Janell Vaughn
Team Lead—Counselling, Student Accommodation Student Counselling, Student Services
Accommodation wellbeing advisers
Get to know our Accommodation Wellbeing Advisers who offer support if you’re living in a Hall of Residence.
If you're living in a University hall of residence, you can book an appointment with one of our Accommodation Wellbeing Advisers—also known as AWAs. They are all registered mental health professionals and each hall has a designated AWA.
How we help
Accommodation Wellbeing Advisers help students manage the demands of living and studying away from home. For example, you might need help with:
- your mental health and wellbeing
- issues affecting your studies
- relationships with family, friends and partners
- the impact of harmful behaviour on you or your friends.
We are:
- inclusive and welcoming
- neuro-affirming
- confidential
- solution focused
- connected with other useful services
- accessible.
When and where
The AWA service is available from Monday to Friday, 8.30 am to 5 pm. You can meet with your AWA at your hall or at Mauri Ora's Kelburn, Pipitea, and Te Aro clinics.
Meet the team
Ben Bachle
Accommodation Wellbeing Adviser Student Counselling, Student Services
Guy Powell
Accommodation Wellbeing Adviser Student Counselling, Student Services
Emily Burden
Accommodation Wellbeing Adviser Student Counselling, Student Services
Katherine Findlay
Accommodation Wellbeing Adviser Student Counselling, Student Services
Elza van Boxel
Accommodation Wellbeing Adviser Student Counselling, Student Services
Your privacy
The Accommodation Wellbeing Adviser's abide by the Mauri Ora privacy and confidentiality agreement. Make sure you read this as it tells you what you need to know about how we record, store, and dispose of your session notes.
We take your confidentiality seriously. If we have concerns about your risk to yourself or someone else, we have a duty of care to inform your head of hall and may need to refer you for further assessment by the Crisis Resolution Service at Wellington Hospital.