Meet Our Team
Jenny Freedman
Clinical Psychologist
Jenny is a Clinical Psychologist with 30 years of experience. Her areas of interest include attachment, grief, life transitions, relationships, spiritual and personal growth, gender, sex and sexuality and supporting the LGBTQ+ and Ethically Non Monogamous communities. She has an emerging area of interest in and experience with neurodiversity.
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Alex Jones
Counsellor / Therapist
Alex is a registered counsellor (NZAC) and during his multi decade career has spent many years working closely with kaupapa Māori services and practitioners in Northland and supported young people and individuals withing the queer community. Alex has experience working with people with trauma, sexual abuse, violence prevention, relationship problems and abuse, addiction, mental health, and grief. He can work with individuals or couples.
Meg Goodman
Intern Psychologist
Meg is passionate about supporting people in the queer and polyamorous/CNM communities (and is a member of these communities herself).Meg is an active researcher and has completed studies on media representations of consensual non-monogamy in Aotearoa, as well as rainbow youth experiences of accessing mental health service. In their work with individuals and couples they take a strength-based approach and utilises evidence-based best-practice tools to help people thrive.
Dr. Maria Rotella
Clinical Psychologist
Originally from New York, Dr. Rotella has been living in New Zealand for over 8 years. She has worked with clients in settings ranging from prison to university & brings expertise to support you with a variety of concerns. Dr. Rotella has particularly enjoyed working with clients whose lived experience includes neurodiversity, gender diversity & relationship diversity.
Noeleen Chaney
Councellor / Therapist
My name is Noeleen Chaney. I identify as a cis gender female, I am bisexual, and use she / her pronouns. I am Irish and have been living and working in NZ for 18 years. I have always felt strongly about supporting people and challenging barriers. I was motivated to help people from a very young age and recall that I wanted to be a social worker from 12 years old. I have worked within the helping professions now for over twenty years, having trained initially in the UK with additional studies in Aotearoa