What people say.....
"I will be forever grateful for the care you have given me, I don’t think you realise how you have helped me change, but that you saved me from taking my life.
You are an amazing person and I will miss our chats. You helped me through the biggest storm of my life, and I never wanted to stop seeing you"
"Thank you Ri, you are a very skilled and empathetic counsellor, you also helped me to help myself. I hope you continue to help others as you did for me. God bless"
"Ri shines as an example of a trusted confidant, supportive colleague and hungry to engage with our Māori world. Which equates to positive outcomes for our whānau.
I have witnessed her ability to engage with our whānau in group settings on the Marae, to more intimate settings and various settings in between. She is confidant in her ability to engage with Māori in a manner and environment that nurtures healing spaces so that Ri is a person that I would work for and with at the drop of a hat. But most importantly I could call on for help and she would assist with everything she has."
I first met Ri as a colleague working alongside her as she worked within a Kaupapa Maori addictions service for the DHB a few years ago and was inspired by the way she embraced Te Ao Maori ways of working and worldview, I then went on to become her supervisor.
Ri has a huge heart for people and always does her best to look for the gold within people and do whatever she can to empower and facilitate healing and restoration where she can,