The Tui and the Morepork: Art and Therapy

19/02/2026

2026 update: working from home in Feilding as an arts therapist. My "therapist dog" Lady is at least 15 and still loves being with clients in the studio. Now registered to work with ACC clients. No longer teaching yoga. My hair is mostly grey, my son is nearly 15. Still loving making a mess, at work and for me! Pictured: my finger painting on the work table 😁🤩

05/12/2025

My arts therapy studio, with a much loved (painted) table

18/09/2025

We never know what someone may be going through...

This powerful campaign is reminding people that you can't spot a "suicidal" person based on their outward appearance.

04/08/2025

I help people to step through the doorway

08/04/2025

I've moved back to my hometown of Feilding! Working as an arts therapist from a cute cabin in my back yard. Not teaching yoga anymore, but still doing personalised intuitive artworks. Contact me for more details!

23/12/2024

05/11/2024

https://www.findingwellbeing.art/post/art-class-or-art-therapy

Participation in the arts comes in many forms. This blog shall attempt to explore some of the differences between Art Therapy, “art-as-therapy” and art classes and better define what Art Therapy is. My aim is not intended to promote one over the other; instead, I believe that each form holds a u...

14/08/2024

Between childhood and adulthood, people I see often forget how to be creative, to be free from self-criticism and shame.

03/07/2024

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6MOwe8Iisy/?igsh=dDJ5MW5kYWZ1OTdt

01/07/2024

Why feeling all our emotions is important

The major lesson that I have learned from people I’ve served in the last fifteen years as a trauma specialist is that our feelings are not the problem. Everything we do to keep from feeling our feelings and experiencing our emotions—even the dark and heavy ones—is the real problem.

31/05/2024

In my mahi there's often an unspoken expectation that I will fix people, remove "bad" emotions, restore them to a constant state of happiness. Even though the ripples of feeling move through and around me, I can still see myself as an imperfect, fully human be-ing.