I am particularly passionate about engaging with those who are seeking personal growth and expansion.   

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I'm a Counsellor and full member of NZAC as well as an EMDR therapist and member of EMDRNZ.  I am also a Brainspotting Practitioner.  

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From a young age, I was always trying to figure people out.  My family of origin was the perfect environment from which to begin.  Having emigrated to Canada with a Scottish mother and Indian father, as a blended family of four children, I was trying to figure out who I was too!

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This curiosity eventually led me to study Psychology at the University of Toronto.  I couldn't help but explore more though, completing a double Honours degree to include Criminology and a minor in Sociology.

 

After University, I worked in residential care with youths.  However, I wanted to explore other countries and cultures.  This led me to a wild and not always wonderful, yet enriching, adventure beginning with working on cruise ships and then onto Europe - to Turkey, The Netherlands and the UK.   There I worked in Human Resources in learning and development, creating and facilitating courses.  

 

However, I'd always had a strong urge to live in the Southern Hemisphere, for some unknown reason, since age 21.  Whether you want to call it divine intervention or mere chance, I met a Kiwi in the ocean in Thailand, as you do, and here I am nearly 14 years later.

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My thirst for knowledge and understanding didn't stop there.  I undertook studies in Transpersonal Counselling in Melbourne.  It was there that I gained the relational and therapeutic skills I was searching for.  

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I returned to New Zealand where I joined Lincoln University's Student Health team as a counsellor, enjoying a diverse group of students for 6.5 years.  However, the sunshine of Nelson was calling me and since 2020,  I have been in private practice and ACC counselling in the Nelson/Blenheim area.  

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