Counselling for Adults
Counselling for adults is a gentle, respectful process that is confidential.
Counselling provides:
- Personal one to one sessions provided either in our counselling room at our offices or at home as needed.
- Therapeutic support groups for patients and for caregivers, held periodically throughout the year
- Family and relationship counselling
- Skilled support volunteers are able to spend time listening in a warm and supportive way.
- Guidance and assistance to individuals and families in communicating with each other in times of severe emotional distress. People within our service have found that counselling can reduce pain, anxiety, fear and stress, allowing for relaxation and a greater sense of meaning.
- A supportive partnership with individuals and their issues. It helps them to access their own resources, wisdom and strengths so they can find new answers and ways to live.
- A time for listening and talking for emotional expression and for greater personal awareness.
- Creative use of art, expressive writing, music and play
Counselling for Children and Young People
Rainbow Place offers a specialised service using creative and expressive therapies.
Grief and Bereavement Support
Of all the losses faced in life, the death of someone close can leave the emptiest feelings of loneliness and pain. While these feelings are a natural part of the grieving process, there may be times when it seems as if there is no way through. Sometimes talking in confidence to someone outside of family / whanau and friends, who understand the process, may help lift the burden and ease the pain.
Because each person’s grief is different, our various bereavement services are attuned to the specific needs of a family member or friend.
Bereavement care from Hospice Waikato includes individual support and counseling for adults and children, groupwork, regular newsletters, volunteer visitors and an annual memorial service.
Bereavement Support Group Meetings
Group meetings for our bereaved are held throughout the year:
- An informal ‘drop in’ bereavement group is held at 10 am on the first Tuesday of each month
- ‘A Healing Journey’ is held three times a year consecutively over six weeks.
Both groups are held at our offices – 344 Cobham Drive, Hillcrest, Hamilton. Contact us to register.
Social Work
The Social Worker is available to:
- Undertake a social assessment in partnership with patients and families to assist in meeting social, emotional, psychological, financial and spiritual needs.
- Provide information and help families access resources.
Social work support can be provided from initial contact through to the time of death, during the bereavement period and beyond. Issues that can arise are:
- Finances
- Benefit or pension queries / entitlements
- Housing, residential care placements
- Carer support
- Advocacy
- Practical supports
- Working through family difficulties
- Resource finding, linking in with other agencies
- Legal issues such as power of attorney, making a will
- Funeral planning
The Social Worker is also able to assist with facilitating family meetings as they are required. Requests for Family Support Volunteers and the Life Review Service are arranged by the Social Worker.