Supervisors in Waikato

Bryce believes in the worth and potential of all human beings, and is committed to assisting people remove barriers that impede the quality of life.

Byron has been in clinical practice for nearly 20 years and for over 12 years as a supervisor. Byron uses various supervision models to support learning and reflective practice with his supervisees. Byron is also a cultural supervisor with in-depth working knowledge and understanding of bicultural and multicultural issues in clinical practice.

Byron is available to provide telehealth consultation via Zoom or Skype. A link will be emailed to you to join the supervision session.

Kia ora koutou katoa, in this busy world taking the time to review where you are professionally can be like a breath of fresh air.

Clare's diverse professional background (nursing, midwifery, education, counselling) and post graduate training greatly enables her to assist with professional supervision identity and development support. Clare very much enjoys working with professionals to clarify direction and increase motivation, to develop short and long-term goal setting, to improve relationships, to improve confidence and communication skills, to enhance career and work satisfaction, and for appreciation of what you bring to your workplace.

Supervision offers busy professional people a valuable opportunity to regularly pause and reflect on how they see and experience their work life. Gayle has had experiences of working as a professionally qualified counsellor in New Zealand and internationally. She has also completed a post-graduate qualification in professional supervision. Narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, mindfulness and collaborative approaches to supervision have often been the focus of her training.  

Jacky has a counselling and supervision background extending over 25 years, supervising a wide range of professions such as social services, counsellors, trauma counsellors and counsellors in training, occupational therapists and people working with people. Jacky has a background working within a trauma agency, a family agency, and a training institute in charge of supervision. Prior to that, Jacky has a background in admin, accounting and banking, both in small business and large firms.

Kathryn is enthusiastic about nursing workforce development, the diversity of our future health workforce within New Zealand and developing practice in all workplace environments. Kathryn loves coaching and mentoring postgraduate nursing students. She has been a nurse for over 30 years and remains as passionate about nursing as the day she started. 

Linda has been working for over 14 years in the South Waikato area, offering generic counselling, addiction counselling and supervision. 

Registered ACC sensitive claims counsellor.

Marina is an OTBNZ-registered occupational therapist, with extensive experience in community mental health and pacific mental health settings, addictions and substance abuse, supervision, and workshop facilitation.

By integrating culturally-safe practices aligned to values and preferences, Marina aims to provide an inclusive space for people from diverse cultural backgrounds and to promote a deeper sense of connection, trust, mutual respect, and empowerment and agency in their journey as a supervisee.

Mark works with a solutions-focused approach to assist you to gain a greater awareness of yourself, your values and what motivates you to find realistic ways of reaching your goals. Mark, a Māori counsellor, lists his iwi as Ngāpuhi.  

Peter has 11 years' experience as a primary school teacher and 33 years as a senior pastor in 3 different churches in New Zealand. He has worked successfully in a wide range of leadership contexts. He is a professional supervisor and coach and has experience working cross-culturally.  

Becky uses a strengths-based approach within supervision, as well as reflective practice to enhance change within our own practice and our work with clients. She assists supervisees to maintain a healthy work-life balance, a culturally-safe practice and uses supervision to reflect on this. Becky aims to provide a safe, empowering and constructive supervision environment where supervisees can continue to develop and grow as clinicians.

Sandy works with children, youth, management, women and currently has a varied range of supervisees - school principals, midwives, social workers and counsellors - providing support with communication skills, stress management and work-life balance to name a few.

An experienced DAPAANZ-registered clinician, Sumita provides both clinical and professional supervision with a special interest in group supervision. Sumita believes that people are experts in their life and as a clinician she can walk with them to learn new skills to become unstuck in their difficulty areas.

Susanna has been with Vitae since 2019 and also works in private practice. Previously she worked as a project manager in the arts and education sector, and as a guidance counsellor in schools and in community/NGO settings, using group work as a means to support change. Susanna’s main approach is collaborative and draws on narrative and solution-focused practice. Supervisees get to work in partnership with Susanna and together find ways to preferred outcomes.  

Vicky offers professional supervision for counsellors and people working in fields such as allied health, education, wellbeing and pastoral non-government organisations, and human resources. She enjoys supporting people in their professional development and wellbeing. Vicky has experience working in NGOs and private practice.