, and to feel stuck.
I will support you to overcome existing challenges and to develop understanding and skills, in order to deal more effectively with the everyday stresses we all face. We are learning for a lifetime and these skills will stay with you always.
