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Work with Nicole

Nicole is a highly experienced Registered Clinical Psychologist who offers a supportive, evidence-based approach to help individuals, couples, and professionals navigate life’s challenges. Whether you’re looking to reconnect with your partner, build resilience, or deepen your personal growth, Nicole provides practical tools, guidance, and frameworks designed to support meaningful, lasting change.

Explore the ways she can support you on your journey.

Couples Workshops

Reignite connection, deepen intimacy, and learn practical communication tools in a supportive weekend workshop designed for couples at any stage of their relationship. This is the relationship manual you wish you had been given! Build the toolbox of skills (we all need) for mastering your communication and deepening your bond.

Couples Therapy

Work directly with Nicole to navigate relationship challenges, strengthen communication, and create a partnership built on trust, understanding, and shared vision.

Individual Therapy

Gain clarity, reduce stress, and work through trauma, anxiety, and life transitions with tailored, evidence-based therapies including EMDR, DBT, CBT, ACT, and mindfulness approaches.

Clinical Supervision & Professional Training

Support your growth as a clinician through personalised supervision and training in a variety of clinical modalities

Nicole helped our relationship to grow. We got back to the basics/essence of what challenges we have and how they can help us grow.

Jason, Wanaka

Couples Workshops

The Getting the Love You Want Couples Workshop is an internationally recognised, two-day experience designed to help couples understand their patterns, communicate more clearly, and feel truly connected again.

Through practical, proven tools, couples learn how to reduce conflict, rebuild trust, deepen intimacy, and bring more romance and ease back into their relationship.

What is the workshop, and how does it work?

This weekend workshop is based on the work of relationship therapist Harville Hendrix and has been delivered to couples worldwide for decades. Across two days, you’ll be guided through a proven framework that helps you understand why you chose each other, why certain conflicts repeat, and what actually helps relationships thrive long term.

The workshop blends short teaching sessions with practical, hands-on exercises. Please note that this is NOT group therapy and there will be no sitting around in small groups sharing about your relationship. Your ‘group’ is with your partner. You’ll work privately with your partner in a safe, structured, and supportive environment and there is no requirement to share personal details with the group.

Who is this workshop for?

This workshop is for couples at any stage of their relationship, whether you’re laying strong foundations, wanting to deepen an already positive connection, or finding yourselves stuck in the same conflicts or emotional distance, or in crisis and separated, looking to try again to see if you can make things work. It’s especially supportive for couples navigating life transitions such as parenting, empty nest, peri/menopause, retirement, medical issues, grief, trust breaches, or big changes that have shifted how you relate to each other.

You don’t need to be in crisis to benefit. Many couples attend simply because they want to communicate better, feel closer, and bring more ease, trust, and romance back into their relationship.

What you’ll take away

By the end of the weekend, most couples leave with a clearer understanding of what long-term relationships actually need to thrive. You’ll gain practical tools to interrupt old patterns, communicate without escalation, and express frustrations, needs, and desires in ways that feel safe and constructive for both of you.

Many couples also walk away with a shared framework for rebuilding trust, intimacy, and romance, along with a renewed sense of possibility and a clear path forward together. While the workshop is relationship education rather than therapy, it’s often described as a deeply healing and transformative experience.

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Couples Therapy

Working with Nicole as a couples coach after attending a workshop gives you practical, evidence-based guidance for applying the newly learned skills in a safe and supportive environment.

With over 28 years’ experience, Nicole helps couples navigate conflict, strengthen communication, and reconnect with each other.

Whether you’re seeking clarity, rebuilding trust, or navigating life transitions, working together can help you feel understood, supported, and more confident in your relationship.

Dr Nicole’s approach to couples therapy

Nicole’s approach is different from traditional couples counselling. Rather than rehashing old conflicts or leaving you feeling frustrated between sessions, she provides a clear framework and practical tools that help both partners immediately feel understood and engaged from the start. Her sessions are collaborative, grounded in evidence-based psychology, and tailored to your unique relationship. Couples often notice relief and a renewed sense of connection after even the first session.

