Events
You'll find the latest well-being events here
LIVE STREAMS
Creative Circle – 23rd Apr @ 9.30am NZT (Insight Timer App Live)
Note: This event is live only, free and open to the community.
WORKSHOPS
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– Along my private practice work, I provide mental health and wellbeing events, workshops and resources.
– Throughout this page, you can browse events and book tickets.
– Payments for events are in $ NZD. A currency conversion tool is below.
– Discounts for concessions, students, and low-income households are available for some paid events. Get in touch to find out more.
Creative Circle
Welcome to the Creative Circle.
Join Tanisha (MA AThR), as we explore an easy way to use basic art materials to facilitate mind-body connection and check in emotionally in this grounding, sensory Art Therapy exercise.
Enter a state of freedom and self-awareness through expressive mark-making in this short guided practice.
Curious about the transformative qualities of creative therapy? Feel free to ask away to a licensed professional.
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What to bring – you will need:
- Laptop or phone to join the virtual event
- Paper or card + Pencils and/or pens
- Digital tablet and stylus (if preferred)
- Watercolours or acrylic paints (if preferred)
- A journal (optional)
The next event will be held at 9.30am NZT on 23rd April 2025. This event is live only.
Please check before booking that this event time matches your time zone.
Previous Events
Childhood Trauma: Multi-Healing Workshop
In this 2-hour intensive healing workshop, you will be guided through a process of exercises that use proven trauma-treatment methods to connect to your earlier challenges.
We will be creatively accessing our inner child or teen, where we show you how to process trauma using dynamic embodied creative therapy practices.
We will use multiple practices from Somatic Therapy, Art Psychotherapy, Trauma-informed Mindfulness & meditation and Internal Family Systems (IFS) Parts Work to navigate through any inner baggage and access a deeper connection with ourselves.
This event will be held at 9am NZT on Monday 4th March 2024.
For this workshop, you will need:
- Paper or card of your choosing
- Pencils and/or pens of your choosing
- Watercolours or acrylic paints (optional)
- Crayons, markers or pastels (optional)
- Collage materials (optional)
- A journal (optional)
This internationally converts to:
GMT – Sunday 3rd at 8pm
EST – Sunday 3rd at 3pm
Please check before booking that this event time matches your time zone.
CURRENCY & PRICE CONVERSION
The fees are listed on this page are in New Zealand Dollars (NZD). Below is a price conversion calculator for reference if booking and paying with currency outside of New Zealand. This will give you an idea of how much roughly this will cost in your currency.
These update regularly and automatically but are rough guides only.
Please be aware this will not take into account any bank charges (if any) or any conversion rate commissions by your bank or building society.
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Let's Make a Mural - Art Therapy Workshop
This workshop is part of Abhi Chinniah’s ”Teh & Kuih” workshop and event series, coinciding with her 2023 photo essay No.13, which delves into the realm of mental health journeys.
Guided by Tanisha Rose, MA. AThR. HCPC., a qualified Art Psychotherapist & Counsellor, the workshop aims to guide participants in creating a mural that resonates with the themes explored in the photo exhibition, utilising art therapy practices. Please note that spaces for this workshop are limited, and the session will be documented through photography.
Prior to the workshop, participants are encouraged to explore the photo exhibition. This would give them valuable insights as they transition into the workshop room.
Location: Studio One Toi Tū, in Room 11
Time: 2pm – 4pm
*Materials will be provided*
Black, Indigenous & People of Colour Liberation Circle
| 6-week Circle
Welcome to the Black, Indigenous and People Of Colour (BIPOC) Liberation Circle.
🚩 For Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) individuals, racial trauma is a reality that can't be ignored.
🟤 With the 6-week BIPOC Liberation Circle you will experience live online, an educational understanding of historical, cultural, and generational traumas for BIPOC and how they manifest in our lives.
✊🏿 Through Liberation Psychology psychoeducation, guided meditations, exploring creative modalities, and collective healing exercises, you'll gain insight into your own sense of liberation.
You can also book your FREE 15-minute virtual consultation! Get questions answered and see if this course is a good fit for you.
*A price Currency Converter is below.
6-week Circle: What we'll be exploring
- What is Liberation Psychology?
- How is Liberation Psychology different to Western Psychology?
- Who is behind Western Psychology, and is it designed to be BIPOC-inclusive?
- De-colonization - what is it and is it possible?
- Challenging the narratives behind individualistic ways of being
- Inter-dependence and community - what this looks like, how we can restore or cultivate it
- Assimilation and cross-culturalism - what is it, and where do I fit here?
- Our own internalized biases - Unpacking inherited oppressive and/or racist propaganda
- Stereotypes & roles: subjugation vs. liberation and the power of choice
- Learned beliefs versus chosen beliefs - I am not enough by default so I need to work twice as hard
- Critical thinking application - where does this come from and who does it serve?
- Reframing & ownership: I am not the problem, the system culture, is - Handing it back
- Trusting what you need - using the body to self-validate Radical Resting
- Radical Resting
- Ancestry connection
Creative Therapy for Racial & cultural Trauma | Workshop
This workshop will continue to provide a safe space for individuals to explore their relationships with racial trauma, its effects or even the perpetuation of this in themselves, and participate in therapeutic exercises taken from Art Psychotherapy to provide self-care, resilience and healing.
You will:
- Discuss and explore racial and cultural trauma experiences, their effects and their presentations in our lives.
- Have a taste of Art Therapy and the importance of creativity in trauma healing
- Participate in Creative Therapy activities that you can continue to use for yourself at home
- Learn some new coping and resilience skills for yourselves and others
- Be a part of this online community
Art Therapy for Self-Care & Self-Development | 6-week course
Join us for the fully immersive Art Therapy for Self Care & Self Development Group and commit to a creative transformation, filled with insightful moments of inner healing.
This course is designed for any creative and non-artists alike. It is about utilising the often-unknown power of creativity and true self-care, using art as a way to process trauma, thoughts, challenging circumstances, and emotions. Open to all levels of therapy and creative experience.
Decide for a deeply meaningful 2023 and set yourself up for an intentionally grounded self, from here on out!
You can also book your FREE 15-minute virtual consultation! Get questions answered and see if this course is a good fit for you.
Here's what you will cover in 6-weeks
- 1.5 hour guided Art Therapy workshops and support group every week, for 6 weeks
- Diverse mindfulness skills practice & development
- Learn and practice key skills from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Learn and practice tools from Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
- Advance the relationship with self through cathartic art therapy practice
- Ideal 'Inner Parent 'exploration
- 'Inner child' work with guided exercises
- Incorporates body-mind connection
- Challenging negative thoughts and inherited belief systems
- Self-compassion exercises
- Self-empowerment practices
- Develop emotional regulation: Learning to sit with emotions
- Setting up for 'Ideal-Self' manifestation
- Meaningful and collaborative group discussions
