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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/
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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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