Dr. Anni Hine Moana, ACA

Dr. Anni Hine Moana brings a warm, respectful presence to counselling and acknowledges the courage it takes to seek support. With 17 years of experience, she works alongside clients to create a nonjudgmental space where they can slow down, breathe, and begin to explore what is happening in their lives. Her style is gentle and collaborative, shaped by person-centred and narrative influences that treat each person as the expert on their own experience.

Dr. Moana listens closely to the stories people tell about their lives and helps to examine how those stories may have been formed by past events, relationships, culture, or painful experiences. By viewing difficulties through a narrative lens, she supports clients in separating problems from identity and in re-authoring their stories to highlight strengths, values, and hopes moving forward. Many people find this approach empowering because it opens up new ways to understand themselves and to pursue meaningful change.

Her clinical work covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, addictions related to alcohol, other drugs and gambling, and people who feel stuck or overwhelmed. She brings trauma-informed and culturally sensitive practices to the therapeutic process and adapts pace and style to suit each person. In addition to her counselling practice, Dr. Moana teaches in the Master of Addictive Behaviours at a major University, a role that keeps her connected to current research while drawing on years of counselling, supervision, and community health experience. She holds ACA, a recognised counselling credential that reflects professional training and commitment to practice standards.