HAKOMI TRAINERS/FACULTY

Lisa Chaplow, MCouns, PG Dip Education, BA(Hons), MNZAC, CHT, works privately with individuals and groups in Whanganui as a counsellor and Certified Hakomi Therapist (CHT) and is a teacher on the New Zealand Hakomi professional training.

In individual client work Lisa enjoys working with a wide range of issues and clients. Lisa has both experience in, and a particular interest in supporting people to renegotiate the impacts of developmental and traumatic wounding through collaborative counselling and somatic therapy.

Jules Morgaine, PBANZ, APANZ, CHT, MHP, is a registered psychotherapist, holds an Advanced Practice certificate with APANZ, a Masters of Health Practice and is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Senior Hakomi Trainer with the Hakomi Institute (USA) South Pacifica Team. She leads Hakomi Comprehensive Skills trainings in Aotearoa, Perth and Melbourne.

Having come from a background of Mental Health Services as an Occupational Therapist she has subsequently trained in Psychotherapy including Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy. She has been in private practice since 1992 offering psychotherapy and supervision. Currently she primarily offers supervision to Hakomi graduates working towards certification.

Jules currently has a passion for mentoring the next generations of Hakomi therapists and teachers alongside sharing and developing the work of Hakomi to meet these current times where recognition of diversity provides both challenge and deep reward.

Jules lives in Taupo with her long term partner and has adult children living elsewhere in Aotearoa.

Suhari Mommsen-Bohm, PBANZ, NZAP, CHT, is a registered Psychotherapist, Naturopath, certified Hakomi Trainer and holds a Medical Doctorate from the University of Freiburg Germany. She is a member of the Hakomi Institute’s South Pacific Team and Faculty on Hakomi Professional Trainings in New Zealand, Sydney and Perth and holds a certificate of advanced clinical practice with the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists.

Suhari teaches workshops in New Zealand and Australia presents at conferences and has been in private practice in Dunedin for nearly 30 years integrating Natural Medicine and Hakomi mindfulness based psychotherapy. Her therapeutic approach is based on her deep understanding of Mind Body Holism. Her particular area of interest is in the use of mindfulness for chronic pain syndrome and stress management. She also has many years of experience as a clinical supervisor and enjoys the mentoring aspect of the work.

HALKO WEISS, Ph.D., DBH, Dipl.-Psych.

Halko Weiss is an accredited Clinical Psychologist, senior Hakomi Trainer, and internationally recognized lecturer on mindfulness, couples therapy, and body-centered psychotherapy. Co-founder of the Hakomi Institute in Boulder, Colorado, and the Hakomi Institutes of Europe, Mallorca, Australia, and New Zealand, Halko was instrumental in developing the Hakomi Method and curricula now taught worldwide. He has authored 20 professional publications and 10 books, and received the Alice K. Ladas Research Award from the USABP. Halko has also created internationally taught programs on couples therapy, interpersonal skills, coaching, and emotional intelligence for executives.

MACI DAYE, LPC

Maci Daye is a co-founder of the Hakomi Institute of Mallorca, a senior Hakomi Trainer, and an AASECT-certified sex therapist. She is the author of Passion and Presence: A Couple’s Guide to Awakened Intimacy and Mindful Sex and the creator of the Passion and Presence® Mindful Couples Sex Therapy training, which integrates the curious, compassionate spirit of Hakomi with contemporary sex therapy, somatic trauma therapy, and interpersonal neurobiology. Since 2010, Maci has led retreats and professional trainings worldwide, supporting individuals and couples in cultivating authentic intimacy, embodied awareness, and erotic vitality.

Sarah Tait-Jamieson, NZAP, PBANZ, CHT is a registered psychotherapist, holds a BA Anthropology, Dip Teaching, Bachelor Applied Social Sciences, Advanced Clinical Practice Cert. NZAP and Masters of Health Practice.

Sarah practices psychotherapy in Hawkes Bay where she, her husband, and family run an organic farm. She is certified both as a Hakomi Therapist and a Hakomi Teacher, teaching on New Zealand Hakomi professional trainings, and running workshops. 

Combining her interests in psychotherapy and cross-cultural awareness, Sarah has been involved in programmes designed to make psychotherapy accessible to Maori and Pacific people. She has a particular interest in helping people resolve historic attachment issues and trauma so that they can lead happier, and more balanced lives working with individuals, couples, groups, and supervision.

Carolyn is a Certified Hakomi Therapist with a background in nursing, midwifery, psychology and counselling. She began private practice in 2000, offering Structural Bodywork (Hellerwork) and Aquatic Therapies (Watsu tradition).

In her 40 plus years of practicing, in a variety of health services and settings, she developed a strong awareness of how mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects are constantly interacting in the experience of well-being. The desire to ‘meet the whole person’ has been her main inspiration for ongoing study and including Hakomi as part of her work.

She is excited by the potential for transformation in the integration of Hellerwork, Aquatic Therapies and Hakomi. In all three modalities, ‘mindful presence’ is seen as essential to activate the natural impulse for growth and healing. While each modality infuses and influences the other two, a specific focus will be appropriate at different times and clients choose the work they are most drawn to at any point.

Aladdin is a certified Hakomi (Mindful Somatic) Therapist & Teacher who resides in the Yarra Valley near Melbourne. He has a private practice in psychotherapy, counselling and clinical supervision and teaches on the Hakomi Psychotherapy professional training in Australia (Perth) & New Zealand.  Over the past 15 + years he has worked as a psychotherapist, family therapist (all ages), group facilitator and in community prevention of family violence. He has a particular interest in healthy masculinity work with boys and men, respectful relationships, and in ecotherapeutic approaches. Aladdin has a 20 + year interest and practice in Zen and mindfulness, is a musician of world music, has a love of gardening and time in wild places and is a father to two teenage daughters with his partner Tess.

Murray from a small Māori community, Pāpāwai, where he listened and learnt stories from his kaumatua (elders). He completed Hakomi training in 2018 and is a Certified Hakomi Therapist and Hakomi teacher. Having worked with hundreds of men of all backgrounds through facilitating men’s groups, teaching yoga in prison, and running men’s community yoga (Bro-ga), Murray now runs individual therapy sessions for men. He approaches his work with a compassion and wisdom gained through many years of experience.

His passion is working with men and supporting them to remember the beauty, kindness and ‘lightness’ that resides within. Areas of particular interest include trauma, violence, and anger. Murray has a strong mātauranga (indigenous wisdom) background and understands many of the synergies between traditional wisdom and Hakomi practice.

SARAH TAIT-JAMIESON

Sarah Tait-Jamieson, NZAP, PBANZ, CHT is a registered psychotherapist, holds a BA Anthropology, Dip Teaching, Bachelor Applied Social Sciences, Advanced Clinical Practice Cert. NZAP and Masters of Health Practice.

Sarah practices psychotherapy in Hawkes Bay where she, her husband, and family run an organic farm. She is certified both as a Hakomi Therapist and a Hakomi Teacher, teaching on New Zealand Hakomi professional trainings, and running workshops. 

DR SUHARI MOMMSEN-BOHM

Suhari Mommsen-Bohm, PBANZ, NZAP, CHT, is a registered Psychotherapist, Naturopath, certified Hakomi Trainer and holds a Medical Doctorate from the University of Freiburg Germany. She is a member of the Hakomi Institute’s South Pacific Team and Faculty on Hakomi Professional Trainings in New Zealand, Sydney and Perth and holds a certificate of advanced clinical practice with the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists.