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Mind and Body Consultants Ltd.
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Description
Mind and Body is New Zealand’s leading consumer mental health service provider providing peer support services in Auckland and Canterbury and peer advocacy services in Wellington.
The guiding principle of all our services is that all people are capable of living a flourishing life.
We have a focus on people and community that stands at the centre of everything we do – from meeting with our clients at their local park or cafe, to designing and inspiring award-winning de-stigmatisation projects, to providing a consumer voice to health boards.
Staff
Mind and Body Service Managers:
Auckland:
Clare Lund
(09) 630 5909 ext 9821
clare.lund@mindandbody.co.nz
Waitemata:
Elizabeth Tingle
(09) 630 5909 ext 9136
elizabeth.tingle@mindandbody.co.nz
Christchurch:
Birgitta Wikstrom
(03) 377 1818 ext 3851
birgitta.wikstrom@mindandbody.co.nz
Wellington:
Mere Tavai
0800 11 11 42
Like Minds Like Mine:
Sheree Veysey
(09) 630 5909 ext 9834
Hours
Mon – Fri | 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM |
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Public Holidays: Closed Good Friday (29 Mar), Easter Sunday (31 Mar), Easter Monday (1 Apr), ANZAC Day (25 Apr), King's Birthday (3 Jun), Matariki (28 Jun), Labour Day (28 Oct), Wellington Anniversary (20 Jan), Waitangi Day (6 Feb).
Languages Spoken
English, Arabic, German, Indian, Māori, Mandarin Chinese
Programmes
This service provides clients with support from people who have lived experience of mental illness or addiction (peers). The support is individualised to each person’s needs and helps them to understand and implement their own recovery and to strengthen their involvement in the wider community. Our peer support services will encourages clients to take responsibility for their own recovery. We define recovery as living the life you want, in the presence or absence of mental illness. We see no reason why mental illness should mean isolation from the rest of the world. The experience of mental illness can often leave us focusing on weaknesses or problems. A PSW can help their clients shift the focus to their strengths, their talents and the skills they’ve learned in their life, including what they’ve learned from experiencing mental illness itself. Our clients actively promote their wellness by connecting or reconnecting with their whānau/family and friends, jobs, home and community. We all have talents, skills and aspirations that are the foundation for recovery. A peer support worker can support their client to make positive changes in their life by helping them to: 1. Identify strengths and desires 2. Set goals 3. Plan the necessary steps to achieve them.
This service provides clients with support from people who have lived experience of mental illness or addiction (peers). The support is individualised to each person’s needs and helps them to understand and implement their own recovery and to strengthen their involvement in the wider community. Our peer support services will encourages clients to take responsibility for their own recovery. We define recovery as living the life you want, in the presence or absence of mental illness. We see no reason why mental illness should mean isolation from the rest of the world. The experience of mental illness can often leave us focusing on weaknesses or problems. A PSW can help their clients shift the focus to their strengths, their talents and the skills they’ve learned in their life, including what they’ve learned from experiencing mental illness itself. Our clients actively promote their wellness by connecting or reconnecting with their whānau/family and friends, jobs, home and community. We all have talents, skills and aspirations that are the foundation for recovery. A peer support worker can support their client to make positive changes in their life by helping them to: 1. Identify strengths and desires 2. Set goals 3. Plan the necessary steps to achieve them.
- Programme Areas
Mental health
- Programme Type
Peer / advocacy / group / family whānau support
- Regions
North Auckland, West Auckland, Central Auckland, Canterbury
- Age Groups
Adult / Pakeke
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
Peer Support is FREE for any user of District Health Board (DHB) mental health services in Central Auckland, West Auckland or Christchurch.
Clients may also be referred by their GP to receive funded short-term support.
Mind and Body also provides userpays peer support for people who don’t meet access criteria but are interested in making changes in their lives.
Description
This service provides clients with support from people who have lived experience of mental illness or addiction (peers). The support is individualised to each person’s needs and helps them to understand and implement their own recovery and to strengthen their involvement in the wider community.
Our peer support services will encourages clients to take responsibility for their own recovery. We define recovery as living the life you want, in the presence or absence of mental illness. We see no reason why mental illness should mean isolation from the rest of the world.
The experience of mental illness can often leave us focusing on weaknesses or problems. A PSW can help their clients shift the focus to their strengths, their talents and the skills they’ve learned in their life, including what they’ve learned from experiencing mental illness itself.
