About The Psychologist
Hayden Knibbs Clinical Psychologist
Hayden Knibbs is a Senior Clinical Psychologist registered with the New Zealand Psychologists Board, the Psychology Board of Australian, the Health and Care Professions council in the UK, the Health Professions Counsel of South Africa and is also a member of the New Zealand Psychologists Society.
Hayden has been practicing for over a decade and is an expert in the treatment of multiple psychological difficulties ranging from challenges such as hurtful breakups, relationship problems, difficulties with studies, problems with friends or colleagues to emotional challenges such as anxiety, depression, stress, pain, concussion, sadness, feeling overwhelmed or stuck or feeling confused, to challenges such as bi-polar, trauma, sexual trauma, sexual challenges, addiction, ADHD and schizophrenia to name a few.
Hayden has worked with a variety of cases, in numerous contexts, and is well versed in assisting Adults and children with the challenges that they are facing. Hayden has worked in the private practice context as well as psychiatric hospitals. Hayden has worked with injury recovery in various contexts including ACC and has practiced in a prominent private practice in Auckland.
He has worked in the military and in the police context and has testified as an expert witness in multiple criminal cases.
Hayden utilizes evidence-based treatment modalities and follows an integrative approach to treatment, involving a clinical analysis of each individual’s situation, focusing on understanding the specific details of each person’s journey and experience, in order to identify the most effective evidence based treatment for each patient. Hayden believes that psychological treatment is very personal and as such uses a person-centered stance when engaging in therapy.
Hayden has been trained, and utilizes an array of therapeutic inputs where indicated including: Couples therapy, Systematic desensitization, Assertiveness training, Person centered therapy, Group therapy, Behavioral therapy, Relaxation training (Jacobson’s), Teddy bear therapy (children), Play therapy (children), Strategic therapy, Clinical Hypnosis, Brief solutions focused therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Guided affected imagery, Traumatic incident reduction therapy, Trauma debriefing, Communications training, Psychodrama, Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy and Sex therapy.
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