Melissa Rowthorn
NZ Psychologist Board
Counselling Psychologist
Auckland, Auckland
New Zealand
Highest Degree Held: Ph.D.
Types of Clients: Adults
Languages spoken: English
Licensures/Certifications: New Zealand Psychologists Board
ACT/CBS Background and Training: I have been continuing my journey with ACT.
Previous Trainings:
The Compassionate use of Exposure Strategies - John Forsyth (2013). Introduction to ACT - Russ Harris (2014).
ACT for Adolescents - Louise Hayes (2015).
2016 - Study and application with people experiencing persistent pain following injury of “Manage Your Pain” (2000) 3rd Edition ADAPT programme (Dr Michael Nicholas, Dr Allan Molloy, Lois Tonkin, Lee Beeston), "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain" (2005) (JoAnne Dahl, Kelly Wilson, Carmen Luciano and Steven Hayes) "Living Beyond Your Pain" – Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain (JoAnne Dahl, Tobias Lundgren) (2006) among other articles about using ACT in applied practice.
2017 ACT refresher training
2017 ACT for Trauma Training - Russ Harris.
2023 - Dr Louise Hay - Going deeper: Helping adolescents with histories of trauma become more flexible and compassionate toward themselves and in their relationships.
Previous Trainings:
The Compassionate use of Exposure Strategies - John Forsyth (2013). Introduction to ACT - Russ Harris (2014).
ACT for Adolescents - Louise Hayes (2015).
2016 - Study and application with people experiencing persistent pain following injury of “Manage Your Pain” (2000) 3rd Edition ADAPT programme (Dr Michael Nicholas, Dr Allan Molloy, Lois Tonkin, Lee Beeston), "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for Chronic Pain" (2005) (JoAnne Dahl, Kelly Wilson, Carmen Luciano and Steven Hayes) "Living Beyond Your Pain" – Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to Ease Chronic Pain (JoAnne Dahl, Tobias Lundgren) (2006) among other articles about using ACT in applied practice.
2017 ACT refresher training
2017 ACT for Trauma Training - Russ Harris.
2023 - Dr Louise Hay - Going deeper: Helping adolescents with histories of trauma become more flexible and compassionate toward themselves and in their relationships.
ACT/CBS Experience: 1:1 therapy using ACT approaches with people experiencing pain, trauma, mental illness; development of an ACT based resiliency group for adolescents, supervision of interns and practitioners using ACT