Our clients actively promote their wellness by connecting or reconnecting with their whānau/family and friends, jobs, home and community. We all have talents, skills and aspirations that are the foundation for recovery. A peer support worker can support their client to make positive changes in their life by helping them to:
1. Identify strengths and desires
2. Set goals
3. Plan the necessary steps to achieve them.
Sometimes, for one reason or another, we don’t get the services we need when we need them. Peer Advocates can walk beside you to advocate to get your needs met. If you are searching for solutions to concerns or problems relating to your mental health or addiction treatment or support, the Peer Advocacy Service provides goal and solution-centred advocacy to help you in that process. The service provides support to peers on specific issues and provides information but not advice. Peer Advocates are available to meet people in the community or in services between the hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. After hours appointments, including on the weekend, are negotiated on a case by case basis based on need and urgency. The Service is issues-based and time limited.
Sometimes, for one reason or another, we don’t get the services we need when we need them. Peer Advocates can walk beside you to advocate to get your needs met. If you are searching for solutions to concerns or problems relating to your mental health or addiction treatment or support, the Peer Advocacy Service provides goal and solution-centred advocacy to help you in that process. The service provides support to peers on specific issues and provides information but not advice. Peer Advocates are available to meet people in the community or in services between the hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. After hours appointments, including on the weekend, are negotiated on a case by case basis based on need and urgency. The Service is issues-based and time limited.
- Programme Areas
Mental health
- Programme Type
Peer / advocacy / group / family whānau support
- Regions
Wellington
- Age Groups
Adult / Pakeke
- Referral Types
Self referral, GP, DHB clinical services
Referral Process
If you are 18 years or over, and accessing mental health or addictions services in the Capital and Coast District health Board locality - which covers Wellington, Porirua and the Kapiti Coast - then the Peer Advocacy Service is free to use.
If this service sounds helpful, please contact us on 0800 11 11 42 or email
Description
Sometimes, for one reason or another, we don’t get the services we need when we need them. Peer Advocates can walk beside you to advocate to get your needs met. If you are searching for solutions to concerns or problems relating to your mental health or addiction treatment or support, the Peer Advocacy Service provides goal and solution-centred advocacy to help you in that process. The service provides support to peers on specific issues and provides information but not advice.
Peer Advocates are available to meet people in the community or in services between the hours of 8:30am and 5:00pm, Monday to Friday. After hours appointments, including on the weekend, are negotiated on a case by case basis based on need and urgency. The Service is issues-based and time limited.
Like Minds Like Mine is a nationwide programme funded by the Ministry of Health to counter stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. Mind and Body has been a pioneering provider of this programme to the Auckland region. We are currently working on a project to develop a five-part creative resource for young people to destigmatise mental illness. In addition to our Like Minds Like Mine work, we also provide education focused on encouraging people to rethink their ideas about their own or other people's experiences of mental "illness."
Like Minds Like Mine is a nationwide programme funded by the Ministry of Health to counter stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. Mind and Body has been a pioneering provider of this programme to the Auckland region. We are currently working on a project to develop a five-part creative resource for young people to destigmatise mental illness. In addition to our Like Minds Like Mine work, we also provide education focused on encouraging people to rethink their ideas about their own or other people's experiences of mental "illness."
- Programme Areas
Mental health
- Programme Type
Training - mental health
- Regions
East Auckland, South Auckland, North Auckland, West Auckland, Central Auckland
- Age Groups
Adult / Pakeke
- Referral Types
Self referral
Referral Process
For more information, please contact admin@mindandbody.co.nz
Description
Like Minds Like Mine is a nationwide programme funded by the Ministry of Health to counter stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. Mind and Body has been a pioneering provider of this programme to the Auckland region. We are currently working on a project to develop a five-part creative resource for young people to destigmatise mental illness.
In addition to our Like Minds Like Mine work, we also provide education focused on encouraging people to rethink their ideas about their own or other people's experiences of mental "illness."
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Contact Details
197 Universal Drive, Henderson, Auckland
West Auckland
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Phone
(09) 630 5909
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101 Main Highway, Ellerslie, Auckland
Central Auckland
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Phone
(09) 630 5909
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8 Kennedy Place, Christchurch
Canterbury
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Phone
(09) 630 5909
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Mobile
+64 277006913
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