Let Us Introduce Ourselves...
Rob McGregor
After two and a half decades working my own para-medical clinic managing complex injuries to the lower limb, I lost that career to personal injury.
It resulted in a few years walking a personal wilderness, trying to figure out what life was and why I should be here.
It also became a time of processing some abuse events I experienced as a child and young person; did that really happen? What do I call that? What does the Law call that? And the questions went on and on...Now I have names for all that stuff and the accurate interpretations. Now I know how to park those ideas and experiences, and it has freed me enormously to engage in life in a much more meaningful manner.
While travelling my own journey, I have gained a deep appreciation and empathy for the bravery and commitment of those who are starting their own journey or are still on it.
Counselling Experience
My counselling experience started with 'boat people' from Vietnam and survivors of Cambodia's 'Killing Fields' (1988), followed by a short period in Hong Kong working with drug addicts and Triad members (1988). I then returned to NZ and established my medical practice, managing traumatic injuries in podiatry.
In 2016, I re-trained as a counsellor and have since worked in general counselling practice, with Cancer Society (Wgtn) and a specialist sexual abuse recovery agency. Until 2022 my counselling was split between private and agency-based practice, doing one-to-one counselling and group-work, and developing training programmes. I held roles as services manager, programme developer, conducted in-house supervision, was a facilitator of group trainings, group therapy and Lead Trauma Counsellor.
I was a Well-Being counsellor during the NZ Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. I have had the considerable pleasure of presenting at numerous marae-based suicide prevention wananga in the Wairarapa and Christchurch regions. In 2024, I assisted the Burnett Foundation in developing their Empowering Yourself programme for the LGBT community.
I now have my own practice – Resolve Counselling – and am a registered ACC trauma counsellor for those struggling with PTSD and survivors of trauma and abuse. Typically that has also meant addressing issues of suicidality, grief, loss of identity, emotional regulation, relationships, anxiety and depression.
Bex Escott
After more than a decade in architectural design and creative education, I experienced a season of personal upheaval that reshaped my understanding of purpose, resilience, and healing. What began as a career built around creating physical spaces evolved into a journey of helping people rebuild inner spaces, those of identity, safety, and self-worth.
Like many who find their way into this profession, my path toward counselling began through my own process of confronting loss, transition, and trauma. Those years became both wilderness and teacher, a time of asking hard questions, unravelling old narratives, and learning how to meet pain with compassion rather than resistance.
Through that journey, I’ve developed a deep appreciation for the courage it takes to face one’s own story. I hold profound respect for those who come to counselling at full speed, anxious, weary, and simply trying to survive. I see that “gallop” not as dysfunction, but as wisdom, an adaptation born from life’s demand to endure.
Counselling Experience
Today, as a qualified Trauma-Informed Counsellor, in private practice through Resolve Counselling. I work with adults and couples that range ethnicities, orientations and genders, supporting clients as they move from survival into restoration.
My approach is person-centred and collaborative, drawing from Narrative Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT), and Trauma-Informed Practice, while integrating creativity and somatic awareness.
I work with clients navigating anxiety, grief, identity exploration, relationship challenges, and the lasting impacts of trauma, with an interest in trauma faced by responders. My goal is to create a space where people can pause, breathe, and gently return to a sense of wholeness, reconnecting with their authentic selves and rediscovering who they have always been beneath the survival.
As Brené Brown says, “Authenticity is the daily practice of letting go of who we think we are supposed to be and embracing who we are.”
That practice of self-acceptance and courageous healing sits at the heart of my work, and it continues to shape me every day as both a counsellor and a person.
Truth must be welcomed before it can set us free, but sometimes it's a hard friend to live with.
That's why so many prefer the captivity of their delusions, petty rages and selfish behaviours; it's far easier to give into the tantrums or take the prescription meds, than have a confronting yet healing friend in their lives.
p: 027 232 9192 (Rob)
p: 021 274 3600 (Bex)
