Dr Rita Csako is a skilled psychologist with more than fifteen years’ experience in psychological counselling and therapy. She graduated from the University of Debrecen (Hungary) with a Masters Degree in Psychology and Education in 1994 and completed her PhD in Psychology in 2002. Before moving to New Zealand Dr Rita Csako was a faculty member of the Department of Psychology (Debrecen, Hungary) for nearly ten years, teaching various areas of psychology for psychology and education students both at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dr Rita Csako has also been involved in various research projects and also worked at the University Counselling Service of the University of Debrecen (Hungary) providing therapy for clients from diverse backgrounds and presentations. In 2008 Dr Rita Csako completed a Postgraduate degree in Work and Organizational Psychology at Budapest University of Technology & Economics (Hungary) and been involved in cross-cultural research projects. After moving to New Zealand, in 2011 Dr Rita Csako joined the Ministry of Education (Special Needs unit), providing psychological services for students with special needs from diverse cultural backgrounds. From 2011 until joining AUT in 2014, she worked at Thrive, an intensive rehabilitation programme in Eating Disorder services and been involved in both Residential and Day Programme, providing care for patients diagnosed with Eating Disorders and their families. Dr Rita Csako also has extensive experience supervising psychology students and interns both in University and Clinical settings. Her professional experience covers a wide range of applied psychology, trained and has competence in a variety of therapeutic approaches and developed her own clinical approach integrating knowledge from different psychological approaches. Dr Rita Csako joined AUT in 2014 as a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Leader of the Psychology Clinic at AUT Akoranga Integrated Health Clinic. Besides clinical supervision and teaching, she is also involved in providing psychological care in the private sector at SHM Therapy and in the public sector via Active Plus as a Sensitive Claims therapist for ACC.