Laura Kagan - occupational therapist & yoga teacher
Laura believes that each person’s physical, psychological and spiritual path to healing and recovery is unique to them, and that life can be transformed through deep connection to self-awareness.
Laura has a deep interest and affection for adult and youth mental health and wellbeing, honouring rites of passage and empowering those she supports with self-discovery, and deep connection to self and community.
Laura is a dedicated OT and Yoga student and teacher, she embodies what she teaches and is a student of life. She shows up through her genuine and loving support as she helps others navigate the complexities and challenges of the human experience to guide and enable them to explore their unique truths through self-awareness and self-compassion.
Laura founded Luna Therapy to support her desire for a lifestyle that enables balance, flexibility, fulfilment and sustainable wellbeing as she navigates her various meaningful life-roles and occupations. She is currently undertaking a farm-change project, regenerating 20 acres of land and creating a sustainable homestead - one she hopes to share therapeutically when it is ready.
Outside of her Luna work – you’ll find Laura cherishing her three young sons, playing with her animals, in nature, at the gym, on the Yoga mat, walking her dog Pearl, writing, reading, sleeping, cooking, travelling, at the beach and spending time with loved family and friends.
Services - OT, Yoga, Wellbeing Tune-Up, Nature Therapy
Location - Telehealth & Outreach VIC (Mornington Peninsula), Wellbeing Tune-Up (Studio Heat, Mornington VIC). School and workplace workshops, classes, sessions (VIC)
Colleen mann - occupational therapist & yoga teacher
Colleen loves working with young people in the support, management and recovery of their mental health and wellbeing. Colleen is passionate about working with individuals who experience psychosocial disability, with a special interest in neurodiversity and mental health. Through her clinical work and personal experiences she has come to believe in the big impact that small shifts can have.
Colleen loves to work alongside her clients to help them befriend their nervous systems, their sensory systems, and their mind, body, emotions and spirit to feel more empowered in their own skin.
Colleen is curious about the unique way each of us interact with the world around us and aims to provide therapeutic support that ensures everyone has access to environments that enable everybody’s unique strengths to thrive.
Colleen currently provides Telehealth services for Luna Therapy clients. She creates lifestyle balance through engaging in work she loves (OT and teaching Yoga), attending Yoga classes, learning Jui Jitzu, and spending time with loved ones - generally around a table of delicious food, on the beach or surrounded by trees somewhere.
Services - OT, Yoga
Location - Telehealth
HANNA MERILAINEN - REGISTERED PSYCHOLOGIST, YOGA TEACHER & EMDR
Hanna is a registered psychologist and EMDR registered practitioner. Prior to this she had many years as an experienced community mental health practitioner and a counsellor. She has a passion for supporting individuals and groups to improve their wellbeing, both emotional and physical. Hanna has a beautiful, calm and grounded energy and therapeutic approach, working closely and flexibly with the Luna clients she supports.
She has gained profound knowledge of the practices and benefits of Yoga in healing and treating trauma and provides Telehealth services for Luna Therapy clients from Victoria.
Hanna spends her spare time exploring the world with her two young boys, having fun in 'doing' yoga, and hiking in nature. She also loves wild swimming (the colder the ocean/lake the better!).
Services - Psychology, EMDR
Location - Telehealth
Hayley Bowers - occupational therapist, yoga teacher & emdr
Hayley is an occupational therapist and EMDR registered practitioner. Hayley is very passionate about integrative healthcare and treating the root cause of client’s health issues. Hayley has been shaped by her own chronic health and healing journey, which has empowered her to understand the complexities and stressors of a healing journey, giving a lived experience that informs her clinical practice with clients.
This personal experience allows Hayley to deeply connect with her clients, by offering an additional level of perspective and insight that may not be available with other practitioners. This life experience, in combination with her qualification in Occupational Therapy, has formulated a deeply holistic perspective.
Hayley is trained in Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Trauma-Informed Yoga & Meditation Teacher Training. When Hayley isn’t working or studying, she loves to go to the gym, Yoga, beach walks and spending time with her partner, family and her dog Rosie.
Services - OT, Yoga, EMDR
Location - Telehealth
FARM SESSIONS WITH THESE CUTIES NOW OFFERED:
Banjo, Rufus, Murphy & Forrest
Banjo, Rufus, Murphy and Forrest are beautiful miniature pygmy goats that have joined the Luna Therapy team to provide therapy support during our nature-based farm sessions.
These boys are some of the cutest, friendliest and funniest miniature goats going around, and we are so excited for you to meet them and spend time with them. They provide companionship, co-regulation and wellbeing support during our sessions, and will engage with you as much or as little as you desire.
Services - Being super cute and funny little goats
Location - Nature Therapy Farm Sessions provided onsite in Moorooduc, Mornington Peninsula with goat mama, Laura