TAAANZ
BOARD MEMBERS
All TAAANZ Board members provide their services and expertise on a voluntary basis. The current Board members are:
Mandy Lacy
Co-President
Mandy is committed to supporting opportunities in New Zealand for people to gather, discuss and listen about transactional analysis in; professional practice, contemporary theory and methods, and latest research.
Mandy is a TSTA in the organisational field and holds a Masters degree in Learning Science and Technology and a PhD from the Research Centre for Learning and Innovation at the University of Sydney.
Mandy works with organisations in the areas of transformation, benefits realisation management and quality assurance. She is a writer and emerging artist @ www.mandylacy.nz
Gerry Pyves
Co-President
MA., P.G.C.E., C.T.A. Gerry is a qualified teacher, massage therapist and UKCP and PBANZ registered psychotherapist. He is a member of ITAA and has been in private clinical practice since 1984.
Gerry is a PTSTA(P) and the founder and creator of NO HANDS® Massage. He is the author of “Touching Trauma, Building Resilience” which is a breakthrough book on the use of touch to remove trauma from the human nervous system.
In addition to his Wanaka private practice, Gerry runs training and supervision groups in Psychotactile Therapy for both qualified and trainee psychotherapists. He lives in Wānaka, New Zealand and can be contacted through his website: www.gerrypyves.com or by direct email: info@gerrypyves.com
Steve Robson
Treasurer
Steve Robson, venturing back into the TA fraternity after a brief hiatus to be a Dad to my sons and supportive husband to Ceri.
Originally from the UK, ‘the Welsh bit’, but now we all realise we’ve become Kiwi’s after 20yrs living in the ‘land of the long white cloud’. And what a blast we all had!
I’ve been involved with TA study and support for a very long time, both in the UK and NZ as Mandy will attest. Therefore, I’m looking forward to being part of the NZ TA Team again and enjoying the journeys that we are all on together.
Evgeniya Mikheeva
Secretary
Evgeniya's journey into Transactional Analysis (TA) began with her own personal psychotherapy. This transformative experience led her to pursue TA training with EATA, and she is now working toward her CTA certification while living in New Zealand.
With a broad range of expertise, Evgeniya is also engaged in ongoing training as a Color Therapist and Kinesiologist. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and surfing.
At the recent TA Conference Evgeniya discovered an opportunity to support the New Zealand TA Board, where she is eager to contribute her passion and energy to supporting the growth and thrive of the TA community. She feels fortunate to be part of such an incredible team.
Dr Keith Tudor
Board Member
Keith Tudor, PhD, CQSW, Dip. Psychotherapy, CTA(P), TSTA(P) is professor of psychotherapy at Auckland University of Technology, Aotearoa New Zealand. He has been involved in TA for over 35 years, and is the author of over 100 publications on TA, including four books.
In 2020, he was the recipient (with Graeme Summers) of the Eric Berne Memorial Award for their work on co-creative TA and design in TA.
Keith has a small private practice in West Auckland as a health care provider and transactional analyst.
Jonathan Kopruch
Board Member
Jonathan works as a Transactional Analyst and psychotherapist both privately and within a kaupapa Māori organisation, all within the Wellington region. He is passionate for supporting people, particularly youth, in fulfilling their potential and maximizing their well-being through exploration on how an individual's personality has been shaped by experience.
Born and raised on the Kāpiti Coast, Jonathan has a background in Therapeutic Care for children dealing with trauma and in Early Childhood Education. He is passionate about environment conservation, protection, and regenerative practices.
Jonathan is a Certified Transactional Analyst in the field of psychotherapy, CTA(P), and a registered psychotherapist with the Psychotherapy Board of Aotearoa New Zealand (PBANZ). He holds a master’s degree, MSc, in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy from Middlesex University. He has joined the TAAANZ board to give back to the TA community, which he has found so helpful and supportive.
Janet Matehe
Board Member
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