Karina is passionate about easing suffering and helping people heal. With more than 18 years of experience in Clinical Psychology, she has worked in the Public Sector with Children and Adolescents both in Community and Forensic settings.
In her Private Practice she has worked with teenagers, families, adults and couples. After a few years of illness, she is now returning to Private Practice providing assessment and treatment for adults who are experiencing suffering.
Karina offers a friendly, collaborative and warm approach. She draws from a range of evidence-based therapy modalities to help you achieve your therapy goals.
Karina is fluent in Spanish and intermediate in Italian and Portuguese
Expertise
- Grief / Emotional Pain
- Depression / Low Mood
- Anxiety / Excessive Worry
- Relationship Issues
- Adjustment to life changes
- Coping with chronic illness
- Feelings of Emptiness and loss of meaning
- Self-discovery
Therapy approaches
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Positive Psychology
- Mindfulness and Compassion based approaches
- Polyvagal Theory
Qualifications
- BA Psychology (Magna Cum Laude) – Dominican University of California
- BA hons Psychology (First Class honours) – Auckland University
- MA Psychology (First Class honours) – Auckland University
- PGDip Clinical Psychology – Massey University
Affiliations
- Registered Clinical Psychologist with the New Zealand Psychologists Board
