Tayla Edmunds

Region: Dunedin

Provider Type: Counsellor

Specialities: Art Therapy / Toi

Introduction

Tēnā koe,

I’m Tayla, a registered Arts Therapist (AThR) and Counsellor, working in rural Otago for a local organisation and in private practice based in Dunedin.

I work in a trauma-informed and person-centred way. I blend arts therapy and talk therapies, allowing me to be flexible and adapt to working in ways that suit the person I am working with. I believe in working collaboratively, drawing on strengths and resources to support growth and meaningful change. 

In my spare time, I enjoy reading, crafting, playing Dungeons & Dragons, and op shopping with my friends.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Studies, University of Canterbury (Expected Completion: July 2026)
  • Master of Arts in Creative Arts Therapy (Clinical), Whitecliffe College, 2021-2022 
  • Postgraduate Diploma of Arts Therapy, Whitecliffe College, 2020
  • NZ Certificate in Health and Wellbeing (Mental Health and Addiction Support), Otago Polytechnic, 2019
  • Bachelor of Visual Arts (Jewellery and Metalsmithing), Otago Polytechnic, 2014-2016

Additional trainings: 

  • Single Session Family Consultation Training - February 2025
  • Aoake te Rā: Bereaved by Suicide. Provider Training - February 2024
  • Advanced Rainbow Competency Training - May 2023
  • Mindful Somatic Approaches to Trauma Therapy (70 hours) - October 2022

Experience

I have been privileged to gain experience working with people of all ages in a variety of settings:

  • Support work in a small general practice
  • EAP counselling 
  • WINZ counselling 
  • Gumboot Friday counselling for children, youth and young adults 
  • School based children’s counselling for 5-13 year olds
  • Hospice counselling for clients and their whānau who are impacted by terminal illness 
My specialties are working with grief, loss, trauma, neurodivergence youth, and LGBTQIA+ communities.
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