
S I M O N B A N K S
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Welcome to Corsana Therapy
Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couples in Auckland
Therapy for Individuals: Reconnecting With Yourself
Couples Counselling: Finding Each Other Again
Trauma-informed psychotherapy and couples therapy in Auckland and online
Whether you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or simply seeking deeper insight, I offer a safe, compassionate space to support your healing.
You might be navigating a specific challenge—like relationship issues, anxiety, grief, or past trauma—or perhaps you're looking for a place to explore deeper emotional patterns. Whatever brings you here, you are welcome.
I work with individuals and couples in Auckland or online, offering a tailored, relational approach grounded in somatic and attachment-based modalities. At Corsana Therapy (corsana: "heart centre"), you’ll find a confidential and non-judgmental space where your pace is respected and your experience honoured.
Explore the website to read about how I work and where I come from and if you feel called to get in touch, I’d love to hear from you.
The relationship between client and therapist is at the heart of meaningful change, so I offer a free 20-minute consultation to help us see if we have the potential to be a good fit.
FAQ’s
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I work with individuals and couples facing a wide range of challenges, including:
Relationship difficulties, conflict, and disconnection
Trauma, anxiety, and nervous system dysregulation
Attachment wounds and developmental trauma
Identity, life transitions, grief and loss
Betrayal, infidelity, and emotional repair in couples
Addiction
My approach is warm, compassionate, and rooted in the nervous system — helping you come out of unhelpful patterns or situations and into connection with yourself and others.
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They are different - both are effective and for some people, on-line is better and for others it’s in-person. I see many clients exclusively online and it works well and others who can’t stand the idea of video-therapy. It’s really personal preference and I encourage you to explore both if you are unsure.
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There’s no fixed timeline — it depends on your goals, your history, and how much you want to explore.
That said, I work best with clients who are open to longer-term, ongoing work. Change takes time, especially when trauma, attachment wounds, or longstanding relationship dynamics are involved.
I offer a free 20-minute call to discuss what working together could look like.
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There’s no single format — it depends on what’s alive that day.
With individuals, we may work with what’s showing up in the body, in relationship, or in memory. With couples, we might explore communication patterns, attachment histories, or ruptures that need repair. We may pause often, track nervous system cues, or offer real-time experiments to create new ways of relating.
Sessions are dynamic, present-focused, and collaborative — we don’t just talk about change, we experience it.
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A stuck survival response is what happens when your nervous system gets caught in fight, flight, freeze or fawn long after the original threat has passed. It shows up as chronic anxiety, shutdown, anger, people-pleasing, or emotional numbness.
In therapy, we work gently to notice these patterns in the body and help your system complete what it couldn’t back then — restoring safety, agency, and regulation in the present.
Check out the blogs page for a much longer answer!
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Yes.
My practice is inclusive and affirming of all identities, orientations, and relationship structures. You're welcome here as you are. -
PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy) is a powerful, experiential model of therapy that draws on neuroscience, attachment theory, and nervous system regulation.
Rather than just talking about problems, we observe how your body and brain respond in real time — and we use those responses to guide healing. The goal is to build a secure-functioning relationship: one where both people feel chosen, safe, and able to navigate stress together.
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In therapy, you’re not alone with the cycle.
You’re not trying to figure it out while activated or misunderstood.You’re supported by a trained third party who helps slow things down, track what's really happening (beneath the words), and guide you back into connection — especially when it feels impossible. Therapy provides structure, safety, and attuned witnessing, so the hard stuff becomes workable.
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I’m a registered psychotherapist with the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand. I’m trained in:
PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy)
Somatic Experiencing (nervous system trauma work)
Attachment-based therapy and developmental trauma
Long-term psychodynamic psychotherapy
My work is relational, body-based, and grounded in deep respect for the complexity of human experience.
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You can book a free 20-minute Zoom call using the button on my homepage.
We’ll use that time to get a sense of each other, explore what you're hoping for, and see if it feels like a good fit.There’s no pressure — just a chance to begin.
try a free conversation and see if it’s right for you
no commitment, pressure, or obligation
how does it work?
free consult
We connect for around 20 minutes, either in person or online. We talk about what you want to bring to therapy and you will get a sense of how I work.
session one
If we feel we can work together your first session will involve us agreeing on a treatment plan and any immediate strategies needed for your current situation.
be seen
Bring as much or as little of yourself as you feel able to and be seen and accepted, without judgement, exactly as you show up.
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, fabulous, talented?’
Actually, who are you not to be?”
— Marianne Williamson
“Until you call the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate”
— Carl Jung