by Michael Tayler | Oct 21, 2010
Music to Metaphor is service users documenting their experiences of mental unwellness and having their journey transformed into music and song. Le Va is committed to inspiring people who experience mental illness, and their families, to recover well and have a sense...
by Michael Tayler | Jun 1, 2010
Talking Therapies is a guide document on ways of working with Pasifika individuals and their families. The guide presents processes which may help therapists build rapport and maintain engagement with Pasifika populations. Pasifika world views and identities are based...
by Michael Tayler | Aug 1, 2009
A user-friendly guide to talking therapies for service users and family members.
by Michael Tayler | Jun 1, 2009
An occasional paper by Karlo Mila-Schaaf and Maui Hudson. This occasional paper on the ‘Negotiated Space’ by Karlo Mila-Schaaf and Maui Hudson explores the concept of the “negotiated space”, a model developed by Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Maui Hudson and...
by Michael Tayler | Jun 1, 2009
As mandated in Te Kokiri, Le Va was commissioned by the Ministry of Health to develop a research agenda that would identify priorities for mental health and addiction research for New Zealand’s Pacific population to be implemented in the next 1-5 years. The...