Play Therapy Archives - Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers

Melanie Torkington

24/05/2021 Web Access ANZASW Member Only Listing, Public Listing

It is my passion to assist and empower social workers and care professionals to make the best decisions they can. Reigniting a love of what they do and navigating around and threw, any walls to that.
A particularly interest in promoting the utilization of therapeutic opportunities through the social Work role.
Encouraging self care for optimal outcomes as well as sustainability. Debunking the glorification of ‘busy’, through self monitoring and tools for boundaries.
Expertise in rapport building and working directly with children and youth in mental health, advocation, therapeutic and community roles.
Reflective practice and exploring where the professional and personal boundaries meet and cross, finding ways that each are complimented by the same journey, yet kept ‘safe’ from each other.
Working with team dynamics and managing complex situations.
Leadership and management development.
Managing work/personal life balance.
Child focused practice. Integrating theory and practice.
Not just culturally safe practice, but empowering through culturally encouraging and affirming practice, especially working cross culturally, with Maori.
Strengths-based and solution focused as an underlying thread throughout.

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Adults, Advanced Social Work Methods (e.g. Resistant Clients/Addictions/FV), Advocacy in Social Work, Best Practice, Biculturalism in Practice, Board/Committee Governance - planning & management, Casework, Child Abuse Detection and Prevention, Clinical, Clinical Practice Issues, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Collaborative Approach, Community Development, Community Education, Conflict Resolution, Continuing Professional Development, Counselling, Couple Therapy, Crisis Management, Cross Discipline, Culturally Safe Practice, Dads, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Ecological Model, Education, Evidence Based Practice, External, Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR), Facilitative Approach, Family Court Counselling, Family Focussed, Feminist Approach, Fieldwork, Fieldwork (student), Find a Supervisor, Holistic Supervision Approach, Justice, LGBT+, Management & leadership, Marginalised Groups, Mediation, Mental health, Mentoring, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Strategies, Motivational interviewing, Narrative Approach, NGOs/Community Agencies, Online Supervision, Personal Development, Play Therapy, Practitioner, Professional, Project management, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Relational Approach, Relationship & Sex Therapy, Risk Management, Rural Social Work, Safe Practice, School, Social Policy, Social Service Profession, Solution Focussed Social Work, Solution Focussed Therapy, Stress Management, Supervisor, Supervisors Listing, Tai Tokerau Northland, Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, Task Centred, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Theoretical Perspectives, Trauma Grief Loss, Trauma Therapy, Women's Issues, Work/Personal Life Balance/Wellness, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Working with Wairua & Spiritual Elements, Workplace Organisational & Team Dynamics, Youth Work

Ksenija Napan

13/05/2021 fiona Member Only Listing, Public Listing, Supervisors Listing

Pinehill, Northshore Auckland; Female; Face to Face only
BSW & MSW; Master Degree in Social Psychiatry that involved assessed components related to supervision; PhD in Social work education that included regular monthly external professional supervision as part of integrative method of teaching learning social work that was a focus of my research; Erica Stern’s IPR supervision process; John Heron’s Peer supervision; Teaching a postgraduate course with David Epston called Reflecting on Practice; within Master of Social Practice course; NZ Coaching and mentoring centre – organised and participated in the Peer Supervision course three times (in three different settings) and participated in peer supervision groups (still participating)
Strengths based; Integrative; IPR (Interpersonal Process Recall); Peer, individual and group supervision; Reflective teams; Managing challenging situations with grace and integirity; Exploring how personal, professional, political and spiritual are related and how they reflect in professional practice; Cultural respectfulness; Ethical dilemmas
Animal assisted work and whole people learning including embodiment practice

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Addictions, Adults, Advanced Social Work Methods (e.g. Resistant Clients/Addictions/FV), Best Practice, Casework, Clinical, Clinical Practice Issues, Collaborative Approach, Community Development, Conflict Resolution, Continuing Professional Development, Counselling, Crisis Management, Cross Discipline, Culturally Safe Practice, Disability, Ecological Model, Education, Ethical Practice, External, Facilitative Approach, Feminist Approach, Fieldwork, Fieldwork (student), Find a Supervisor, Group, Holistic Supervision Approach, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPPT), Justice, LGBT+, Marginalised Groups, Mental health, Mentoring, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Strategies, Narrative Approach, Palliative Care, Peer, Personal Development, Play Therapy, Practitioner, Professional, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Reflexive Practice, Relational Approach, School, Solution Focussed Social Work, Solution Focussed Therapy, Strengths Based, Stress Management, Supervisor, Supervisors Listing, Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, Theoretical Perspectives, Transformative Practice, Transitional Work, Trauma Grief Loss, Trauma Therapy, Women's Issues, Work/Personal Life Balance/Wellness, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Working with Wairua & Spiritual Elements

