Tania has worked with Children, Young People and Adults since 1994 when she began her training as a Social Worker. Since this time she has worked for agencies and as a private practitioner. Agency work includes 6 ½ years as a Senior Specialist Clinician for the STOP Adolescent Service delivering Individual and Family Therapy; Practice Leader, Counsellor and Family Therapist for Family Works South Canterbury; and as an MST (Multi Systemic Therapy) Family Therapist for Child Youth and Family and Corrections to name a few.

In Private Practice, which Tania now does full time, her work has included Family Court Counselling; Contract and Private Counselling and Family Therapy; Clinical Supervision for other Professionals and more recently, ACC work and counselling with women whose own trauma experience is impacting on their relationship with their children.

Tania aims to offer a warm and safe environment, she has a particular strength in engaging with people and being able to work at their pace. She has significant experience working alongside people to shift their blocks to engaging in the therapeutic process. Alongside of her formal qualifications Tania has a strong commitment to professional development and has undertaken extensive training and learning. Her practice is informed by a number of models including Narrative; Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy; Cognitive Models (CBT, REBT); Motivational interviewing and Relapse Prevention. She has a strong interest in systemic therapies and understanding people in the context of their family and the environment around them. She believes this approach is particularly important with children and young people.

For the past 6 ½ years Tania has focussed her professional development in complex trauma and has worked supporting families where children have been affected by traumatic events and with mothers whose own abuse is impacting on their relationship with their children. Tania’s areas of interest are sexual abuse and sexual harm, trauma work, family therapy. Recently she has begun to enjoy training and has been teaching others about the impact of trauma on children and how parents, carers and professionals might need to alter their approach to create a sense of safety for children and young people.

1994 Bachelor of Arts Majoring in Psychology and Sociology, Canterbury University

1997 Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work, Canterbury University

2010 Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision, Otago University

2014 Post Graduate Diploma in Family Therapy - Australia

1997 - Member Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers

2006 - Registered Social Worker – SWRB

2010 - Approved Family Court Counsellor

2011 - Australia and New Zealand Association for Treatment of Sexual Abuse (ANZATSA)

2017- ACC Approved Counsellor for Sexual Abuse