Why starting with the Getting the Love You Want workshop can help

Nicole recommends attending the Getting the Love You Want workshop before starting couples therapy whenever possible. This two-day experience gives couples a shared foundation, practical tools, and a clear framework for communication and connection. Couples who attend the workshop often find therapy more effective, progress faster, and experience less tension between sessions, giving both partners a head start on strengthening their relationship.

How to connect and see if Dr Nicole is the right fit

Choosing the right person to work with matters. Every psychologist has their own style, and it’s important to find someone who understands your relationship dynamics and feels like a good fit for both of you.

If you’re considering couples therapy or simply unsure where to start, Nicole offers one-off Zoom or in-person consultations designed to help you gain clarity before committing to ongoing work.

You can choose from two consultation options:

50-Minute Consultation — $249 (including GST)

This is the standard session length for individuals and ongoing couples work. It offers space to explore what’s been happening, gain insight into relationship patterns, learn about Nicole’s approach, and discuss possible next steps.

80-Minute Consultation — $375 (including GST)

Recommended for couples starting therapy, this extended session allows for a more thorough assessment of your relationship, guidance on what support may be most helpful, and an introduction to practical communication tools. It’s designed to create shared understanding, direction, and a clear sense of how to move forward together.

Both options are low-pressure and focused on helping you understand your situation, your options, and whether working together feels right.

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Nicole is very warm, friendly, and engaging. She put us at ease, and was very positive but also real. I loved her personal examples showing us her failings and weaknesses, and really appreciated what she offered us.

Anita, Wanaka

Individual Therapy

Working one-on-one with Nicole provides a safe, supportive space to explore personal challenges, build resilience, and achieve meaningful change.

With over 28 years’ experience, Nicole helps individuals navigate anxiety, trauma, PTSD, addiction, grief, and life transitions, while supporting improved relationships, work performance, and overall wellbeing.

Her approach blends clinical expertise with genuine care, helping clients tap into their own strengths and learn practical strategies to overcome challenges.

Dr Nicole Pray’s approach to individual therapy

Nicole uses evidence-based therapies tailored to your unique needs, including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), Mindfulness, DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy), and Compassion-Based methods. EMDR is particularly effective for processing trauma and resolving the lasting impacts of difficult past experiences, helping you move forward with clarity, confidence, and reduced emotional barriers. You can learn more about EMDR here.

How therapy can help you

Whether your goal is to reduce anxiety, manage stress, recover from trauma, or improve relationships, Nicole provides practical tools and guidance that empower you to create lasting change. Clients often report feeling more grounded, resilient, and capable of navigating life’s challenges after working together.

How to connect and see if Dr Nicole is the right fit

Finding the right therapist matters. Every psychologist has their own style, and it’s important to work with someone who understands you, your goals, and your unique situation.

If you’re unsure whether ongoing therapy is right for you, Nicole offers one-off Zoom or in-person consultations designed to help you gain clarity before committing to regular sessions.

You can choose from two consultation options:

50-Minute Consultation — $249 (including GST)

This is the standard session length for individuals. It gives you space to explore what’s happening in your life, discuss challenges, gain insight, and understand how Nicole’s approach can support you. You’ll leave with suggested next steps and a sense of whether ongoing work is right for you.

80-Minute Consultation — $375 (including GST)

This extended session allows for a more thorough assessment, exploring your goals and challenges in depth. Nicole will provide guidance, introduce practical strategies, and help you create a clear plan for moving forward. It’s designed to give you a strong foundation and actionable steps to start making progress.

Both options are low-pressure and focused on helping you understand your situation, your options, and whether working together feels like a good fit.

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Clinical Supervision

Dr Nicole Pray offers supervision and training for clinical psychologists and therapists across a range of modalities, including Couples’ therapy, trauma resolution therapy, EMDR, ACT, DBT, CBT, Mindfulness, Compassion-Based approaches.

Her supervision is designed to support professional development, refine clinical skills, and enhance confidence in providing therapy.

She also offers corporate wellness workshops focused on resilience and preventative mental health strategies.