Our Team
Psykhe Directors
Dr. Gloriana Bartoli
Dr. Gustavo Restivo
Francisca Montedonico Godoy
Professionals
Agnès Desombiaux Sigley
Sheryn Fung
Abdul Salam Kizhakkum Parambil
Lydia Nicholson
Bogusia Loska
Julia Ferry-Parker
Meet the team
Dr. Gloriana Bartoli
Phd, PsyD, MA/PGDip
After I moved to New Zealand, I trained as a Psychoanalyst with the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute (CPI) and I became a member of the American Psychoanalytic Association (APsaA). I am part of a wider psychoanalytic community and I’m IPSO Representative (International Psychoanalytical Studies Organization) for New Zealand; Member and Director of Training of the New Zealand Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (NZIPP), an Allied Centre of the International Psychoanalytic Association (IPA) for the development of psychoanalysis. ACC Registered
Email: gloriana@psykhe.co.nz
Website: www.glorianabartoli.com
Phone: +64 (0)22 0940557
Dr. Gustavo Restivo
Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, and Psychoanalyst.
My qualifications include, Doctor of Philosophy from Auckland University of Technology (AUT), a Master Degree in Psychology and a Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology from Argentinean University J.F. Kennedy. I have been working as a Clinical Psychologist and Psychoanalyst for over 30 years, in New Zealand and overseas, providing my services in English, Italian and Spanish languages.
I am registered with the New Zealand Psychologist Board and with the New Zealand Psychotherapist Board and I hold an Annual Practice Certificate issued under the Practitioners Competency Assurance Act 2003. I am a Full Member of: New Zealand Psychological Society. Centre for Lacanian Analysis. New Zealand Institute of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy association of Australasia.
ACC Registered
Email:gustavo@psykhe.co.nz
Website: www.gustavorestivo.com
Phone: +64 (0)21 2560668
Francisca Montedonico Godoy
Registered psychologist (Clinical scope)
I am a Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years of experience practicing with children (0 to 12 years old) and their families. I work from a relational psychodynamic approach drawing also from systemic and attachment theory. I have experience working in the private and public mental health service, with a wide range of presentations. Families usually consult with concerns about their children’s behaviour or other emotional difficulties. They may also seek help when facing significant life challenges (e.g. pregnancy, separation, grief and loss).
I use a collaborative approach working in individual psychotherapy with the child, involving also their parents in the treatment as the first and most important agents for change. I use a range of individual, dyadic and family modalities: psychotherapy, sandtray therapy and Theraplay among others. My aim is to promote children´s emotional wellbeing facilitating secure attachments with their significant people.I also provide clinical supervision to psychologists and psychotherapists.
ACC Registered
Email: francisca@psykhe.co.nz
Phone: +64 (0)225119851
Agnès Desombiaux Sigley
Arts Therapist, AThR, ANZACATA; Psychotherapist, PBANZ (interim); Family Therapy, NZAFT (Clinical); Waka Oranga (associate); Supervision.
I was educated in France, in French and European philosophical and analytical traditions. This forms the background to my approach to psychodynamic psychotherapy. I have qualifications and experience (over 15 years) in psychodynamic psychotherapy, psychosomatic integration, multimodal expressive arts therapy, mindfulness, integrative gestalt and dream work.
Over the years, after a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science, I have developed an integrative approach to working alongside individuals by creating a trusting relationship that respects their spiritual, physical, social, creative, and cognitive facets. I welcome the work with children, adolescents, adults and families from all cultures, ethnicities, genders and identities.
A warm and intuitive person, I address issues holistically, respecting individual needs and pace, helping explore emotions, thoughts, and beliefs in a safe, non-judgmental, and confidential environment. The creative process can facilitate access to sensations, memories, or images that might be difficult to reach with the analytic mind. Sometimes words are not enough or are too limited to express our inner world. A published author, I present my research (in Arts therapy) at international conferences; as an artist (photographer), I participate in group art exhibitions. New Zealand Aotearoa has been my home for 30 years.
ACC Registered
Website : https://www.talkingworks.co.nz/listing/agnes-desombiaux-sigley/
Email: agnes.sigley@xtra.co.nz
Ph: 027 64 22 064
Sheryn Fung
PBANZ Registered; MPsychotherapy; GradDipHSC (Psychotherapy); BA (Hons) Psychology; Member of APANZ ; Waka Oranga (Associate)
I am a registered psychotherapist trained in psychodynamic and relational psychotherapy. Through my experience working at a community therapy clinic, immunology, and at a holistic hospice, I also adopt the underpinnings of both the mind-body and existential perspectives in my therapeutic practice.
