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Lette 

Owner, Somatic Psychotherapist & Counsellor

As a Māori-European, neurodivergent, queer therapist, I'm a Somatic Psychotherapist working across multiple modalities, grounded in Tikanga Māori and ancestral healing traditions alongside integrative practice. My own lived experience — surviving a fundamentalist Christian upbringing, complex trauma, and assault — shapes a deeply survivor-informed approach. I work from an understanding of how trauma lives in the body, nervous system, relationships, and sense of self.

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Chantal

Proud Aboriginal woman from Darug & Gamilaraay countries.

She’s the owner, wife of Lette for over two decades, Practice Manager and more, the glue that binds the practice, ensuring the smooth running of operations while upholding our commitment to cultural respect, inclusivity, and community-driven care. 

Practice Manager - Owner

This is known as a Pepeha - Maori Cultural Background

Description of who I am and what my cultural background is:

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  • Ko Mauao te maunga.
    Mauao is the mountain.

  • Ko Kaituna te awa.
    Kaituna is the river.

  • Ko Te Awanui te moana.
    Te Awanui (Tauranga Harbour) is the sea/ocean.

  • Nō Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Maniapoto me Ngāti Pikiao ahau.
    I am from Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Maniapoto, and Ngāti Pikiao.

  • Ko Ormsby tōku whānau.
    Ormsby is my family.

  • Ko Lette Jewell ahau.
    I am Lette Jewell.