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Sam Mitchell

Registered Integrative Psychotherapist and EMDR Specialist

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Trauma Specialist

New Zealand

Currently Accepting Clients

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Sam Mitchell

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Sam Mitchell

Registered Integrative Psychotherapist and EMDR Specialist

Verified

Trauma Specialist

New Zealand

Currently Accepting Clients

Message

Sam Mitchell

Website

Description

I am a registered Integrative Psychotherapist with over 30 years of clinical experience, based on Waiheke Island, New Zealand.
In New Zealand I offer EMDR therapy and EMDR intensives in person and online — designed for focused, rapid healing from trauma and emotional distress. I also offer EMDR and intensives at international locations by invitation only, and work with individuals internationally online.
Having personally travelled and worked internationally, I enjoy working cross-culturally with awareness and sensitivity. My experience spans a wide range of ethnicities, religions, spiritualities, cultures, and presenting issues. Alongside EMDR, I draw on a broad range of approaches — including self-compassion, behavioural therapies, natural health, and mind-body work — tailored to each person and what they bring.
I am registered with PBANZ, a member of APANZ, EMDR-Certified through EMDRAA, an ACC registered trauma therapist and supervisor and a Master NLP Coach. I am committed to ongoing professional development, with recent advanced trainings in attachment-informed EMDR and transpersonal EMDR.
Clients describe me as down-to-earth, empathic, experienced, approachable, kind, and effective.

Professional Memberships

  • APANZ — Association of Psychotherapists Aotearoa New Zealand (formerly known as NZAP)

  • PBANZ — Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand

  • EMDRAA — EMDR Association of Australia EMDRAA

Trauma-Specific Training and Certifications

EMDR basic tdaining 1 and 2, certified. Completed twice, NZ EMDRNZ trainer and Australian EMDRAA trainer

Mark Brayne attachment focused EMDR

Graeme Taylor, EMDRAA, EMDRIA- Blink and Flash technique

Irene Siegel Transpersonal EMDR

Cultures Identified With

European, New Zealand, Maori, Pacific island, Asian, Refugee and migrant, Rainbow, neurodivergent

Language

English

Sessions

Online

Supervision / Training

Populations

Migration & Displacement

LGBTQIA+ Identity

Sex Workers

Neurodiversity and Development

Health, Disability, and Accessibility

Socio-Economic Vulnerability

Individual

Ages

Adolescents (13–17)

Adults (18–64)

Older Adults (65+)

Trauma Specialities

Childhood & Developmental Trauma

Complex Trauma & Dissociation

Single-Event Trauma

Grief & Loss

Sexual & Gender-Based Violence

Identity-Based & Systemic Trauma

Intergenerational & Collective Trauma

Migration & Displacement Trauma

Medical & Reproductive Trauma

Workplace, Organisational & Educational Trauma

Others

Modalities

EMDR

EMDR 2.0

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

Body-Based Trauma Integration

Attachment-Based Trauma Therapy

Compassion-Focused Therapy (CFT)

Mindfulness-Based Trauma Therapy

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP)

Integrative Trauma Therapy

Others

Fee Range

USD $200+

Trauma Expertise Level

Trauma Specialist