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Welcome to Te Whakamana Oranga – Mental Health Physiotherapy

Te Whakamana Oranga is a physiotherapy service offering individual or group therapy for adults, children and adolescents with mental health conditions who have physical symptoms or challenges which could either result from or impact mental health and oranga. Physiotherapy is about promoting optimal function in our body that enables us to live life.
Mental health conditions affect:• the way our body moves and feels, • our in-built arousal and energy systems. • how we interact with the world around us and experience pain, Our body affects our feelings.Our feelings live in our body.
Mental Health Physiotherapy is psychologically informed, and neurobiologically based, bringing body, brain and mind together. By working with the body we change our brain, our feelings and mood: this changes how we interact with people and the world around us.
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Individual Clients

You can expect an individual assessment and collaboration with you to develop a treatment plan that is best for your needs.
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Group Therapy Interventions

Ruth has extensive experience running group psychoeducation, movement/activity, and physical mindfulness sessions for clients, having lead more than 800 groups within four years.,
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Presentations/Training

Ruth has experience providing presentations and workshops to colleagues and clinicians across the sector on a range of different topics over many years.
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What is Te Whakamana Oranga?

safe | curious | collaborative | connected | empowering | responsive | supportive Ruth has a calming curious and fun approach to her clients. Her wide experience means she is quickly able to put people at their ease. You will not feel pressured to try anything beyond what you feel safe with as she works in a collaborative way. Ruth wants people to understand themselves and to develop new capacity. She works to empower people, so that together they can create oranga and hauora.
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Health and Safety Guidelines

We are working to NZ Government guidelines for health and safety. We will not be able to proceed with the treatment if you've had symptoms consistent with COVID or flu or are waiting for COVID test result.
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Mental Health Physiotherapy takes the whole person into account, understanding hauora and oranga the interconnections of brain and body – including movement, physiology, emotions, memories and thoughts – working with you to support optimal function for living life.
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