Welcome to The Women’s Centre
We’ve moved! From January 29th 2024 The Women’s Centre’s offices are now located at 48 Fitzgerald Avenue, Christchurch Central City.
Service Updates
We’re so grateful for the support you’ve shown us over the last 40 years — it truly means everything to us. As we continue working to provide you with the best possible service, we wanted to let you know that a change from 01 of April 2026 is necessary.
We’ll introduce a service fee. This helps us keep things running smoothly and continue delivering the quality, care, and experience you’ve come to expect from us.
It’s important to note that this is not a per-session charge. The service fee provides access to up to 10 counselling sessions as part of a counselling journey. The fee contributes to the behind-the-scenes support that helps make counselling possible — such as coordination, supervision, resources, and the time needed to ensure care is safe, consistent, and well supported. Many of these things aren’t always visible, but they play an important role in creating a caring and reliable service.
The Women’s Centre Christchurch is committed to providing safe, supportive, and accessible counselling. Until now, most of our counselling services have been offered free of charge. To help us continue offering high-quality care, we will be introducing a one-off service fee for women accessing a counselling programme.
Service Fees
Qualified counsellor or therapist: $45 each session, 50 minutes each
Placement student counsellor (third year of study): $35 each session, 50 minutes each
Placement student counsellor (second year of study): $25 each session, 50 minutes each
Access to a structured session journey (e.g., 10 sessions) is designed to help you stay consistent, feel supported, and see measurable progress. Along the way, you’ll have guidance, encouragement, and accountability—so the changes you make can integrate.
Payment Options
You may choose to pay the service fee upfront or in instalments, and we can discuss which option would work best for you. (If additional sessions are needed beyond the 10 sessions, we’ll talk with you about options and next steps.)
If paying the full-service fee would be a barrier for you, we want to gently remind you that we will continue to offer counselling for women in need, and that any financial difficulties will not prevent you from accessing this service. We will then have a sensitive, compassionate conversation, and a support service fee can be considered on an individual basis. We always approach this conversation with care and understanding, and we encourage you to let us know if you’d like to discuss this.
Futher Questions
Our aim is to create a service that feels fair, welcoming, and sustainable, while continuing to support women in a compassionate and respectful way. If you have any questions, concerns, or would like to talk this through, please don’t hesitate to get in touch — we’re very happy to help.
Thank you again for reaching out. We look forward to hearing from you.
Thank you for being part of our community
