We offer free and confidential short-term counselling, helping to equip you to deal with life's challenges.

If you're seeking support in relation to your mental health and wellbeing, we offer free counselling services. Our counsellors use a range of therapeutic approaches to better equip people to deal with life’s challenges.

This service is available to

• People living with HIV 
• People affected by HIV (e.g. partners, whānau and friends)
• Men who have sex with men

What can I talk to counsellors about?

Every person's situation is different. These are some of the types of things our clients work through with us:

• Managing a new HIV diagnosis
• Living with HIV (eg: the impact of stigma)
• Ageing with HIV
• Supporting a significant other/whānau with HIV
• Sexual and gender identity
• Sexual behaviour including sexual dysfunction and sex addiction
• Anxiety and depression
• Self-esteem and self-care
• Relationship issues
• Grief and loss
• Substance use and harm minimization (Please note we are not specialists in substance use and harm minimisation)

Other services providers that may be helpful

• Need to talk? Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor 
• Lifeline – 0800 543 354 (0800 LIFELINE) or free text 4357 (HELP)
• Suicide Crisis Helpline – 0508 828 865 (0508 TAUTOKO)
• Healthline – 0800 611 116
• Samaritans – 0800 726 666 
• Depression Helpline – 0800 111 757 or free text 4202 (to talk to a trained counsellor about how you are feeling or to ask any questions)
• OUTLine NZ – 0800 688 5463 (OUTLINE) provides confidential telephone support 
• Alcohol and Drug Helpline – 0800 787 797 or online chat
• Are You OK – 0800 456 450 family violence helpline
• Gambling Helpline – 0800 654 655
• Anxiety phone line – 0800 269 4389 (0800 ANXIETY)
• Shine - 0508 744 633 domestic abuse helpline