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Dr Raewyn Laurenson Elder

Senior Lecturer - Counselling and Guidance

Institute of Education

My role is Director Accredited Programmes in the Institute of Education. I am responsible for the oversight of three professional programmes; Counselling, retaining coordination for the Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance Studies, Speech and Language Therapy, and Educational Psychology. Prior to this position I was Programme Lead for the Master of Counselling and Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling and Guidance Studies from 2023 when I joined Massey University from the Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology where I coordinated programmes and taught counselling, supervision and coaching at postgraduate and undergraduate level.. My PhD focused on counselling and coaching in the workplace.

Professional

Contact details

  • Ph: 64 06 951 6439
  • Campus: Manawatu

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Counselling

Coaching

Supervision

Workplaces

Counsellor Education

Research Opportunities

  • Challenging Moments that Matter  (25/03/2026) Challenging moments in counsellor education where students may experience discomfort, but the experience leads to greater insight, deeper self-awareness and enhances counselling practice.
  • Counselling Supervision  (29/09/2026) Taking part in writing an Oceanic textbook series about aspects of counselling. Counselling supervision is a particular area of interest to me and the focus of the book I will write collaboratively.

Thematics

Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Counselling, Welfare and Community Services (160702):
Education (130000):
Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology (170106):
Other Education (139900):
Psychology (170100): Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000): Social and Community Psychology (170113):
Social Work (160700): Studies In Human Society (160000)

Keywords

Professional and Interprofessional supervision

Workplace coaching 

Workplace counselling

Research Outputs

Journal

Elder, R. (2026). Inviting Families In: A Qualitative Systematic Literature Review Exploring School-Based Family Counselling. New Zealand Journal of Counselling. 46(1), 1-29 Retrieved from https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/nzac/index.php/nzjc/index
[Journal article]Authored by: Elder, R.Contributed to by: Elder, R.
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Elder, R. (2026). Professional Legitimacy enhanced by a scope of practice. New Zealand Journal of Counselling. 46(1), 23-30 Retrieved from http://1176-8673/
[Journal article]Authored by: Elder, R.
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Elder, R. (2023). Opportunities and Challenges: Creating a positive help-seeking culture in organisations. NZJHRM. 23(2), 28-43 Retrieved from https://www.hrnz.org.nz/nzjhrm/articles/2023
[Journal article]Authored by: Elder, R.
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Elder, R. (2019). Enhancing Coaching Effectiveness: Counseling Skills and Coaching Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand. Asia Pacific Career Development Journal. 3(1), 31-43 Retrieved from https://asiapacificcda.org/apcda-vol3-no1/
[Journal article]Authored by: Elder, R.
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Elder, RL., Agee, M., & Adamson, C. (2018). Workplace counselling and the contemporary world of work.. New Zealand Journal of Counselling. 38(1), Retrieved from https://nzac.org.nz/company/roster/companyRosterDetails.html?companyId=48538&companyRosterId=224
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Thesis

Laurenson-Elder, RC. (2023). What Works at Work: A comparative study of counselling and coaching in the workplace: A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education, The University of Auckland. (Doctoral Thesis, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand) Laurenson-Elder, RC. (2023). What Works at Work: A comparative study of counselling and coaching in the workplace: A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education, The University of Auckland. (Doctoral Thesis)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Elder, R.
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Honorary staff

Adjunct Professor

Professor Jill Bevan-Brown 

Honorary Research Associate

Dr Linda Leach

Ced Simpson

Dr Linda Warner

Honorary Research Fellows

Dr Penny Haworth

Dr John Kirkland

Dr Nick Zepke

Honorary Teaching Fellows

Sandy Anderson

David Bovey

Peter Brooks

David Jopson

Shona Oliver

Regan Orr

Gary Yeatman

Honorary Teaching Associates

Dr Graham Collins

Dr Ro Parsons

Amy Westergaard

Jeremy Kilty

Mary Holder

Rob Ferreira

Rachel Shepherd

Maryanne Kensington

Jan Thomas

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