Heleina Waimoana Dalton
Creative Arts Specialist, Kaitiakianga – Bicultural Supervisor
ACC Sensitive Claims Approved Provider
Clinic location/s
Area/s of support
Addiction & recovery, Anxiety & Stress, Children / Adolescents / Youth, Depression, Identity & Life transitions, Professional supervision, Sexual harm / Sexual abuse, Trauma & PTSD, Wellbeing / Mindfulness / Resilience
Languages
English; Te Reo Māori
“Ko Ngāpuhi, Kō Ngāti Awa, ko Ngāti Raukawa, Ko Ngāi Tai, Kō Ngāti Kahungunu, Kō Ngāti Pākeha ōku iwi.
As a clinical Creative Arts Therapist, I am a person-centred practitioner and lean into experiential psychotherapeutic modalities, wairuatanga – spirituality, kaupapa Māori, creativity and te taiao – the natural world to support people to expand their resources and access their inner wisdom in the pursuit of mauri ora – holistic wellbeing and vitality.”
Heleina is a registered Clinical Creative Arts Therapist and Bicultural Clinical Supervisor (Kaitiakitanga), with over 25 years of experience in the community education space.
Her journey into therapeutic practice began through decades of community- based work, including roles as a certified parent educator for both Poutiria te Aroha and Parenting with Nonviolence. She later formalised her clinical practice by completing postgraduate and master’s training in arts therapy, becoming a clinical therapist in 2021.
Heleina specialises in:
- Identity concerns
- Healing-centred engagement (oranga ngākau)
- Intergenerational trauma
- Emotional regulation
- Anxiety and depression
- Addictions
- Spirituality
- Clinical and bicultural supervision
Her practice is person-centred and integrates kaupapa Māori, experiential psychotherapeutic modalities, wairuatanga (spirituality), creativity, and te taiao (the natural world). She offers services to children (all genders), youth, and adult women, and is based in both Auckland City and Whangārei.
Heleina embraces cultural responsivity as part of her ongoing practice and speaks both English and Te Reo Māori.
