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 programme. 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 counselling that is safe, supportive, and accessible. 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
The one-off service fees are:
Qualified counsellor or therapist: $450
(Access to up to 10 sessions, 50 minutes each)
Placement student counsellor (third year of study): $350
(Access to up to 10 sessions, 50 minutes each)
Placement student counsellor (second year of study): $250
(Access to up to 10 sessions, 50 minutes each)
Payment Options
The one-off service fee can be paid upfront or in up to five instalments, and we can talk with you about what payment 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, a Supported 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