I work mainly with adults and warmly welcome people from all diverse cultures, ethnicities, genders, and identities. I work collaboratively with clients, tailoring my therapeutic approach to suit you and your needs. I also bring along warmth, curiosity, and openness in creating a safe, non-judgmental explorative space for you.
I have a special interest in “standing in two or more cultural spaces and/or identities”, grief and loss, life transitions, attachment issues, and deep explorative work.I have lived in various multiracial countries in South East Asia; Aotearoa New Zealand has now been my home for close to 20 years.
ACC Registered
Abdul Salam Kizhakkum Parambil
I’m a Clinical Psychologist, trained in India, practicing in New Zealand since 2020. I completed my Masters in Psychology from Barkatullah University (Bhopal, India) and did an MPhil in Clinical Psychology from National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Bengaluru, India). Subsequently I obtained my PhD in the area of social anxiety and mindfulness from the institute itself. After completing PhD, I worked as a clinical psychologist in the community for three years. I later served as an Assistant Professor at Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS –Kerala, India) for four years, training future Clinical Psychologists. In New Zealand, I currently work at a tertiary level specialist service for persons with complex personality difficulties and trauma, along with starting my practice at Psykhe now.
I got trained in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy during the last four years of my stay in India at Tara Clinic, Kozhikode and later did the Intensive Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program (OIPPP) from William Alanson White Institute, New York. Recently I received training in the related field of Mentalization Based Treatment (MBT) which is currently accepted as one of the evidence-based treatments for Borderline Personality Disorder. I utilize principles from relational psychoanalysis, mentalization and attachment theory in my practice. I largely work with adults who struggle with long standing relationship and emotional difficulties including anger, anxiety and depression.
ACC Registered
Lydia Nicholson
BHSc (Couns), CSFT, GradDipPsychotherapySt, MNZAC
I trained as a Counsellor in New Zealand and have an eclectic approach to my work. My experience includes working as a Grief Counsellor at Harbour Hospice and Mercy Hospice and at AUT (Auckland University of Technology) in the Student Counselling & Mental Health service.
My passion is for supporting those navigating grief, loss and life-changing events. I have spent much of my life living in different countries and cultures, undertaking and experiencing different roles and life stages. My lived experience has included much change, loss, grief and growth which has given me compassion, understanding and empathy for the often bitter-sweet challenges of life. I offer an opportunity to explore and untangle them in a gentle, supportive environment.
Email: Lfanicholson@gmail.com
Ph: 021 081 97227
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Bogusia Loska
Registered Psychotherapist (PBANZ, APANZ) Masters of Psychotherapy AUT
ACC therapy, assessments and supervision
Kia ora, I’m a psychotherapist working with individuals (18+) and couples. I offer a safe space in which you can explore your current difficulties. I believe we can get stuck in certain patterns and struggle to find new ways of responding to oneself and others. It may help to explore how early experiences in the family of origin had impacted on our inner life.
Issues that I focus on include anxiety, depression, grief, parenting, relationships, vaginal pain and other sexual difficulties. Therapy Approach In the therapy you and I will engage in a relationship that offers full confidentiality and safety. I believe that talking about our difficulties can help in dealing with them. My practice is informed by psychodynamic (observing what lies behind our thoughts and behaviours) understanding of our psyche. Sometimes our problems feel overwhelming and prevent us from the full engagement in our work and our relationships.
Sometimes our memories stored in our body can result in feeling disengaged from it. Therapy may help you to re-engage with your life, the people around you, your work and your body. I’m originally from Poland and welcome conversations about emigration and feeling uprooted.
Email: engage.therapy@gmail.com
Julia Ferry-Parker
Counsellor & Analyst-in-Training
Originally from Brazil, I have been living in Aotearoa New Zealand for over five years. I bring a rich cross-cultural perspective to my work as a Counsellor and Analyst-in-Training, offering sessions in both English and Portuguese to adults from a wide range of cultural and backgrounds. I hold a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychoanalysis. I am a Member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC), an Analyst-in-Training Member of the Centre for Lacanian Analysis of Aotearoa (CLA), and an ACC Sensitive Claims Provider.’
My practice is grounded in Lacanian Psychoanalysis — an approach that understands symptoms not merely as problems to be resolved, but as expressions of something deeper seeking recognition in the psyche.
Through a space of deep listening and free speech, I work with individuals to explore unconscious patterns, desire, and subjectivity, attending carefully to the connections between past and present, between what is spoken and what remains unspoken.With over seven years of clinical experience, I offer a confidential and non-judgmental space for individuals navigating trauma, identity, and the complexities of everyday life. My work is not oriented toward quick solutions, but toward the kind of genuine insight and transformation that unfolds in its own time.
Email: juliaferryparker@gmail.com
Ph: +64 22 693 4239