OUR STORY - THE FOUNDERS

Our starting point begins at ‘anything’s possible!’

We hold this for your life because we have experienced our own miracles first hand.

We understand what it’s like to be stuck in a black hole and see no way out and believe that this is the end

of your life, as you know it. We know the black hole experience and how it stripped us of all dignity, reducing ones life to an empty and isolated void. Despair and hopelessness become your old, familiar friends and

any hint of hope is squashed by the demanding cries of your so-called ‘best friend’ (alcohol, lorazepam, marijuana, MDMA, morphine and methamphetamine). Eventually our so called ‘best friend's’ loyalty waned
and our substance dependency led us to an isolated existence, having lost the will to live and the ability to hold down a job. Our worlds had contracted so much that family and friends no longer rated. Death at times seemed the only option, as we were swallowed whole into the depths of addiction, a living, personal, internal hell.

Hindsight is always a beautiful thing, as we turn our heads back over our lives and reflect where we have come from, we marvel at the miracle and transformation which has taken place. The miracle was founded on ‘just one day at a time’ and sometimes it consisted of breaking it down to ‘one moment at a time’. Our miracles were not as flippant as waving a magic wand and waking up to a new life and a new, better and improved version of ourselves. It was grounded on making small changes every day, listening and doing what others told us to do,

we all know that old saying "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome". Having the revelation that ‘trusting ourselves’ is what got us here in the first place, was a massive key. Waking up everyday and choosing recovery, which looked like surrounding ourselves with like minded people who would catapult us forward in our lives. We understood that doing life by ourselves was a recipe for disaster but cherishing people and relationships which believed in us (Family and friends we could never have done it without you, you are the backbone of our recovery. You know who you are!) is what helped get us through. Finally, coming to the realisation that we were created for a purpose, something greater than ourselves, we recognised God was instrumental to do all that we were not able to do.

We arrived at the name ‘Clinic 77’ because of the incredible meaning the numbers ’77’ hold and which we so personally resonate with, personal freedom. Breaking this down it also incorporates transformation, awakening, self discovery (introspection). As we discover ourselves by looking inward and partnering that with increased knowledge (around the disease of addiction) this makes way to greater motivational change, transformation and ultimately - internal freedom.

We believe we were born to give back, like a pebble thrown into a pond, although we may be small,
individually and collectively we can leave a huge impact on the world around us.

We believe in you!

Tarsha & Charlene

About Us | Mission Statement, Vision & Values

The meaning behind the name

A name can hold real purpose and power, and we believe the same of numbers. These are the meanings we chose to carry.

Personal freedom above all. That is what we want for everyone who comes to us: not management, but freedom.

What we built from it

Recovery gave us our lives back. Clinic 77 is what we did with them. Our clinical team brings more than 100 years of combined clinical experience. Every clinician at Clinic 77 has been qualified for at least 10 years, and many carry 20 or more years of their own lived recovery alongside their professional training. Clinical depth tells you what works; lived recovery means addiction cannot talk its way past you.

Rehab that fits around your job, not instead of it

Most people who need treatment cannot simply vanish for a month. They have jobs, mortgages, children and reputations to protect. Clinic 77 was New Zealand's first fully online rehab programme, and we still deliver treatment three ways: in Auckland, in the Waikato, or entirely online. You receive 10 to 12 hours of real treatment every week - structured therapeutic hours with qualified clinicians, not check-in calls or worksheets to fill in on your own.

Your treatment plan is reviewed by the whole clinical team, twice a week

You are not handed to one counsellor and left there. Every client's treatment plan is reviewed by the full clinical team twice a week, and adjusted as your recovery actually changes. In practice it means several experienced clinical minds are on your case at once, rather than one person's judgement carrying all of it.

Qualified, registered clinicians

Our clinicians hold registration with New Zealand's professional bodies for psychology, psychotherapy, addiction practice and counselling: PBANZ, NZAP, DAPAANZ and NZAC.

Talk to us. Confidentially, with no obligation, and with someone who has been where you are.

Phone 09 950 7780 | info@clinic77.org.nz