Tania Gower-Bullick at
Cambridge Counselling
Growing Stories, Growing Lives
Based in a quiet cottage in central Cambridge, Tania Gower-Bullick at Cambridge Counselling offers a retreat where life and relationship stories can unfold with manaakitanga, with care and respect. Here, there is an understanding that lives and relationships are rich and always evolving.
Specialising in Narrative Therapy, Tania provides an approach where each person is recognised as the expert of their own life. This therapeutic journey focuses on exploring the stories that shape experiences and discovering new perspectives and possibilities.
Whether you're seeking to understand relationship dynamics or navigating life's transitions, Cambridge Counselling provides the space, gentle conversation, and skilled guidance to identify the many threads of your experiences. Together with Tania, these threads can be woven into narratives that better reflect your values, hopes, and intentions.
Nau mai ngā hua
Nau mai ngā pai
Nau mai kia nui
kia hāwere ai
Welcome all things that have grown
Welcome all things that are good
May they be plentiful and abundant
Approach
Narrative Therapy
Narrative Therapy is a counselling approach that views people as distinct from their problems and recognises that identity extends far beyond current challenges. A core principle is that problems are separate from the person as captured in the quote "The person is not the problem, the problem is the problem".
Through this process, counsellors work collaboratively with the people who consult them to externalise difficulties, uncover unique outcomes, and have individuals story their lives in ways that honour their tino rangatiratanga, their self-determination and ability to be the primary authors of their own stories and lives.
By creating distance from problem-saturated stories, individuals can discover alternative perspectives, reconnect with personal values and commitments while developing richer, more nuanced understandings of their lived experiences. This journey hopes to restore mana and creates space for preferred identities and new possibilities to emerge.
"The person is not the problem,
the problem is the problem"
- Michael White and David Epston
Services
Specialised Support For:
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Relationship difficulties
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Parenting challenges
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Changing family dynamics
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Life stage transitions
Couple Counselling
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Pre-commitment counselling
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Communication and conflict
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Building trust and intimacy
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Navigating separation and divorce
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Co-parenting
Individual Counselling
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Navigating life transitions and challenges
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Processing grief and loss
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Addressing anxiety and emotional wellbeing
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Career transitions and work-life balance
Te Tiriti o Waitangi Commitment
Cambridge Counselling acknowledges tangata whenua as the first peoples of Aotearoa and recognises the significance of Te Tiriti o Waitangi in shaping our collective story. As a counselling practice, Tania Gower-Bullick is committed to upholding Treaty principles in her work. This commitment is reflected in the narrative therapy approach, which honours diverse cultural narratives and recognizes the importance of whakapapa, mana, and tino rangatiratanga in the therapeutic journey. All cultural backgrounds are welcome and Tania is dedicated to ongoing learning about culturally safe and responsive practices that support wellbeing within the unique context of Aotearoa New Zealand.
Taking the First Step
To begin a conversation with Tania at Cambridge Counselling, in person or online, please make contact. Following this initial email, a complimentary 15-minute phone conversation will be arranged to explore compatibility, address any questions about the process, and establish practical arrangements for moving forward together.