Work With Me

The foundation of my work is building a genuine therapeutic relationship, where together we can work towards understanding your needs & what it means to feel safe in your body.

My work brings together movement therapy, somatic practices and our connection with the natural world. I support adults to reconnect with their bodies, to connect with our foundational attachment to the earth, explore emotions through movement and sensation, and develop resources for navigating life's challenges.

Sessions are shaped around you and may take place indoors, outdoors in the Wānaka landscape, or online. Whether you're moving through a difficult time or wanting to feel more present, connected and alive, we create space to slow down and explore what supports you.

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Individual sessions offer a space to slow down and explore your inner world through the body, rather than relying on talking alone.

Together, we might work with grounding, movement, body awareness, mindfulness, creative expression and nervous system regulation. We explore bodily sensations and emotions, develop practical resources for difficult moments, and build capacity to meet change and uncertainty.

Where appropriate, sessions can take place outdoors, allowing the natural environment to become part of the therapeutic process. Online sessions are also available.

For adults seeking a more embodied, creative and nature-connected approach to therapy.

A session may include grounding, movement, body awareness, emotional exploration, creativity, and integration — see [what is somatic therapy] to learn more.

1:1 Somatic Therapy

The natural world can offer a different kind of space to pause, notice and reconnect. In the landscapes around Wānaka, we can draw on walking, sensory awareness, natural objects, movement and ritual as part of our work together.

These sessions may appeal to those who feel nourished by being outdoors, are navigating grief or climate grief, or want to explore their relationship with the earth and the wider living world.

We don't need to have everything figured out before we begin. Sometimes the invitation is simply to slow down, pay attention and discover what emerges when we make space to feel.

Nature-Based Sessions

“Your body is your home. Tend to it like sacred ground.”

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MY QUALIFICATIONS & COMPETENCIES

⊱ Dance / Movement Therapy Training Aotearoa (Prov. Prof., DTAA)

⊱ Mindful-Somatic Approaches to Trauma Therapy — Comprehensive Training (Dr. Paris Williams)

⊱ Intro to Therapeutic Nature-Based Interventions - Cert, (Somatic Nature Therapy Institute)

⊱ 100 hr (x3) Somatic Dance Facilitator Training

⊱ 200 hrs Yoga Teacher Training (Yin, Hatha, Vinyasa)

⊱ 200 hrs Eco-Somatic Yoga Teacher Training

⊱ Reiki Level 1

⊱ Complex Trauma Certification Training Level 1 & 2 (Janina Fisher - still in training)

⊱ Health & Life Coach Cert (IIN)

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