ACC Team
Thank you for looking at Alive! Psychology's ACC Team for working with sensitive claims.
Below, please find the various team members listed alphabetically, as well as what areas they work in under the ACC contract.
Bhavna Nagar

M.A. Clinical Psychology - Clinical Psychologist
Bhavna Nagar started Alive! Psychology in 2012.
I am passionate about working with clients with the aim to help them to live fully again. I believe that living fully is our natural state and trauma stops us from living fully. I see it as my role to help bring clients back to their natural state of being - peaceful, happy and engaged. My focus in therapy is on Post-Traumatic growth, rather than post-traumatic distress.
Klara Kiss
M Sc Clinical Psychology
Klara has been a Registered Psychologist in New Zealand since 2004 and is a member of the NZ Psychological Society.
I am passionate about therapy and committed to doing my best to assist and support people I work with. My practice has been strongly influenced by outcome research. My goal is to provide Feedback Informed Treatment and create a new therapy for everyone. I have been interested in trauma therapy for a long time and have worked with many people who suffered sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. I have been able to assist individuals to address their history of sexualised violence trauma as an ACC approved therapist for over 12 years. I am registered to provide treatment and assessment.
Modalities: Response Based Practice, Solution Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and Compassion Focused Therapy.
Contact Klara:
email:
phone: 021 0281 6676
Patricia Alexander

Registered social worker with ANZASW, Dip SW. and Therapist CBT (post grad) Dapaanz
Patricia is a registered social worker, and much of her clinical practice has been as a therapist.
I have been a mental health clinician in Hawke's Bay for the past nine years working with both adults and more recently with children and families. My specialism is mindfulness and that is because I recognise the benefits it has had in my own life and in the lives of the people with whom I have worked.
My work has given me vast experience in working with anxiety, depression, sexual abuse, and trauma. I am experienced with both individual therapy and group work. I am registered with an addiction association as often people that I work with are using an addiction to manage their distress and pain.
I work in a person-centred engaging approach with sensitivity to culture and disability and will want to work with you to find the most effective treatment.
Modalities: CBT: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
Contact Patricia:
website: https://mindfulnessmind.co.nz
email:
phone: 021 023 16570