Life A Plenty Charitable Trust

Life A Plenty Charitable Trust We provide recuperative, therapeutic retreats for women seeking help from stress, anxiety or trauma.

Life A Plenty Charitable Trust comprises a Therapeutic Retreat Team which includes experienced therapists, professionals and educators, with extensive knowledge and expertise across a range of areas including depression, anxiety, stress, relationships, grief and trauma. Additional expertise includes business relationships, collaboration and communications. In looking to extend traditional therapeutic approaches, this team of therapists/educators gathered to discuss an approach to therapy which is transformational, affordable and enables clients to achieve their goals quickly and successfully. The overall aim of the team was to develop a therapeutic context which provided a safe and secure environment for participants to develop hope and meaning and the skills to live positive and vibrant lives. Out of this vision, the idea of a service that provided short-term residential retreats (five days) and professional development seminars and workshops was born. As friends and associates for more than a decade, the team shares a vision and a commitment to finding and implementing approaches that work. To this end, the practices which underpin our therapeutic approaches are based on evidence and research. Each member is committed to ongoing professional development to ensure their services remain up to date and relevant. Find out more about us on our website: https://www.lifeaplenty.nz/about-us/

Life-Long Love ❀️We often think of attachment as something that belongs to childhood. But our need for connection, emoti...
02/10/2026

Life-Long Love ❀️

We often think of attachment as something that belongs to childhood. But our need for connection, emotional support and secure relationships continues throughout our lives.

Join Dr Ruth McConnell for our next professional development webinar:
Life-Long Love: How healthy attachment develops and is maintained across the life span
πŸ“… Monday 23 November
πŸ•• 6.00pm–9.00pm
πŸ’» Online

Ruth will explore how early attachment experiences shape us, what healthy attachment can look like in adult relationships, and whether our attachment patterns can change later in life.
Bookings are now open. https://events.humanitix.com/lapnov2026

Final places available! There's still time to join us next Monday.If you're looking for a professional development oppor...
03/09/2026

Final places available! There's still time to join us next Monday.

If you're looking for a professional development opportunity that is reflective, practical and grounded in both lived experience and emerging research, we'd love to see you there.

Softening into Sustainable Practice: Creative Care for Those Who Hold Others
πŸ“… Monday 7 September
πŸ•˜ 9.00am–12.00pm
πŸ“ Merivale Community Centre
🎟 Tickets available through

A 3-hour arts-informed, trauma-responsive workshop for mental health and allied professionals.

Just over one week to go!Our Softening into Sustainable Practice: Creative Care for Those Who Hold Others workshop is no...
29/08/2026

Just over one week to go!

Our Softening into Sustainable Practice: Creative Care for Those Who Hold Others workshop is now just one week away.

If you've been meaning to register, now is a great time to secure your place.

Join fellow counsellors, social workers, psychologists, nurses, therapists and helping professionals for a thoughtful morning of reflection, connection and practical learning.

We'd love to welcome you. Book now at

A 3-hour arts-informed, trauma-responsive workshop for mental health and allied professionals.

What will you leave with?βœ” A deeper understanding of practitioner sustainability.βœ” Gentle reflective practices you can r...
25/08/2026

What will you leave with?
βœ” A deeper understanding of practitioner sustainability.
βœ” Gentle reflective practices you can revisit.
βœ” Practical ideas to support awareness and closure.
βœ” One small action to strengthen your own sustainable practice.
Sometimes the smallest changes become the ones that stay with us.

Book your spot today at

A 3-hour arts-informed, trauma-responsive workshop for mental health and allied professionals.

Sustainable practice isn't about doing more.Helping professionals are often encouraged to practise self-care.But what if...
18/08/2026

Sustainable practice isn't about doing more.

Helping professionals are often encouraged to practise self-care.

But what if sustainable practice isn't simply another thing to add to the list?

What if it begins with creating moments to pause, notice and soften?

Join us as we explore practitioner sustainability through a compassionate, relational lens.

For details and to book, go to

A 3-hour arts-informed, trauma-responsive workshop for mental health and allied professionals.

Seven women are currently resting, recharging and resetting on our third retreat of the year. 🌿Thank you to the family a...
15/08/2026

Seven women are currently resting, recharging and resetting on our third retreat of the year. 🌿

Thank you to the family and friends who support these women to make the most of this experience.

There are two more retreats on offer this year.

Ngā mihi nui to Acorn Foundation - encouraging giving for the Western BOP for your recent funding grant made possible by...
14/08/2026

Ngā mihi nui to Acorn Foundation - encouraging giving for the Western BOP for your recent funding grant made possible by the Mary Sutherland Fund, Bob Sutherland Fund, Alexander and Ellie Simpson Fund, and Barbara Nalder Fund. Your generosity will help ensure our Recuperative Retreats can go ahead in safe, calm and restorative settings.

"I'm not creative..."That's probably the comment we've heard most often. The good news is...You don't need to be.Softeni...
11/08/2026

"I'm not creative..."That's probably the comment we've heard most often. The good news is...You don't need to be.

Softening into Sustainable Practice: Creative Care for Those Who Hold Others isn't about making art. It's about using simple, gentle creative processes to support reflection, awareness and sustainable practice. Every activity is optional. No artistic experience is required. Just bring yourself.

A 3-hour arts-informed, trauma-responsive workshop for mental health and allied professionals.

Meet Mara Takiwa - Mara is a mental health practitioner, registered social worker and final-year Master of Creative Arts...
02/08/2026

Meet Mara Takiwa - Mara is a mental health practitioner, registered social worker and final-year Master of Creative Arts Therapy (Clinical) student at Whitecliffe.

With approximately sixteen years' experience working across youth, adult, trauma, crisis, community and private practice settings, Mara brings together practical experience and emerging research to explore one important question: What remains in practitioners after working with trauma?

We're delighted to welcome Mara to Life A Plenty's professional development programme.

To learn more about our upcoming workshop featuring Mara, Softening into Sustainable Practice, go to

A 3-hour arts-informed, trauma-responsive workshop for mental health and allied professionals.

Who cares for the carers?Every day, mental health and helping professionals hold space for others. We listen. We support...
20/07/2026

Who cares for the carers?

Every day, mental health and helping professionals hold space for others. We listen. We support. We walk alongside people through trauma, grief, crisis and recovery. But what remains with us after the work?

Join us for Softening into Sustainable Practice: Creative Care for Those Who Hold Others, a gentle, arts-informed workshop exploring practitioner sustainability through reflection, creativity and connection.

No artistic experience is required.

πŸ“… Monday 7 September, 9am to midday
πŸ“ Merivale Community Centre, 10 Kesteven Avenue, Tauranga
🎟 Book at

A 3-hour arts-informed, trauma-responsive workshop for mental health and allied professionals.

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