About Serafin

Qualifications And Experience

I’ve worked in New Zealand and Australia as a mental health clinician and family and couples therapist and for over 20 years. On top of my extensive experience and qualifications, I have also trained under world-renowned sex and relationship therapists Esther Perel and Terry Real – the only NZ-based therapist to have completed their training.

  • Licensed child and adolescent mental health clinician

  • Sex + couple therapist

  • Open relationships/polyamory

  • Rainbow communities

  • Complex trauma

  • ASD/ ADHD / neurodiversity

  • Child + family therapy

Specialities: 

  • Esther Perel

  • Terry Real

  • Stan Tatkin

couples therapy approach:

  • Masters in International Relations & Human Rights (Masters dissertation on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child)

  • Masters in Social Work

  • Graduate Diploma (Psychology)

  • Graduate Certificate (Psychotherapy) 

  • Bachelor of Arts  

  • Completion of RELATE (Sex & Power Relationship Therapy training with world-renowned therapists Esther Perel and Terry Real)

  • Qualified Yoga Teacher

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Reviews

"Serafin was recommended to me by my sister. She was easy to contact, and made the appointment process stress-free. Serafin has been amazing – she is supportive, caring, and has a great sense of humour. I would highly recommend Serafin and her services."

— Timothy, Auckland

"Serafin managed to make therapy seem easy by taking it one step at a time. I am so grateful to her for all her work, as she helped me get to a much happier and healthier place than I had ever been."

— Charlotte, Auckland

"We were able to do this with Serafin's guidance as well as building trust within the Team. I would engage Serafin again to do similar work or anything that enables a Team to become high performing."

— Michael & Sharon, Nelson

"We both have learnt how to 'dance again' meaning, working with each other and not against each other. With the expert guidance from Serafin, who has an amazing ability to see situations from both sides, we have got to know each others' love languages."

— Tracey, Christchurch

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