Chris McKissack

Chris has a Master of Counselling, is an ACC registered counsellor and full member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC), with several years of experience supporting young people, adults, parents, and families.
Chris takes a warm, practical, and down-to-earth approach to counselling, focusing on building trust and creating a space where people feel comfortable, understood, and supported without judgement. Chris works collaboratively with clients to make sense of difficult experiences while also finding realistic and achievable ways forward.

Chris uses a flexible mix of counselling approaches depending on the person and the situation, including solution-focused, Narrative Therapy, strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches.

He has experience as a family therapist working alongside families in complex and high stress situations and has worked closely with a range of community and mental health services. He also has experience supporting clients with anxiety, anger, parenting challenges, relationship difficulties, stress, and emotional overwhelm.