Sometimes the
hardest game is the one happening inside your head.
We offer practical tools for teens, young adults, parents and families to understand what's happening, recognise the patterns and know what to do next.
Who is The Game Within™ for?
Things feel harder than they should right now. TEENS
You're figuring out life while trying to keep everything else going. UNI STUDENTS & YOUNG ADULTS
You're worried about your young person and you're not sure what to do next.PARENTS
You keep getting caught in the same patterns and want things to change. FAMILIES
40%
28%
5–24
of young people in a major NZ adolescent study showed no significant mental-health symptoms across the measures examined.
NZ is now undertaking a major national mental-health study across this age range because significant gaps remain in our understanding of young people's mental-health needs.
Add where stats are from here
of young people in a major NZ adolescent study showed no significant mental-health symptoms across the measures examined.
What is The Game Within™?
Practical help for real life.
Overthinking. Pressure. Confidence. Friendships. Relationships. Family conflict. Big emotions. Motivation. Eating and body-image concerns. Self-harm. University. Independence. Uncertainty about the future. Loneliness. Sometimes you know exactly what's wrong. Sometimes you just know something isn't working. The Game Within™ helps you understand what's happening beneath the behaviour, recognise the patterns around it and develop practical tools to apply immediately.
SEE THE
PATTERN.
CHANGE THE
RESPONSE.
EXPERIENCE WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT.
How we can support you
Individual sessions for:
Teens
University students
Parents
1:1 Practical consultations
We'll help you unpack it, identify the patterns and work out practical things you can start doing differently.
Individual and group sessions for:
Parents
Teen/young adults
Families
Family support
Sometimes the issue isn't one person. It's the pattern everyone has become caught in. We can work individually with different members of a family, helping each person develop the tools they need to change their part of the pattern.
Small-group programmes designed around the real challenges young people are navigating.
Coming soon…
The Game Within ™
programmes
Group sessions for:
Teens
Young adults
Parents
Do you resonate with any of these words?
You don't need to know exactly what the problem is before you come. Sometimes that's what we work out together.
WHY CHOOSE THE GAME WITHIN?
We believe young people need more than information about mental wellbeing.
They need practical tools they can actually use when life gets messy. The Game Within combines behavioural expertise, pattern recognition, practical tools and evidence-informed approaches to help young people and the adults around them understand what is happening and practise something different. No judgement. No one-size-fits-all formula. Practical tools for real life.
WHEN THINGS ARE MORE SERIOUS.
We provide practical support with clear boundaries.
Sometimes what a young person or family is navigating includes eating disorders, self-harm or more significant emotional distress.
We can provide practical support around the behaviours, patterns, communication, triggers and family responses surrounding what's happening. We don't diagnose or replace appropriate medical or specialist care.
If we believe additional assessment or treatment is needed, we'll talk with you about that and recommend that you connect with an appropriate medical or specialist practitioner.
Where appropriate, our practical work can continue alongside other professional support. Knowing when another level of support is needed is part of supporting someone well.
START HERE
Not sure what you need?
That's okay. You don't need to choose a programme, diagnose the problem or know exactly who should come first. Tell us a little about what's happening. Our short Initial Check-In helps us understand what's going on and where the most useful starting point might be.
“The coaching helped me see past the surface and get to the root of problems.”
What clients are saying
“The coaching helped me see past the surface and get to the root of problems.”
Rebecca’s words resonate deeply because they come from a place of raw, trusted vulnerability.