Hello
I'm Anna. I was born in Aotearoa/New Zealand, into a large rural farming family in the North Island. I am a curious and compassionate human.
In my current phase of life, I am focusing on the art of 'being', whilst unlearning prescribed and perpetual 'doing'.
I always look forward to meeting new clients and helping them on their unique path.
Hope to speak with you soon!
Anna Kingi
Counsellor
Provisional Member, NZCCA
My background
I began my formal university education at the University of Auckland back in 2005. I later graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, double major in Education and Anthropology. Human relationships, have always been an area of great passion for me.
My next call to adventure was motherhood.
In 2020 I returned to university, this time at Auckland University of Technology. I studied a Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy and during this time, I discovered my love for depth psychology.
I came to understand that there was much to know 'between the lines' of my own, and others stories.
During the Masters degree, I was an intern at a Hospice, which was an incredibly humbling experience. This placement quite naturally lead to my fascination in existential psychotherapy.
In 2023 I began to work in the Integrated Primary Health and Addictions sector of a local GP clinic. Working with the community in this way, really brought to life a fuller understanding of just how interwoven phsyical and mental health were. It was here that I explored 'whole person healthcare' as an approach, and still carry this understanding of wellbeing into my work today.
During the formal academic journey, I finished with a Masters in Health Science (psychotherapy), completed my dissertation on Hope in Psychotherapy and co-authored a chapter in a research methodology book. All were a labour of love!
I have seen my academic and professional pathway move between formal and intrinsic learning, where both ways feed into each other creating a sense of groundedness in myself as a therapist.