QUALIFICATIONS:

• 2014 – 2016 Certified Transactional Analyst specialized in Psychotherapy (CTA-Psychotherapy), Psychotherapy Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ) Registered Psychotherapist
• 2008 – 2016 Post Grad Diploma with Distinction endorsed in Mental Health(PGDipMNH)
• 1996 – 1999 Bachelor of Health Science (Occupational Therapy) (BHSc(Occ.Ther)
• 2009 – 2013 Gestalt Psychotherapy
• 2012 National Certificate in Maori (Te Waharoa)
• 1996 – 1999 Bachelor of Health Science (Occupational Therapy) (BHSc(Occ.Ther)

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Occupational Therapy New Zealand – Whakaora Ngangahau Aotearoa (OTNZ-WNA)
• Psychotherapy Board of New Zealand (PBANZ); Registered Psychotherapist
• Aotearoa New Zealand Transactional Analysis Association (ANZTAA)
• International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA)
• Infant Mental Health Association Aotearoa New Zealand (IMHAANZ)

ACCREDITATIONS:

• ACC approved Psychotherapist
• Registered Psychotherapist
• Registered Occupational Therapist
• Certified Sensory Integration Therapist

• May 2017 – present: ‘The Chat Room’ Private Practice
  Certified Transactional Analyst, Registered Psychotherapist
• Jan 2014 – Dec 2017: Petersgate Counselling Centre
  Certified Transactional Analyst Psychotherapist (contracted)
• Feb 2012 – June 2013: Womens Centre, Christchurch
  Counsellor (Student Placement)
• Nov 2011 – July 2012: Specialist Clinician STOP Children’s Programme
  Christchurch
• Feb 2008 – Oct 2011: Paediatric Occupational Therapist
  Child, Youth and Family Specialty Service (with 12 months maternity leave from Nov 2010) (Whakatata House), Christchurch
• July 1999 – Dec 2002: Occupational Therapist
  – Seabrook McKenzie Centre (Private)
  – Child, Youth and Family Specialty Service
  – Forensic Psychiatry

• Almost 20 years in mental health service delivery.
• Areas of special interest include trauma, suicide and sexual violence, prevention and advocacy work, Perinatal and Infant Mental Health, and Autism.
• Sensory integration and somatosensory approaches to trauma as well as neurosciences.