Mindfulness in Practice – Online group

Become familiar with and practice mindfulness techniques in a safe and comfortable setting

The information on this page is for an ACC sensitive claims approved online group.  Your counsellor or psychologist can help you access the group if you have an approved claim.

Mindfulness in Practice will give you regular space and guidance to learn and practice a range of mindfulness and grounding strategies. These strategies may include but are not limited to grounding, guided meditation, visualisation, body scans, breathwork, self massage, mindful movement, mindful drawing and more.

Each week you will be guided through simple, accessible mindfulness practices to ground, soothe and manage emotions in a way that feels good to you. You will be given ample time to explore each new technique offered, with encouragement to experiment and find your own unique way of making the technique work for you. We’ll repeat the skills each week, introducing more each time, so they become very familiar and easy to do. These skills can be used in your daily life both in stressful moments and as a daily practice to support your nervous system to return to ‘normal’ levels over time. At the end of the group there will be time and encouragement to share your experiences with the group if you choose to. This deepens the learning and builds a sense of safety in the group.

Potential Benefits

  1. Develop agency and choice by choosing mindfulness strategies that meet your individual sensibilities and preferences.
  2. Spend at least an hour every week participating in a mindfulness practice
  3. Become so familiar with several strategies that you can continue with a regular practice beyond the completion of the group
  4. Be part of a supportive online group with the opportunity to express/explore at a pace that feels good to you.

Dates and times for 2026 term 3

The 8 week group will run via Zoom

Mondays

9.30am – 11.00am

3 Aug – 21 Sep 2026

Info for ACC application

Supplier:  Link House Birthright Waikato Trust  G-09830 (both zeros)

12 hours x SCSGT

1 hour x SCSGTT

Provider: Dione Davies, Art Therapist PAQ560

Who is the group for?

This group is designed to support those who:

  • Are female identifying adults (18 and over) who have an approved ACC claim
  • Are ready and willing to engage in an online group experience
  • Have some tools to manage any distress or anxiety that may arise
  • Have a desire to build a regular mindfulness practice

How to register

First please register with us on our google form by clicking the button

Register Here

Then request a PO from ACC with these details:

Supplier:  Link House Birthright Waikato Trust  G-09830 (both zeros)

Provider: Dione Davies, Art Therapist PAQ560

12 hours x SCSGT

1 hour x SCSGTT

You’ll need to connect the group to one of your SMART goals.  Your rationale may include:

  • Learning a variety of mindfulness techniques in order to find ones that truly fit
    Practice mindfulness techniques regularly
    Building a regular practice of mindfulness

What participants have said about this group

Term 2 2025

I really enjoyed the gentle, no pressure approach. Especially when i can be critical about an activity being perfect. Casual, relaxed, calm…. just what i needed. Thank you both

Term 4 2025

I have really enjoyed this group and found it more helpful than I thought I would. I also found that it allowed feelings to come forward that I was scared of as they made me sad but because I had that soft gentle space to feel them in I could feel them enough to feel the sadness and then feel that gratefulness for them.

Term 3 2025

I found this so helpful. I learnt so many new things that I can use in the future and will do an action plan that I can have with me at all times to look at when I get panicked

Your Facilitators

Dione Davies

Dione received her BASS(counselling) in 2004, MAAT(clinical) in 2013 and is a registered Arts Therapist, with membership with ANZACATA.  She has had an exclusively online art therapy private practice since 2019 (pre-covid).  She chooses to work online to provide accessibility and flexibility for her clients, knowing that many New Zealanders live in small communities or have limitations on their ability to access services outside their homes. 

Irma Luka

Irma is a registered Creative Arts Therapist (ANZACATA) with a Master’s degree in Arts Therapy (2022). She has experience supporting trauma survivors in educational and community settings. She is passionate about fostering holistic well-being through creativity and connection and integrates mindfulness into both her professional practice and daily life. She has additional training in Focusing Oriented Arts Therapy, a mindfulness based approach to therapy.