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
23%
1 in 3
25%
of New Zealanders aged 15–24 reported high or very high psychological distress in 2024/25, including symptoms like anxiety, fatigue and depression.
of New Zealand's mental-health and addiction investment now goes to prevention and early intervention, because acting early is now recognised as a national priority.
Sources: Ministry of Health, Health and Independence Report 2025; Ministry of Health, Young Aotearoa – The Child and Youth Mental Health Survey, 2026.
of young women aged 15–24 in New Zealand reported high or very high psychological distress in 2024/25.
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 (aged 14+)
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.
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's wrong before you come. We'll work it 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.