I am a co-facilitator for Trauma Sensitive Yoga with Otautahi Trauma-Sensitive Yoga team (OTSY), for more details please see; https://www.visser.net.nz/trauma-sensitive-yoga-information. I have done further training with Trauma Centre Trauma Sensitive Yoga (TCTSY) and also Mindfulness Somatic training. Current classes in 2025 for yoga, are Monday morning, Thurs morning and afternoon.
Other groups run in 2025 also include;
-Support group for carers with a partner with cognitive decline
-Mothers and daughters Self Defence class, Community Self defence classes (Jo partners with a self defence teacher for these courses)
Please contact me if your agency is interested in a customised group programme. I develop workshops and groups to suit needs, ensuring what I deliver is within my scope of counselling and social work practice.
,Previously I have trained and facilitated;
- Seasons for Growth – grief programme
- Stormbirds – coping skills for children and youth for post-natural disasters
- Teenage Toolbox – parenting programme by Parents Inc
- Travellers – school-based resiliency programme.
I have also developed my own programmes, “You-nique” and
“A.S.A.P”- Adventure Therapy courses that aims to enhance coping and resilience in young people.
Jo Stewart Social Work / Counselling 