Mairin (she/ her) has dedicated nearly two decades to therapeutic practice and research, specialising in neurodiversity and supporting people through trauma, health challenges, grief and loss and academic performance. She combines her strong interest in neuroscience with mindful awareness techniques to help clients develop strategies that enhance wellbeing and performance. As an ADHDer, tangata Tiriti and rainbow ally focused on social justice, she offers a perspective grounded in lived experience and is committed to creating spaces that feel empowering and inclusive.

Mairin has worked in full-time practice in Ōtautahi Christchurch, as a research specialist in Okinawa, Japan, and as Senior Lecturer co-leading the counselling programme at the University of Canterbury, where she remains an adjunct senior fellow. Her research focuses on ADHD across the lifespan and bicultural partnerships developing mātauranga Māori-informed mindfulness interventions for children and families in Aotearoa (www.mindkiwi.org.nz).

She has published 12 peer-reviewed articles and presented at nine international conferences. Mairin supervises therapists and health professionals who prioritise practice-informed research and an authentic approach. Mairin comes from a long line of travellers, with parents and grandparents born in India, China and Fiji; the cross-cultural influence of which informs her worldview and therapeutic and research practices. Outside of work, Mairin enjoys martial arts and being active outside in any way.

Qualifications and memberships:

PhD (doctor of philosophy)

Post-graduate diploma in clinical psychology

Full member of New Zealand College of clinical psychology

Member of Te Ara Hāro: Centre for Infant, Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Adjunct Senior Fellow at Canterbury University