Claire Mushrow

06/11/2020 Web Access ANZASW Member Only Listing, Public Listing

My supervision approach is based on strength based relational practice and acknowledges the inherent value, opportunities and challenges/risks of working within human services.
I believe self care, and professional development are essential aspects of social work practice as are the opportunities to reflect, enquire and make changes.
My approach encompasses appreciative enquiry, motivational interviewing and solution focused. I believe supervision is a doorway to possibilities, action and hope. It requires integrity, curiosity, clarity, openness from both the supervisor and supervisee.
I offer sessions with individuals and within group/peer supervision.
I appreciate working within cross cultural and multidisciplinary contexts.
I have a personal experience of neurodiversity so believe I can offer insight into this in a professional/work context

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Adults, Advocacy in Social Work, Best Practice, Care and Protection, Casework, Clinical Practice Issues, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Collaborative Approach, Continuing Professional Development, Counselling, Crisis Management, Cross Discipline, Culturally Safe Practice, Disability, Ethical Practice, External, Facilitative Approach, Family Focussed, Fieldwork, Fieldwork (student), Group, Health & Disability, Holistic Supervision Approach, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPPT), Management & leadership, Marginalised Groups, Mental health, Mentoring, Migrant Refugee Communities, Mindfulness Strategies, Motivational interviewing, NGOs/Community Agencies, Online Supervision, Peer, Personal Development, Play Therapy, Practitioner, Professional, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Reflexive Practice, Relational Approach, Risk Management, Safe Practice, Sand-tray Work, School, Social Service Profession, Solution Focussed Social Work, Solution Focussed Therapy, Statutory Work, Strengths Based, Stress Management, Tamaki Makaurau Auckland, Transformative Practice, Trauma Grief Loss, Voluntary Sector, Work/Personal Life Balance/Wellness, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Workplace Organisational & Team Dynamics

Tosca Lammerts van Bueren

20/12/2019 Web Access ANZASW Member Only Listing

Strength-based and empowering, using reflective processes, client-centred/child focussed practice.

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Casework, Clinical, Clinical Practice Issues, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Collaborative Approach, Community Education, Conflict Resolution, Continuing Professional Development, Counselling, Ecological Model, Ethical Practice, Evidence Based Practice, External, Family Focussed, Fieldwork, Fieldwork (student), Find a Supervisor, Holistic Supervision Approach, Management & leadership, Mental health, Mentoring, Mindfulness Strategies, NGOs/Community Agencies, Personal Development, Play Therapy, Professional, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Relational Approach, Risk Management, Safe Practice, Social Service Profession, Solution Focussed Social Work, Strengths Based, Stress Management, Supervisor, Supervisors Listing, Taranaki, Trauma Grief Loss, Whanau Maori, Women's Issues, Work/Personal Life Balance/Wellness, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Workplace Organisational & Team Dynamics, Youth Work

Alison Jagger

08/07/2019 Web Access ANZASW Member Only Listing, Public Listing

I am passionate about people being the best they can be in their roles, I have a big focus on self care and good health and safety at work.
I can help focus on a good work life balance, help you manage high complex cases and ensure safe practice.
I encourage reflection on your practice and yourself and integrate theory and good holistic practice in to the sessions. I am also interesting in encouraging safe cultural practice.

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Adults, Advocacy in Social Work, Best Practice, Biculturalism in Practice, Canterbury Otautahi, Care and Protection, Casework, Child Abuse Detection and Prevention, Clinical, Clinical Practice Issues, Community Development, Community Education, Conflict Resolution, Continuing Professional Development, Counselling, Crisis Management, Cross Discipline, Culturally Safe Practice, Ecological Model, Education, Ethical Practice, Evidence Based Practice, External, Facilitative Approach, Fieldwork, Fieldwork (student), Find a Supervisor, Group, Health & Disability, Holistic Supervision Approach, Interactive Drawing Therapy, Management & leadership, Marginalised Groups, Mental health, Mentoring, Narrative Approach, NGOs/Community Agencies, Occupational Health & Safety, Online Supervision, Peer, Personal Development, Play Therapy, Practitioner, Professional, Project management, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Risk Management, Rural Social Work, Safe Practice, Sand-tray Work, Schema Therapy, School, Social Policy, Social Service Profession, Solution Focussed Social Work, Solution Focussed Therapy, Statutory Work, Strengths Based, Stress Management, Supervisor, Supervisors Listing, Task Centred, Transformative Practice, Transitional Work, Voluntary Sector, Women's Issues, Work/Personal Life Balance/Wellness, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Working with Wairua & Spiritual Elements, Workplace Organisational & Team Dynamics, Youth Work

