About nWow! Counselling & Coaching - Maree & Jan

Jan Stachel-Williamson (Dip. Couns., MA, G.Dip. Sc. Psych, Member of NZAC, ICEEFT, NZCEFT, and IN).  Pronouns: He/him.

Jan specialises in helping couples create strong and loving relationships and works with individuals on issues such as anger, depression, anxiety, stress, addictions, past trauma, negative behavioural patterns and sexual concerns.  Another area that Jan enjoys helping people with is coaching for business owners who are seeking to reduce stress and chance of burnout, maximise productivity and achieve a healthier work/life balance.

Jan is an NZAC (New Zealand Association of Counsellors) registered counsellor, an ICEECFT (International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy) certified EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) couples therapist and supervisor, NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Master Practitioner and Trainer, Touch-for-Health Kinesiologist and Instructor, mBit Practitioner, Holistic Psychotherapy Practitioner (German qualification: Heilpraktiker Psychotherapie) and member of IN (International Association of NLP Institutes).  He has been working as a consultant and trainer for over 25 years. He has worked with and taught individuals and groups in New Zealand, Australia and Germany.

Jan has also been trained in Time-Line Therapy™, Ericksonian and Clinical Hypnotherapy, Person-Centred Counselling, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), Clean Language, Psychological Kinesiology and Reflective Supervision.

Maree Stachel-Williamson (Dip. Couns., BA, Member of NZAC and IN).  Pronouns: She/her.

Maree enjoys working on a wide variety of topics including sex and sexuality, finding a positive path forward during times of change, grief, spirituality and relationships among others.  Helping couples improve their sex life when otherwise their relationship is going well, and creating a safe, supportive space for people to talk about topics that might feel embarrassing is another area of her work that feels meaningful and important.  

Maree especially enjoys empowering people to be able to reflect on their situation (including their thoughts, beliefs, emotions and meaning making) with new perspectives, tools and strategies to process old memories as well as current and future challenges.  And to build kindness towards oneself, contentment and purpose.  

One of the questions guiding her work is:  Does this (belief/behaviour etc.) help or hinder this person in becoming more empowered, capable and content in their life?  

Practising since 2004, Maree is a NZAC (New Zealand Association of Counsellors) registered counsellor, and member of IN (International Association of NLP Institutes).  She is a sex therapist, NLP Master Practitioner, hypnotherapist and mBit Practitioner.  She also has experience working in mental health support, the disability sector, with youth and as a career guidance advisor.  

Other key trainings include:
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Assessing and Treating Sex Issues in Psychotherapy (Level 1 & 2), Integrative Sex and Couples Certification Training (CSTIP), Time-Line Therapy™, Ericksonian and Clinical Hypnotherapy, Clean Language, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), Reflective Supervision and various workshops in the field of Tantra.  University studies included philosophy papers: Human Nature, Logic: How to be Rational, Philosophy of Religion, and Ethics.  Maree also has diplomas in Person-Centred Counselling and Career Guidance and is registered to work with clients accessing funding through OCP.