Kapiti Neuro Therapy Corinne Allan

13/11/2025

This is such a funny and simple way of helping your kids understand their emotions! Give it a try!

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11/11/2025

🎨 Welcome to our Art Therapy Space 🌿

At Kapiti Neuro Therapy, we cultivate a nurturing environment for emotional expression through art, a space where creativity and compassion come together to support healing and growth. 💫

Here, clients of all ages, children, teens, and adults, are encouraged to express their emotions through artistic means. In this comforting setting, art becomes a language of its own, allowing you to explore worries, release tension, and process past experiences safely and gently.

🖌️ Through art therapy, many discover:
✨ A sense of freedom and emotional release
✨ A deeper connection to their inner world
✨ Healing from trauma and past hurts
✨ The joy of self-expression without words

Our child-centred, trauma-informed approach creates a supportive space where every individual can be seen, heard, and understood, exactly as they are.

🌈 Join us in our therapeutic art space, where creativity becomes a bridge to emotional transformation and wellbeing.

📍 Kapiti Neuro Therapy Centre, Waikanae
🔗 Learn more or book an intro session: neurotherapy.nz

09/11/2025

Welcome to Kapiti Neuro Therapy Centre, where your child’s potential is our priority

Are you looking for professional, compassionate support for neurodiversity, sensory-integration challenges or emotional regulation in children and teens? You’re in the right place.

🧠 What we offer:
• Neurodiversity Assessment & Introductory Meetings - customised to your family’s unique needs.
• Multi-Sensory Therapy - playful, engaging tools to support sensory motor integration and regulation.
• Emotional Dysregulation Therapy - positive behaviour support to help children better understand, express and manage their emotions.
• Motor Development Therapy - targeting movement, coordination, gross & fine motor skills for children with developmental delays.
• Art Therapy - a safe, creative space for emotional expression, trauma processing or simply discovering inner strength.
• Supervision + Courses - for therapists and families, covering sensory integration, brain-based support, trauma recovery.

Why choose us?
Located in Waikanae, we specialize in neuro-diversity (autism spectrum, learning & behavioural difficulties, anxiety, trauma) and provide non-medical, strength-based therapies that empower children to thrive, instead of simply “cope”.

Our approach is person-centred, fluid and tailored, because no two children are the same.

8 Ruru Street, Waikanae
📞 027 246 4488 | ✉️ corinne@neurotherapy.nz

🔗 Want to learn more? www.neurotherapy.nz

06/11/2025

Take a few deep breaths!!

30/10/2025

28/10/2025

🖐️✨ The Benefits of Sensory Play! 🎨🧩

Sensory play is more than just fun, it’s a powerful foundation for learning and development! 🌈
From exploring textures in nature-based art to engaging all five senses in creative play, sensory experiences help children:

🌿 Build fine and gross motor skills
🎨 Boost creativity and imagination
💬 Strengthen communication and social skills
🧠 Support emotional regulation and memory

At Kapiti Neurotherapy, we integrate sensory play into our creative therapies to help children grow, connect, and thrive, one joyful experience at a time. 💫

Discover more at 👉 www.neurotherapy.nz

26/10/2025

Nature-based art is a powerful tool for early development, blending sensory exploration with creativity and curiosity.

✨ How to Support Play-Based Learning:

Offer Variety: Provide natural textures — smooth stones, bumpy bark, soft moss — to engage fine motor skills in new ways.

Encourage Freedom: Skip the step-by-step instructions. Let children follow their curiosity and explore their own ideas.

Celebrate Process Over Product: Focus on joy and discovery rather than perfection. Every creation is meaningful when made through play.

🖐️ Try This:
Collect leaves, petals, or ferns and place them under a sheet of paper.
Let children gently rub crayons, chalk, or pastels over the top — revealing the delicate patterns of nature.

💡 Extend the Learning:
Ask questions like “Which leaf makes the clearest print?” or “What shapes do you notice?”
You can even explore mud rubbings or natural dyes for a full sensory art experience.

Through these hands-on moments, children strengthen their fine motor skills, connect with nature, and learn to see the world with wonder. 🌸

22/10/2025

At Kapiti Neurotherapy, we believe there’s hope after diagnosis.
We help people reconnect, heal, and thrive through creative, non-medical therapies that stimulate the brain and support emotional wellbeing.

Using art, mindfulness, neurographic drawing, colour meditation, movement, and sensory play, we help build new neural pathways, empowering individuals to overcome trauma and challenges to become the best version of themselves.

✨ Inclusive. Holistic. Client-centred. ✨
Discover how we can support your journey at 👉 www.neurotherapy.nz

21/10/2025

It’s not about making a perfect artwork, it’s about the sensory experience of touching, collecting, and creating with natural elements.

These activities nurture creativity, curiosity, and a deeper connection with the environment.

✨ Tactile & Process Art Ideas:

Mud Sculpting: Mix soil and water into soft mud, sculpt, or stamp textures using pinecones and shells.

Nature Collage: Gather leaves, petals, and twigs to explore shapes and textures on paper.

Sensory Bags: Seal small nature treasures like flowers or leaves in plastic bags for tactile play.

Natural Paints: Crush petals or mix dirt and water to make earthy paint.

🎨 Visual & Collection-Based Ideas:

Leaf & Bark Rubbings: Reveal hidden patterns with crayons and paper.

Flower Pressing: Create lasting art with pressed flowers and leaves.

Sensory Bottles: Fill bottles with pebbles, petals, and leaves for a calming visual tool.

Nature Bracelets: Wrap sticky tape around a wrist and collect tiny nature treasures.

Nature Walk Collections: Gather natural materials to use in future creations.

When children engage in these kinds of creative, sensory experiences, they’re not just making art — they’re developing mindfulness, focus, and emotional regulation through play.

15/10/2025

With KidsLink – I just got recognized as one of their top fans! 🎉