A Life of Exploration, Growth, and Healing

I have lived a rich, beautiful, imperfect life—one shaped by experience, adaptation, and a relentless curiosity about what makes us who we are. Like all of us, I am a product of both my genes and my history, and my path has been anything but conventional.

At 16, eager to escape boarding school, I began studying engineering at Auckland University. But I lacked the discipline, maturity, and conventionality to complete my degree at that time. Instead, I pursued a hands-on approach—running my own engineering business and later stepping into a senior engineering role at Rakon.

But in 2016, as the industry shifted and redundancies loomed, I had a realization: I wanted to work with people, not machines.

From Engineering to Healing

My journey into therapy didn’t start in a classroom—it started with a sign at my gate. With a background in intuitive bodywork, I began offering massage for emotional regulation, particularly for anxiety. As I worked with clients, I started seeing a pattern: Anxiety wasn’t just a surface issue—it was deeply tied to early trauma, stored in the body.

This insight led me to further training in the foundations of trauma, somatic counselling, and clinical hypnotherapy. Through these approaches, I saw first-hand how emotions move through the body, and how tuning into this process could help my clients feel less controlled by their past and more at ease with themselves.

A Deeply Experiential Approach

Somatic therapy taught me that healing isn’t just about insight—it’s about experience. My work helps clients viscerally recognize the impact of trauma, reduce its power, and reclaim a sense of emotional and physical safety. Hypnotic states have become a powerful tool, allowing clients to process difficult experiences in a way that feels safe and regulated—something akin to the effects of psychedelic therapy.

Blending Intuition, Experience, and Formal Training

I have always been a lifelong learner, drawn to personal inquiry and experiential growth. But in recent years, I’ve stepped into a more conventional path of study, training to become a credentialed and registered counsellor. I have completed my training and am awaiting registration with the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC).

This combination of lived experience, intuitive practice, and formal education allows me to offer something truly unique. Whether you are looking for a space to express, explore, or transform, I will meet you where you are and hold space for your journey—wherever it leads.