Welcome

Welcome to the website of the New Zealand Association of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists.

This website is aimed at increasing awareness about the role and activity of Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy in New Zealand. Please stay and take ten minutes to read about us.

• Jan and Tim’s parents are separating. Where should the children live?

• The Brown family wonder why Joe is stealing and how to help him.

• Dan, a solo dad, wonders if his three year old son is adjusting to his mother's absence and if he’s managing him well.

• Kate and John’s children return to their care after Kate’s hospitalisation. They’re clingy and throw temper tantrums. Why? How can they cope?  

• Rosie is being sexually interfered with by her stepfather. How can she feel and be safe in her own family?

• Five year old Sue is dying. No one knows how she feels.

These are common difficulties that can be assessed and treated by Child and Adolescent Psychotherapists.