Peta Joyce is a trainer, facilitator and mentor with many years experience in education, social change, and therapeutic practice. She has been employed in her own business in Auckland for the past 14 years.

Her background is in sociology, process and body-oriented psychotherapy, integrative and transpersonal psychology, group facilitation and training, mentoring and supervision.

Peta is a practitioner and trainer of Holistic Pulsing body/mind therapy in New Zealand and the UK. She mentors people in personal, professional and spiritual development, offers workshops, and conducts group and life transition ceremonies.

Most recently, she has developed interpersonal skills trainings, and delivered them in a variety of educational contexts, and pioneered and delivered dynamic methods of feedback in corporate settings. She is also involved with social auditing in the not-for-profit sector, and facilitating future visioning groups.

Peta's passion is providing opportunities for people to develop their own inner wisdom and self-authorship. She lives near Auckland, New Zealand, and works throughout New Zealand and in the UK.

PEER MENTORING and SUPERVISION SKILLS

Peer mentoring or supervision offers effective processes for critical reflection, personal and professional development, and self-care in the workplace.

Peer mentoring offers:

• empowering and effective tools and processes
• increased creativity of a peer group as compared with one-on-one
• more accessibility especially for people who have limited financial resources or access to appropriate mentors/supervisors.
• a peer support, learning, and feedback culture in organisational contexts

This course is particularly useful if you are self-employed, run a small business, are a sole practitioner, work in self-managed environments, wish to foster greater co-operation and autonomy in your work environment, or attend to your self care and client issues. The format can be tailored to suit, but is generally most effective as a 14-hour training. We will:

• Outline the purpose and context of mentoring/supervision
• Introduce a range of processes and their uses
• Practise effective methods for giving and receiving feedback
• Practise peer mentoring, using real examples from your work
• Identify your skills and areas for further development
• Design relevant processes for ongoing peer mentoring

Training methods will involve theoretical, practical, creative, and experiential exercises, including role plays and feedback. This will be a dynamic workshop with practical advantages for the way you live your life and interact with others. It is not designed to train you for a profession in mentoring or supervision.