Helping people recover from trauma and oppression
LGBTQI+, neurodiverse, Māori/people of colour, adolescents, adults and parents
Offerings including: counselling, yoga, group work, advocacy, education and professional supervision
Lived experience practitioner (māmā, trauma/PTSD, Māori, bisexual, gender queer, neurodiverse/AuDHD)
Māori therapist, educator, researcher, advocate & parent, supporting people recovering from trauma and oppression. Supporting individuals, families and communities – combining a bottom up approach integrating the nervous system & the physical body with a top down approach through unpacking systematic oppression of patriarchy, colonisation and more. Rowan’s expertise is rooted in research & lived experience, with an extensive background in the holistic modalities such as yoga, exercise and bodywork.
Rowan offers a safe & supportive environment for clients to explore their own diversity, difference & uniqueness and advocates for clients to be brave in the pursuit of peace, pleasure and abundance.
I believe in the transformative power of counselling, somatic and trauma therapy. This process involves a significant commitment of time and effort from both the therapist and the client, and provides the opportunity for connection and healing, that allows us to access the deepest sources of our pain, fears, hopes and dreams.
Rowan is a lead-provide and trauma therapist for ACC sensitive claims, fully funded therapy for survivors of sexual abuse. Rowan can offer you Kaupapa Māori/trauma-informed support throughout the process of applying for Sensitive Claims and after your claim is approved and will make sure you can get the most of what is available to you. Rowan also offers trauma-informed yoga therapy under ACC sensitive claims, both as a lead provider and adjunct therapist.
I am passionate about supporting pregnant and postpartum parents and those wanting to be parents in their transition to parenthood. Not only do I support parents to connect with their intuition, self compassion and self-belief, but I also help them make the most of this powerful, healing and transformative time, for them, their babies and their family as a whole. My approach is compassionate, non-judgemental and curious, aiming to empower mothers/parents to get their needs met so that they can be the best parents they can be.
Specialist supervision for people working with rainbow, takatāpui, neurodiverse, indigenous/people of colour, family violence and complex trauma.
I offer professional supervision for practitioners who want to improve their abilities to work in compassionate, ethical and effective ways. I specialise in supporting workers with lived experience, focusing on self compassion and boundaries in order to work in an empowering and sustainable manner.
My yoga teaching is informed by a deep respect for the origins of yoga as a healing modality for tinana (physical), hinengaro (mental) and wairua (spiritual) wellbeing. My teachings include Atmavikasa Centre of Yogic Sciences, India, Bikram yoga, Trauma-informed yoga therapy (trauma institute), Yoga Therapy (Dr Ganesh Mohan) and much more. I draw on my knowledge of trauma therapy and rongoa (Māori intuitive healing) in my work and my deep relationship of reflection, presence and connection with my own tinana.
videos, audios and written articles
Living life as an outsider
Bisexuality, gender fluidity, biracial experience and the family scapegoat.
How to pick the right therapist for me?
Sexuality, gender, ethniticy, class, neurodersity and family violence - common skill defecits in therapists.
The overfunctioning woman
How to break free from people pleasing, martrydom and putting your needs last.
