About Us

Our Goals 
 

• To provide high quality psychological services to our clients, and;
• A high standard of teaching to the students of the Clinical Psychology Training Programme for the University of Canterbury.
  
  There is some capacity to provide services to people who do not wish a student to be involved.

Our Trainees
 

• Our trainees have completed at least four years of study in Psychology and are enrolled in postgraduate training clinical psychology, which they complete concurrently with either a master’s degree or PhD in psychology, if they do not already hold one of these degrees. 
• As part of their clinical psychology training, they undertake practicum placements in the Psychology Centre which provides they with the opportunity to translate theory into practice and develop the competencies required to be registered as a clinical psychologist.

Our commitment
 

We want to provide our clients with a high level of service, so if you see us we will work hard to:

• Work with you to understand your difficulties in a respectful manner
• Provide honest feedback and advice
• Respect your privacy according to our ethical and legal obligations
• Practice in an ethical fashion according to the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights Regulations, and the Code of Ethics for Psychologists Working in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Meeting the needs of students and clients
 

As a training centre we strive to involve Clinical Psychology students in assessment and treatment in ways that meet the needs of both the student and client. Before working in the Centre students have already completed four years of University study in Psychology and are in the process of completing three years of advanced training in Clinical Psychology. The students are closely supervised in their training by experienced Clinical Psychologists.

The Centre has some capacity to provide a service to clients who do not wish to have a student involved.