Ron Chambers - President

Faye Hanna- Treasurer (Special Interest in Accreditation)

Faye was a Psychiatric Nurse who studied in the hospital system and then trained as Comprehensive Nurse. Although she had trained in a medical model, she was always more drawn to the psychotherapeutic models of care and enjoyed completing the Theory of Psychotherapy program at Ashburn Hall. She then moved into the Primary Sector where she was able to really utilise a CBT approach to care and she provided Brief Intervention in and around the Southland area for several years. In 2019 she moved to the Wellington area and lives on the Kapiti Coast. She is currently working at Kapiti Youth Support and as well has a small private practice. She has a strong interest in prevention of child abuse and mortality in New Zealand. 

 Simone Kinley- Secretary and Executive Board Member

Simone is a Clinical Nurse Therapist with more than 30 years experience at the CDHB working with adults who experience anxiety and depression. As part of specialist mental health services (SMHS) she has helped develop group treatments for PTSD. Simone is a educator for the SMHS training clinical staff in Basic Principles of CBT.  She teaches the Principles of CBT for Otago University to Mental Health Postgraduate Nurses. Simone facilitates the training of staff at SMHS for Critical Stress Incident Management (CISM) providing peer support to staff who have suffered a traumatic event at the workplace. She has been in private practice since 2011.

Fiona Mathieson- Executive Board Member (Special Interest in Certification)

Fiona is a clinical psychologist, with 25 years’ experience working with adults across a wide range of problems particularly anxiety and depression. She has been in private practice in Wellington for the past 10 years. Fiona is also a senior lecturer with the University of Otago, Wellington, where she has taught post graduate cognitive behaviour therapy for the past 17 years. She has had articles on cognitive behaviour therapy published in local and international academic journals. She regularly attends local and international conferences and workshops on cognitive therapy. She is involved in research into competence development in CBT,  brief interventions in primary care and metaphorical language in CBT. Fiona is a fellow of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists and currently serves on the New Zealand Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal. 

Gini McIntosh - Executive Board Member 

Gini is a clinical psychologist who has worked in a mental health clinical research unit, conducting clinical trials for serious mental disorders. She is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Canterbury and teaches in the clinical psychology training programme and leads a programme that trains health professionals in cognitive behaviour therapy. Her research focuses on improving the outcome of psychotherapies for psychological disorders - eating disorders, depression, and anxiety, studying specific therapies and broader process mechanisms of change. She has also conducted research investigating the effects of the Canterbury earthquakes - how best to deliver CBT to large numbers of people affected by a community-wide natural disaster and understanding how some people remain resilient and even experience post-traumatic growth despite high exposure to earthquakes. Her research uses both statistical and qualitative methodologies. 

Paul McCann - Executive Board Member

Paul has 21 years’ experience working in the Mental Health sector both in the UK and Aotearoa New Zealand, including 15 years in Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit practising expressive therapies. He completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy at the University of Otago in 2018, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Health Sciences in Alcohol and Drug Studies at the University of Auckland in 2020. Paul is currently a counsellor at Lakes DHB Primary Mental Health Intervention Service (PRIMHIS). He is a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors NZAC. Paul enjoys working with mood and anxiety disorders.

Matthew Broadway-Horner - Executive Board Member

Matt Broadway-Horner is a clinical nurse specialist based in Health New Zealand. He is an honorary senior lecturer based at the department of psychological medicine at the University of Auckland.  Matt is an international speaker, researcher, writer, TV broadcaster and speaker on the topic of mental health & learning disabilities and applications of CBT.  Since obtaining his MSc CBT training and BABCP accreditation in 2005 he has a career history in innovative development, management and training in mental health and psychological therapies. He was part of the training and supervision team in the world famous UK, NHS Increased Access to Psychological Therapies service, since its inception in 2007. Via the use of therapeutic and community knowledge exchange projects he is interested in minority stress, challenging the structural, political and representational aspects within societies.

Bethany Gerling - Executive Board Member

Jessica Pham - Administration Assistant

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