Te Haika
Te Haika is the central point for all referrals to the Capital & Coast DHB Mental Health Directorate (MHD).
Our service books Choice Appointments throughout the Wellington region (Kapiti, Porirua, Wellington).
What are Choice Appointments?
The focus of the Choice appointment (initial appointment) will be to clarify your needs and see if a C&CDHB MHD mental health or addiction team is the most appropriate service to meet your requirements.
The Choice appointment has many purposes and is solution-focused. First, we identify concerns you and others have about your current situation and discuss your thoughts about what might help with these concerns. Second, we develop a short-term plan of action steps aimed at reducing these issies. Third, we discuss options available for continuing treatment that may include services from mental health or addiction organisations that specialise in particular types of help, and may also include services available in the community.
If ongoing support from C&CDHB MHD is most appropriate for you, you will be allocated a clinician who has the best skills to support your needs. This is may or may not be the person who has seen you at your Choice appointment.
Typically, a Choice appointment lasts up to one hour. However, we can decide at the initial appointment if we need to meet another time. If you cannot attend the appointment, please give 24 hours notice by ringing Te Haika on (04) 918 2267 or text 027 500 1569.
You are welcome to bring a support person or persons to your Choice appointment. If you are choosing to bring more than one person it is helpful to let us know so that the room we book is suitable for the numbers of people.
Referral Contact Details
PO Box 50-215
Porirua
Phone (04) 918 2267 or 027 500 1569
Fax (04) 918 2284
Emergency Phone 0800 745 477
Email TeHaika "at" ccdhb.org.nz
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Service Contact Details
Capital & Coast DHB provides a full range of mental health and addiction services, from crisis, acute inpatient care, intensive psychiatric care, services for the elderly, psychology, alcohol and drug and also specialist services for children and young people, including early intervention, personality disorder and maternal mental health. Click here for further information.