Meet Vicki.
I’m a Somatic Therapist and Coach who specialises in Somatic Experiencing®. I’m based in Auckland, New Zealand, and support clients both online and in person.
Through somatic therapy and coaching, together we can:
Support you to shift out of survival physiology and into steadier nervous system regulation.
Gently unwind longstanding patterns of anxiety, chronic stress, and stuckness.
Gently work with and find relief from chronic pain and persistent symptoms.
Support healthier boundaries and relationships by working with long-held survival patterns.
Build self-understanding, trust and confidence from the inside out.
Free up energy, time, and headspace your nervous system currently spends on coping.
Book a free 15-minute online consult to explore how I can support you and address your questions.
my background
I’m a Certified Coach with over nine years’ experience and a Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP). I hold a Bachelor of Health Science in Psychology. I have completed wide-ranging studies in somatic (body-based) coaching and nervous system regulation, and have participated in my own Somatic Experiencing® sessions for over seven years. I regularly engage in professional supervision to support safe, ethical, and competent practice, and to continue developing my skills.
I am also an endorsed Coach for the Aotearoa NZ Public Service through the Leadership Development Centre and an All of Government Panel Approved Supplier of Coaching Services. This means I have completed a rigorous process to evaluate my coaching skills and experience in order to provide coaching services to public sector leaders.
My professional background is in people, programme and funding management in the health, social, philanthropic and community sectors.
Credentials
Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP) (3 year professional training programme, 2023-2025)
Certified Life Coach (Martha Beck Institute). Additional training in Somatic Coaching, and Professional Coaching (SIT).
Nervous System Know-How for Practitioners (Nervous System RESET)
All of Government Panel Approved Supplier of Coaching Services (NZ).
Pre-Qualified Coach for the Leadership Development Centre, serving the NZ Public Service.
Bachelor of Health Science in Psychology and Health Promotion, PG Cert in Public Health.
my journey to this work
My path to this work emerged from my own lived experience with a highly sensitive nervous system. Over time, the strategies I had relied on — working harder, overriding, staying composed — became unsustainable. I eventually reached a point where my nervous system needed a different kind of support.
Somatic Experiencing® was the first approach that truly met me where I was. It offered a way of working that didn’t demand I push past my capacity, but instead helped me listen to it. This modality felt deeply right: grounded, respectful, and paced enough for my sensitive system to engage and heal.
Because of this, I bring both professional training and personal understanding to my work. I know the terrain of chronic stress and trauma from the inside, as well as through formal study. I understand how disorienting and exhausting it can be — and also how transformative it is to develop a more regulated, resourced relationship with your body.
My intention with every client is to walk alongside you — to understand your unique history, your nervous system, and the conditions that support your healing. Because of my own history, I work with great care around pacing, boundaries, and safety — and I bring that sensitivity into every session.
ABOUT MY SCOPE
Please note: I offer somatic and nervous system–based therapeutic support. I do not provide clinical mental health diagnosis or assessment. If you are currently under psychiatric care or require medical/clinical treatment, my work can complement — but does not replace — those supports.
