About the facilitator
SAHTEIN is shaped by both lived experience and professional practice. I bring a gentle, culturally grounded approach to facilitation, informed by years of community work, group programs, and supporting people across diverse identities and abilities.
I hold a bachelor’s degree in counselling and draw on counselling‑informed, trauma‑aware, and neurodivergent‑aware principles in how I facilitate. I am also informed by lived experience.
Please note:
These workshops are not counselling, and participants are not counselling clients. People are welcomed as themselves, moving at their own pace and participating in ways that feel comfortable.
How SAHTEIN is held
SAHTEIN Community workshops are based primarily in NAARM (Melbourne).
SAHTEIN is relational, not clinical. These workshops are not counselling sessions. People arrive as themselves, not as clients, and are welcomed with the same warmth and respect you would offer welcoming a guest.
Sessions are guided gently, with clear expectations so participants feel grounded and prepared.
The intention is simple: for people to leave feeling a little more connected, a little less alone, and with affordable, locally sourced, neuro‑friendly recipes they can take home and continue making.
This brings me joy — the gift of sharing food and culture that stretches back thousands of years, and being of service to others.
SAHTEIN is not about fixing people. It is about creating conditions where people can soften, connect, and remember they belong — sometimes through conversation, sometimes through silence, and often simply through sharing a meal.
Food tastes so much better when we share it!