The team changing lives

Oscar is passionate about supporting men in their journey towards personal growth, and the development of positive and healthy relationships within their whanau’s and wider communities.

Oscar strives to address the unique challenges faced by men in Aotearoa by challenging traditional norms that can perpetuate harmful behaviors and limit personal growth.

In addition Oscar has a background in programme development and creation, with experience in both the education and business sectors. Oscar has a degree in Counselling with Auckland University of Technology.

Brittany works as one of our children’s counsellors and group facilitators. Brittany is a qualified Social Worker whose experience has been strongly focused around children and young people, as they are always at the heart of her practice.

Brittany is very passionate about providing a safe space for her clients, one where they always feel heard and supported. Brittany draws on narrative therapy and works strongly from a strengths focused approach.

Jenni has been in the Counselling and Facilitation fields for 30 years.

She began her training with Youthline, Psychodrama and Human Development and Training Institute and has a continued interest  in the Impact of Colonization on our Indigenous Communities, Trauma, Neuroscience, Creative therapies and Mindfulness.

Jenni  has experience working  with children and teenagers; although now works primarily with Adult women, and cofacilitating Men’s and Women’s programs.

She is a full member of NZAC.

Dean’s current areas of special interest are in trauma, relationships, and Internal Family Systems therapy. He has always tried to assist couples and individuals to become all they could be, and in pursing that goal for himself, started moving into a more formal counselling career.

Dean facilitates a relationship programme for the Drug Court. He is currently in the middle of his Master’s degree in Supervision.

He has lived in several different cultures and loves the diversity that culture brings to music, food, spirituality, and life itself. He has 5 adult children, plays guitar, and is quite obsessed about his poodle.

Dean is a member of NZAC.

Seno Tu’inukuafe (MNZAC) is a Tongan mother living in North Shore. Born in Tonga, she migrated to NZ in 1986 and has been a counsellor since 2011. Seno holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling from the University of Auckland and recently completed a Master of Psychotherapy degree from Auckland University of Technology.

Seno values diversity and works with any ethnic community on a variety of issues including loss, grief and family violence.

Her hobbies are gardening, reading, crafting, travelling, music, culture and anything relating to spirituality and soul care.

Lynda is the administrator for Respect.

She comes from a background of administration having worked for small businesses in the recruitment, architecture and customer service fields.

Outside of work she enjoys being creative in the form of painting and art journaling. She also enjoys walking and travelling.

Alastair Duhs is a counsellor in private practice who has worked in Stopping Violence programmes since 1992.

Alastair has previously been the Men’s Programme Manager, Clinical Manager and General Manager of Respect, as well as working in a number of other community and non-profit agencies.

Alastair has been a member of Respect since 1998 and a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors since 2000. He remains committed to working with men, women and children to promote safe, respectful and non-violent relationships.