kIA ORA, i’M KIRSTen

REGISTERED CREATIVE ARTS THERAPIST (SHE/HER)

I am passionate about helping support and enhance mental well being. I work alongside my clients to explore their inner worlds and develop resilience, new understandings, and self compassion. I focus on the creative, sensory, and emotional process in my therapeutic practice.

Creative arts therapy creates a space for us to explore: relationships, past and current experiences, worries, joys, and everything in between.

I found Creative Arts Therapy combines my passion for creativity and working with others. I have been in the client’s chair and found creative processes integral for my own healing journey.

I reside in Tāmaki Makaurau with my partner and our dog, where I engage in a textiles-based arts practise. I like to go for long meandering walks, bake cakes, and jump into the ocean.

Colorful, abstract illustrations of a mouse, a tail, and a head, with the words 'total mouse tunes' spelled out in cut-out letters on a brown background.
A woman with straight, shoulder-length brown hair wearing a light blue top, smiling, with earrings featuring colorful floral designs, against a plain white background.
Sunset over a river valley with colorful clouds in orange, pink, and purple hues, silhouetted hills on either side.

My areas of special interest are:

anxiety, body dysmorphia and eating disorders, self esteem, life changes, loss and bereavement, relationships, neurodivergent experiences, workplace concerns and burnout.

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Colored confetti with small purple and yellow flower petals scattered on white textured paper.
Colorful abstract artwork on crumpled paper with pink, yellow, and blue wavy lines and four blue circles clustered together.
Close-up of a textured abstract painting with swirling blue, red, and beige colors.
Close-up of speckled beige and gray terrazzo flooring with black, white, blue, and gray fragments.