Paul Baakman NZAP ANZPA (TEP), is a Registered Psychotherapist and Psychodramatist who conducts a private practice in Christchurch, New Zealand.

He is a member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP) and a Trainer Educator Practitioner (TEP) with the Australian and New Zealand Psychodrama Association (ANZPA) http://www.anzpa.org

He is the Director of Training for the Christchuch Institute for Training in Psychodrama (CITP), which is affiliated with ANZPA.