Dr. Richard Fox

How can I help?

My experience

I work together with people, to find the best way they can resolve current difficulties, and to help them move forward in their lives.

If you are experiencing any of the situations below, you should find counselling and psychotherapy helpful.

  • Stress and burnout

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Relationships, especially couples

  • Rebuilding life after sexual abuse and addictions

  • Coping with physical illness, chronic pain and fatigue

  • Interest in personal development

  • Supervision for therapists

I work with people of any age from late teens onwards. 

Approaches

I have explored far and wide within the counselling and psychotherapy field, and been most drawn to the more modern approaches which I find warm, friendly, open and affirming.

They focus upon working with people’s strengths, and finding the therapy that best suits the individual. We work together to create the best conditions for transformation to occur.

Added to this, the rapidly growing field of brain science is providing understandings which can guide us towards what is most likely to be effective.

Most of my training and experience has been in three main models of therapy:

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

IFS provides a helpful, non-pathologising and empowering way for understanding our inner world and how to work with it. This can be powerfully healing and transforming.

Internal Family Systems therapy has become enormously popular since being included in Bessel van der Kolk’s bestselling book: The Body Keeps the Score.

In 2011-12 I flew to the USA and trained in IFS. Since then I have assisted in a number of IFS trainings in Australia and NZ and am now an Approved Clinical Consultant (Supervisor) in IFS. 

www.ifsaotearoa.nz

www.ifs-institute.com

www.internalfamilysystemstrainingaustralia.com.au

www.mindbeyond.com.au

Hakomi Mindfulness-Centred Somatic Psychotherapy

My original training starting in 1993 was in Hakomi Mindfulness-Centred Somatic Psychotherapy and this continues to underlie my approach to working with people.

www.hakomiinstitute.com

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT)

 

Relationships are an important part of our lives and I have had significant training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy – EFT which is often effective at helping couples rebuild their relationship and become close again.

www.nzceft.org

www.iceeft.com