Anna Shum-Pearce is a registered clinical psychologist in private practice in Petone, Lower Hutt, working with adults. She sees clients on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays at the Mānuka Health Centre at 11 Hector Street, and on Thursdays online. Her particular interests include men's mental health, Asian mental health, trauma-focused work, and difficulties with emotions, depression, anxiety and identity.
Her therapy draws mainly on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy, with training in cognitive behaviour therapy and dialectical behaviour therapy behind them. She has also trained in Māori, Pacific and Asian models of mental health and recovery. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Auckland and has worked in public mental health services since 2014, in Counties Manukau and Hutt Valley.
We hear she is no longer taking on ACC-funded clients, but she has spaces for private therapy. Messages can be sent by text on 021 022 71915. Her website notes that messages sent through its form often end up in spam folders. She does not carry out specialist assessments or reports, such as for ADHD, autism, mental capacity or the Family Court. Psychologists do not prescribe medication, though therapy can run alongside medication from a doctor.