Bernice Tyree

01/02/2019 Web Access ANZASW Member Only Listing, Public Listing

Bernice is inspired by this karaka:
Discussion brings forth understanding
Understanding brings forth light
Light brings forth wisdom
Wisdom brings forth wellness.

Her sessions aim to empower through collaboration. Bernice is able to assist supervisees who practice in a wide range of professional settings: She is a reflective practitioner with experience supporting clients with emotional difficulties including trauma, grief, depression, PTSD, anxiety, panic, woman’s wellness and personal sensitive issues, anger, family violence, employment issues, career change, relationship stress, separation, disability, diversity and issues affecting LGBT community, immigration and other life transition difficulties including gender crisis and living with the effects of HIV, and palliative care. Bernice relates well to people across a range of cultures, ages, beliefs and is committed to promoting safer communities for our family/whanau to live and flourish. She enjoys connecting with individual supervisees and invites them to talk freely as a way of understanding and making sense of challenging work situations. She promotes supervision as a pathway to safe practice and professionalism. She adheres to client confidentiality and the values promoted by the Social Workers, Code of Ethics.

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Adults, Advocacy in Social Work, Best Practice, Biculturalism in Practice, Board/Committee Governance - planning & management, Casework, Child Abuse Detection and Prevention, Clinical, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Community Development, Community Education, Conflict Resolution, Continuing Professional Development, Counselling, Couple Therapy, Crisis Management, Culturally Safe Practice, Dads, Disability, Ecological Model, Education, Ethical Practice, Evidence Based Practice, External, Facilitative Approach, Family Focussed, Feminist Approach, Fieldwork, Find a Supervisor, Health & Disability, Holistic Supervision Approach, Justice, LGBT+, Management & leadership, Manawatu Whanganui, Marginalised Groups, Mediation, Mental health, Migrant Refugee Communities, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Strategies, NGOs/Community Agencies, Occupational Health & Safety, Older People, Palliative Care, Personal Development, Play Therapy, PPPR Act (Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act), Practitioner, Professional, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Reflexive Practice, Relationship & Sex Therapy, Safe Practice, School, Social Policy, Social Service Profession, Solution Focussed Therapy, Statutory Work, Strengths Based, Stress Management, Supervisor, Supervisors Listing, Task Centred, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Theoretical Perspectives, Transformative Practice, Transitional Work, Trauma Grief Loss, Trauma Therapy, Voluntary Sector, Whanau Maori, Women's Issues, Work/Personal Life Balance/Wellness, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Workplace Organisational & Team Dynamics, Youth Work

Michelle Jones

12/11/2018 Web Access ANZASW Member Only Listing, Public Listing

I am a passionate supervisor with 20 years of experience in the counselling and social work fields specialising in practice that is reflective and social justice focused. I have a particular interest and have worked with social workers who experience drug/alcohol and process addictions and work in statutory social work. I have many years experience working in the NGO sector in mental health, addictions, abuse and trauma, care and protection and SWiS.

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Addictions, Adults, Advanced Social Work Methods (e.g. Resistant Clients/Addictions/FV), Advocacy in Social Work, Bay of Plenty Waiariki, Best Practice, Biculturalism in Practice, Board/Committee Governance - planning & management, Care and Protection, Casework, Child Abuse Detection and Prevention, Clinical, Clinical Practice Issues, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Collaborative Approach, Community Development, Community Education, Conflict Resolution, Continuing Professional Development, Coromandel, Counselling, Couple Therapy, Crisis Management, Cross Discipline, Culturally Safe Practice, Dads, Disability, Education, Ethical Practice, Evidence Based Practice, External, Family Court Counselling, Family Focussed, Feminist Approach, Fieldwork, Fieldwork (student), Group, Health & Disability, Holistic Supervision Approach, Justice, LGBT+, Management & leadership, Marginalised Groups, Mediation, Mental health, Mentoring, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Strategies, Motivational interviewing, Narrative Approach, NGOs/Community Agencies, Occupational Health & Safety, Older People, Palliative Care, Peer, Personal Development, Play Therapy, Practitioner, Professional, Project management, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Reflexive Practice, Relational Approach, Relationship & Sex Therapy, Response-based Therapy, Risk Management, Rural Social Work, Safe Practice, Sand-tray Work, School, Social Policy, Social Service Profession, Solution Focussed Social Work, Solution Focussed Therapy, Statutory Work, Strengths Based, Stress Management, Supervisor, Supervisors Listing, Systemic Family Therapy, Task Centred, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Theoretical Perspectives, Transformative Practice, Transitional Work, Trauma Grief Loss, Trauma Therapy, Voluntary Sector, Waikato, Whanau Maori, Women's Issues, Work/Personal Life Balance/Wellness, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Working with Wairua & Spiritual Elements, Workplace Organisational & Team Dynamics, Youth Work

