Importance of Ethnic Counselling
The pandemic is remodelling our society like it is clay spinning on the axis of a pottery wheel. For some, speaking with a counsellor is the most familiar method for interpreting their experiences and surroundings, and for internalizing an understanding of our new world.
This is where Diversity Counselling New Zealand (DCNZ), a Charitable Trust, established in 2013 is playing a huge role not just in Hamilton but for the Waikato Region. DCNZ provides counselling in English and also in other languages such as; Sinhalese, German, Hindi, Bemba, Japanese, Bengali, Punjabi, Hungarian-Magyar, Afrikaans, Nyanja and Tamil.
The organisation has made a commitment to offering free counselling and access to clinical psychologist services to ethnic and former refugee communities. The service will be available for the next 3 months with an built-in review period.
The Department of Internal Affairs is proud to have worked with DCNZ last year as a collaborative partner to facilitate the organisation's strategic plan. During the planning it was very clear that the migrant and refugee communities were at the heart of the organisations service design principle.
For more information visit DCNZ's website:
