Meet Vicki.
I’m a Certified Coach of over nine years who is trained in Somatic Experiencing®. I’m based in Auckland, New Zealand, and support clients via online sessions.
Through somatic therapy and coaching, together we will:
Support you to shift out of survival stress physiology and into greater nervous system regulation.
Attend to and gently unwind lifelong patterns of anxiety, chronic stress, and stuckness.
Gently work with and find relief from chronic pain and chronic symptoms.
Identify your deepest values, wants and needs in this phase of life.
Support healing from lifelong patterns of putting yourself last, low confidence, perfectionism, procrastination and poor boundaries.
Build your self-understanding, trust and confidence.
Free up immense time, energy and headspace to support your true priorities and your wellbeing.
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 of over nine years who is trained in Somatic Experiencing®. 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 supervision to ensure safe, competent and ethical practice and to ensure continued skills development.
I am not a mental health practitioner or talk therapist, and do not assess, diagnose or treat mental health conditions.
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 training (due for completion late 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 own life path led me to body-based approaches to healing chronic stress and trauma. After living inside a highly sensitive nervous system all my life, events in adulthood brought things to a head, and I found I could no longer manage, over-ride or perform my way out of dysregulation. Somatic Experiencing® was the only modality that felt deeply right and resonant, that met me where I was at without needing me to be different, that taught me how to hear and honour the true capacity of my nervous system, and that has been gentle enough to meet my highly sensitive system at a manageable pace.
I am a strong advocate for this work because I know from the inside out how supportive it can be. I’m also aware there is no one size fits all approach to healing, and that everyone’s path is unique. I aim to walk alongside clients to listen to and understand their unique history, nervous system, and path to healing - while offering the best support I can. Where I am not the right fit, where your needs are outside my scope of practice, or where we discover during the course of working together that a different approach is required, I am happy to support you in finding alternatives.