Diana McIntyre

29/05/2017 Web Access ANZASW Member Only Listing, Public Listing

Strengths-based, solution-focused, critically reflective practice. Supporting social workers who work with children, young people, adults, and families in the community. Utilising developmental, interpersonal, environmental, and trauma-informed assessment approaches. Best-practice techniques in promoting resilience, recovery and healing. DBT and Mindfulness approaches. Assessment and intervention approaches for self-harm and suicidal risk. Supporting social workers working with survivors of sexual abuse; domestic violence; PTSD; Grief; Depression; Anxiety; physical/medical health; and mental health conditions

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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Adults, Advanced Social Work Methods (e.g. Resistant Clients/Addictions/FV), Advocacy in Social Work, Best Practice, Care and Protection, Casework, Child Abuse Detection and Prevention, Clinical Practice Issues, Collaborative Approach, Community Education, Conflict Resolution, Continuing Professional Development, Crisis Management, Cross Discipline, Culturally Safe Practice, Dads, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Disability, Ecological Model, Education, Ethical Practice, Evidence Based Practice, External, Facilitative Approach, Family Focussed, Fieldwork, Fieldwork (student), Group, Health & Disability, Holistic Supervision Approach, Manawatu Whanganui, Mentoring, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Strategies, NGOs/Community Agencies, Older People, Peer, Personal Development, Play Therapy, PPPR Act (Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act), Practitioner, Professional, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Safe Practice, Sand-tray Work, Social Policy, Social Service Profession, Solution Focussed Social Work, Solution Focussed Therapy, Strengths Based, Supervisor, Supervisors Listing, Systemic Family Therapy, Task Centred, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Theoretical Perspectives, Trauma Grief Loss, Trauma Therapy, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Youth Work

Jane Brook

24/08/2015 fiona Member Only Listing, Public Listing

Holistic models of wellness for Social workers, Counsellors and Allied health professionals working with Children, young people and their families in Social work and other therapeutic environments.

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Adults, Advanced Social Work Methods (e.g. Resistant Clients/Addictions/FV), Advocacy in Social Work, Best Practice, Care and Protection, Casework, Child Abuse Detection and Prevention, Clinical, Clinical Practice Issues, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Collaborative Approach, Community Development, Community Education, Conflict Resolution, Continuing Professional Development, Counselling, Couple Therapy, Crisis Management, Cross Discipline, Culturally Safe Practice, Disability, Ecological Model, Education, Evidence Based Practice, External, Family Court Counselling, Family Focussed, Fieldwork (student), Group, Health & Disability, Holistic Supervision Approach, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPPT), Management & leadership, Marginalised Groups, Mentoring, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Strategies, Narrative Approach, NGOs/Community Agencies, Palliative Care, Personal Development, Play Therapy, Practitioner, Professional, Project management, Reflective, Reflective Practice, Relational Approach, Response-based Therapy, Risk Management, Safe Practice, School, Social Policy, Social Service Profession, Solution Focussed Social Work, Solution Focussed Therapy, Strengths Based, Stress Management, Supervisor, Supervisors Listing, Systemic Family Therapy, Task Centred, Theoretical Perspectives, Transformative Practice, Trauma Grief Loss, Trauma Therapy, Voluntary Sector, Wellington Wairarapa, Work/Personal Life Balance/Wellness, Worker Safety & Boundaries, Workplace Organisational & Team Dynamics

Snita Ahir-Knight

24/08/2015 fiona Public Listing

I am motivated to enable professionals to learn and develop their practice through reflective supervision grounded in theory. My approach is framed using Proctor’s “Three Key Functions” of supervision.

Professional Supervision for Social Workers. Clinical Supervision for Professionals either as a group or individually. Assistance with the setting up of productive peer supervision.

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