What does strengths-based mean? Therapy focuses on client strengths, resources, values and hopes as opposed to weaknesses, risks, and regrets to facilitate a more balanced understanding of the human experience. 

Balanced Minds helps adolescents, adults and their families with many types of difficulties and concerns. Balanced Minds fundamental approach is to help clients understand themselves better, and to help clients find their own path to solve their difficulties. Personal empowerment, autonomy and independence are paramount.

MEET BRIDGET …

Registered Psychologist / Yoga & Meditation Guide / Owner
bridget@balancedminds.co.nz

Bridget is a registered psychologist, yoga and meditation teacher who is passionate about working with people to help them achieve a healthy and balanced life.   

Bridget believes that living a healthy, meaningful and fulfilling life should be at the core of human existence. She is holistic in her approach – providing support services that strive to enhance and maintain physical, mental, emotional, energetic and spiritual health. 

Her main goal is to educate, support and empower everyone she works with. She is committed to helping people realise their own potential and achieve vibrant health!

Bridget's approach is integrative, and she predominantely draws on the following therapeutic modalities when working with clients: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), iRest Yoga Nidra®, Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. In doing so, Bridget uses both top-down (addressing cognitions) and bottom-up (working with the body) approaches when working alongside clients.