Paul Allen

I am generally available from 8am to 9pm (last session starting at 8pm), Wednesday to Friday, and 8 till 4 on Saturday. 

I provide psychotherapeutic counselling for those seeking personal change. It is an in-person or online offer providing practical, non-judgemental & confidential support for long term growth.

I went to counselling as a way to address my own personal developmental needs &, experiencing the desired change, chose to study it.

I have a foundation degree in humanistic counselling, specialising in transactional analysis psychotherapy, from Middlesex University. 

I have come to appreciate that it’s never too late or too soon to reflect on how we live life if it isn’t satisfying us the way we think it could, and acknowledge that we all have the capacity to engage in a process of and effect enduring change.

I work with individuals & couples (18+) from an office in Christchurch and online using doxy.me or Google Meet. 

Guided self reflection offers a practical framework for examining our interpersonal relationships in order to help us make sense of how we feel about ourselves & others in everyday situations, within groups large and small, within organisations, & with family, friends, partners & colleagues. It can be applied to the examination of our private & work lives, & offers a frame of thought through which we can claim & own the agency of them.

My approach is to share with you some fundamental principles of self reflection & their application to challenges so that together we can find a route to a happier you.

Time spent working with me will help you understand why you feel the way you do, & what to do to bring about the change you seek.