Conversations Counselling

12/05/2024

"When clients turn to therapy for help in dealing with one of the biggest existential crises humanity has faced, they may be failed, missed, let down or diverted. Therapists' response to this potentially overwhelming and engulfing reality has been inadequate, even damaging."
So begins the challenge of ‘Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown’, a new book from the Climate Psychology Alliance (Judith Anderson, Tree Staunton, Jenny O'Gorman & Caroline Hickman (eds), 2024, p4).
Responding to this challenge requires those of us in ‘hauora’ professions in Aotearoa to work together to develop climate-aware practice. Join me in forming a climate mental health network. We are planning a first national inter-disciplinary zoom call for next month. Email me to be part of it: silvia.purdie@gmail.com

05/12/2023

I am celebrating to have gained Full Membership of the NZ Christian Counsellors Association. I started training as a counsellor with a toddler and pregnant. Finally achieved Professional Membership - only took 24 years!
I can now add 'MNZCCA' to my name.
So if you know of someone looking for a supervisor (anywhere in the country), put them on to me!

12/02/2023

Love is the best thing! …??
If the delight of love is getting a bit lost in your relationship
now is a good time to invest in couple counselling.
Call Silvia Purdie on 027 242 1113 (Upper Hutt)
for confidential professional support.
www.conversationscounselling.nz

23/12/2022

Welcome to my new counselling and supervision website!

I am here for you! Warm, encouraging support for your wellbeing and professional development. Silvia Purdie is a qualified counsellor and a Provisional Member of the New Zealand Christian...

23/12/2022

Check out my new short videos on how to survive Christmas!

Silvia Purdie is a counsellor, supervisor, minister, and sustainability consultant. Yes, I know, that's a lot! In these videos Silvia tackles questions relev...

23/12/2022

I am delighted to have done my move north to Upper Hutt, and am now providing counselling and supervision from my home in Trentham. Please be in touch if you would like to talk about how I can support you at the moment, or into the year ahead.

30/08/2021

Half-Price Lockdown Special: 2 sessions of Counselling, from home on zoom, for $80.
Phone Silvia on 027 242 1113.
After lockdown could continue face-to-face in Rolleston.

31/01/2021

What if there was a 'repair kit' for relationships ...?!
Here's mine:

​In our most intimate relationship we experience life’s greatest joys, but also our sharpest agonies. A marriage is a living growing thing, which means going through times of pain and struggle....

31/01/2021

This talk from John Gottman is several years old now but it still speaks clear and fresh with a vibrant simplicity about what works and what ruins relationships.

Here’s the science behind happy relationships! Dr. Gottman outlines the findings, tools and techniques that have helped thousands of couples from around the ...