Tui Williams

As so many of us do, I find myself in this work due to my personal journey towards a way of being in this world that works for me; where I can be authentic, have meaning, experience healthy esteem and be in real connection with self and others. Born in Aotearoa (New Zealand), on the North Shore of Tāmaki-Makaurau (Auckland) and raised in different parts of both islands, this beautiful and sacred land runs through me to my very core. Feeling and knowing that, whilst simultaneously sitting in my Pākehā (NZ European) experience, has informed a big part of my (ongoing) journey as I learn how to be in relationship in a meaningful way with this land and it’s people. Coupled with that is the healing around my early years of being on this planet. Whilst on the one hand spending some of my formative years in the country enabled me to feel immersed in nature and fully connected with animals, I have also had things show up in my adult relationships that have required the healing of developmental patterns. I see now how those two factors led me to my interest and experience in Intergenerational and Developmental/Attachment trauma and also informed my discovery and voyage towards spending over a decade working in and with the personal transformation and healing space. I draw on a wide variety of modalities including PACT Level 2 (Psychobiological Approach to Couples Therapy) Integral coaching, Somatic Experiencing Therapy and the emerging Polyvagal and nervous system thinking and theories. In tandem with all of this there has always been a draw to yoga and meditation, it’s philosophies and the intersection between our bodies and our emotional/psychological processes - most recently with restorative yoga which teaches how to settle; a key part of any trauma recovery.