http://www.newgrove.co.nz Tara Brascamp - Therapist, Celebrant, Life Coach and Facilitator Sat, 30 Feb 2009 14:00:00 GMT en Sun, 27 Feb 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/gestalt.html Gestalt therapy gives permission to be exuberent, shows the potential to be creative and fully embrace life. The patterns we habitually live by are often incomplete or inappropriate for achieving that fulfilment. The focus is on gaining awareness now, so that we can take responsibility for the choices that we make for ourselves. Responsibility is the ability to respond. As a result we can live more fully in the present and find meaning in our inner and outer worlds. Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/gestalt.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/program.html Tara is offering the Soul Garden series of experiential and experimental workshops over the course of 2010. These workshops are created to support and enhance the work of counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists (and those in training). They may also appeal to professionals in other relevant fields of practice. Sat, 30 Feb 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/program.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/workshop.html The following are in support of the Soul Garden series of experiential and experimental workshops Tara is running in 2010: Inner Child Psychotherapeutic Work; Dreams and Intuition; Walking the Journey. Sat, 30 Feb 2009 14:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/workshop.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/index.html Tara is an experienced psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and life coach. She has been a counsellor and therapist for 23 years and a marriage celebrant for 9 years. Her practice is based in Hamilton and Raglan, Waikato, New Zealand. A supervisor to counsellors and counselling course trainees, Tara is also a group facilitator who runs workshops in Gestalt psychotherapy, sandplay and inner child work. more... Sat, 8 Jan 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/index.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/tara.html A group facilitator and clinical supervisor to counsellors and counselling course trainees, Tara is an experienced psychotherapist, clinical supervisor and life coach. She runs workshops in Gestalt, sandplay, breathwork and inner child work. Tara is also a Marriage Celebrant, offering her services mostly in the Raglan and Hamilton areas. Tara sees life and work in a holistic way. She has lived in communities all over the world, experiencing the diversity of different cultures. From when she was a child she has always reached out to people she met on her journey. She has a deep commitment to spiritual growth work and for people to reach their fullest potential. A counsellor and therapist since 1986, Tara is registered with the Psychotherapists Board of Aotearoa New Zealand. She is a member of the NZ Association of Counsellors and a member of Gestalt NZ Inc. She has assisted with the running of a Training Group in Hamilton, for the Gestalt Institute of New Zealand. Tara initiated the establishment of and then managed a "Special Needs" Preschool in Opotiki, before moving to Hamilton. She currently practices in Hamilton and in Raglan. In Raglan near Te Uku, she runs a centre, for personal development called New Grove. Sat, 8 Jan 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/tara.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/sandplay.html By creating a safe and protected space, the therapist supports the client(s) in creating their world through the symbol(s). Each symbol represents a bridge between the unconscious and conscious world. By working further with the symbolic meaning more awareness can be gained. In working with children there is usually less verbal input, instead we encourage a follow up of painting, drawing or clay work. Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/sandplay.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/sandplay_history.html History of Sandplay Therapy - Margaret Lowenfeld; Erik H Erikson; Charlotte Bertha Buhler; Dora Kalff; Hedda Bolgar and Liselotte Fischer Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/sandplay_history.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/sandtray.html A number of factors come into play when deciding how to build a sand tray that is suitable for sandplay therapy. The tray has to be large enough to contain sufficient sand to provide a base for the scene and enough space so the items that the user selects for displaying in the sand can be seen. It is important that the scene created in the sand tray can be viewed in its entirety without the need for the viewer to move their head. But practicality will place limits as to the sand tray size due to available space and the need to be able to move the equipment, as sand is quite heavy even when dry!... Sat, 23 Dec 2007 04:46:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/sandtray.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/map.html Personal Growth Centre Location - New Grove is located south of State Highway 23 (click the marker near Okete for more details), if you Zoom in you will see the property location relative to the main road, more clearly! The Satellite photo view of this part of the Waikato was taken in August 2006... Sat, 22 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/map.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/weddings.html Tara sees being a wedding celebrant, as a natural extension of her work in the community supporting people in their relationships. While her license allows her to marry couples within New Zealand, she works mainly in the Waikato region. Mon, 7 June 2008 04:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/weddings.html http://www.newgrove.co.nz/diary.html Hope is an active principle. Being in a hopeful state is not a sitting back waiting for God/the Universe, another person to do things for me, to bring me riches or to change a difficult situation. Being hopeful is sitting positively with myself and the world. Will I be able to see the opportunities and challenges that arise? I need to have awareness of myself and others. Who am I? Do I have the courage to go within and meet myself? When I get to know myself more, I might start to see what I need and want and I might discover what I want to change. So I sit back and surrender and watch myself unfold. When I do that, I notice a space in my heart and when I breathe into the expansiveness within, hope streams in all directions. (NewGrove, Raglan, 06/09/2009) Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:00:00 GMT http://www.newgrove.co.nz/diary.html