Mike Garland - Principal
M.A (Applied), B.A., Dip. Teaching, C.Q.S.W.
MNZAC, MANZASW.

Other Services

Mike holds a Masters Degree in Applied Social Work, a Bachelor of Arts, a Diploma in Teaching and a certificate of Qualification in Social Work. He is a full member of New Zealand Association of Counsellors (MNZAC) and the Aotearoa/New Zealand Association of Social Workers (MANZASW) and serves on the national membership committee of the latter organization.

He has previously worked as a School Teacher, Probation Officer, Social Worker, Senior Counsellor in DSW Specialist Services, Regional Trainer (in what is now the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services) and lecturer in Social and Community Work at Massey University, Palmerston North.

Mike currently works full-time as a Counsellor, Life Coach, Supervisor, Social Work Consultant and Trainer. He is married with two children and he and his family live in Palmerston North.

Mike is also approved as a Counsellor by ACC, NZCYFS, the Family Court and the Employment Assistance Programme (EAP).

Mike offers Counselling and Coaching in the following areas:

• Clients
• Male adolescents
• Individual Adult Men and Women
• Couples
• Families
• Groups


• Ways of Working
• One to one
• Co-working
• Group work
• Use of IDT (Interactive Drawing Therapy).


• Areas of Work:
  • Anger and Violence / Power and Control.
  • Identity
  • Self Worth
  • Sexuality
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Managing Conflict
  • Relationship Counselling
  • Family Counselling
  • Parenting Skills
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Chemical Dependency
  • Depression
  • Grief and Loss
  • Anxiety
  • Guilt
  • Stress
  • Offending
  • Social Skills
  • Personal Development