Liesl Niania-Sharples
Tēnā koutou e rau rangatira mā. I proudly whakapapa to Ngāti Kahungunu located in Takapau, Central Hawkes Bay. I currently live in Waitākere, Tāmaki Makaurau.
I’m a proud māmā of two adult children and Nana to one beautiful mokopuna. My professional journey spans a diverse range of roles, including health promotion, youth mentoring and advocacy, managing youth residential homes and working as a therapist in the field of family therapy. Currently, I contract as a one-to-one counsellor, lecture part-time at AUT, and provide kaitiakitanga bi-cultural professional supervision.
My Approach
My supervision experience has been in providing clinical and cultural support to students, youth/community workers, counsellors and social workers from a range of different agencies.
In a supervision setting I sit alongside a kaimahi within the context of a reciprocal relationship in that we both bring our own wisdom and that we both have something to learn from meeting together. My supervision style is relational, grounded in a mixture of Māori values and models and non-Māori therapeutic teachings. I have a strength-based approach that is respectful, hopeful, fun and solution focused.
My intention is to support kaimahi on a journey of self-compassion, self-analysis and reflection that will strengthen practice and in turn add value to your mahi with tamariki, rangatahi & whānau.
Qualifications
Kaitīakitanga, Post Grad Diploma in Bicultural Professional Supervision,
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Te WhiuWhiu o te Hau, Diploma in Māori Counselling and National Diploma in Social Services, Wintec
BA Degree (Māori/History)
The University of Auckland
Profesional Association
NZ Association of Counsellors