Older Adult Counselling NZ

Counselling for Later-Life Changes, Loss & Wellbeing

Later life can bring freedom and opportunity, but it can also bring significant changes.

Retirement, bereavement, changing health, caring responsibilities, family changes and loneliness can all affect emotional wellbeing.

You may want support with:

Loss can become more frequent in later life.

You may be grieving a partner, friends, siblings, health, independence or a way of life that has changed.

Retirement is often described as something to look forward to.

For some people it is.

For others, leaving work also means losing routine, social contact, status, purpose and a significant part of their identity.

It is possible to have family around you and still feel lonely.

Counselling provides confidential space to talk openly about experiences you may not want to burden family members with.

Emotional difficulties are not simply an inevitable part of ageing.

Online counselling may be useful for people with transport, mobility or geographic limitations.

You can seek counselling at any stage of life.