I was born in Bombay/Mumbai, India. My mountain is Malabar Hill. My water is the Arabian Sea. My mother’s people are Scottish and Cumbrian; my father’s are mainly Irish. Our family moved to Aotearoa when I was young.  

I have many years of experience as a psychotherapist, group worker, supervisor, and trainer of counsellors and psychotherapists. My primary approach is gestalt therapy. I also integrate perspectives from other approaches in which I have training, experience and interest, mainly psychodynamic and depth psychotherapy.  

I take a broad, integrative approach to therapy, inviting all parts of self to the journey (body and spirit, mind and soul, individual and group, person and environment). I am open to all expressions of spirituality. My home base is in the Christian Wisdom and contemplative traditions, though I have a long-held interest in Eastern wisdom traditions and bodywork.

I am a registered psychotherapist with the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ), and a full member of the Association of Psychotherapists Aotearoa New Zealand (APANZ, formerly NZAP) and the Gestalt Association of Australia and New Zealand (GANZ). I am an ACC provider for sensitive claims.   

I mainly work from Ōhinetahi (Governor’s Bay) but I also work one morning a week in Ōtautahi (Christchurch). I have a limited number of spaces for Zoom-based sessions.

Ko Malabar tōku maunga
Ko Arabian Sea tōku moana
Nō Mumbai, Īnia, ahau
Kei Ōhinetahi tōku kainga ināianei

“As the light shone, the seed grew…”