Dr Mairin
CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST
Pronouns: She ⸱ Her
Qualifications: BA Psychology, PHD Psychology, PG Dip Clinical Psychology. NZCCP.
Modalities: ACT, Trauma Informed training,
Meet Mairin
Mairin’s therapeutic work has been the heart of her practice for 15+ years. She has broad experience supporting people through trauma, health issues and adjustment, grief and loss, academic challenges, and working with high performers under pressure. She also has a strong interest in neuroscience and in developing awareness to create strategies that work best for you, weaving these approaches into her work to enhance wellbeing.
Mairin works with Beehyve to provide comprehensive assessment for ADHD, autism, and a range of mental health concerns. As an ADHDer and Tangata Tiriti, she offers a perspective grounded in lived experience and bicultural values, creating spaces that feel safe and inclusive.
With over 15 years of experience, Mairin has worked in full-time practice in Ōtautahi Christchurch, as a research specialist in Okinawa, Japan, and as Senior Lecturer co-leading the counselling programme at the University of Canterbury, where she remains an adjunct staff member. Her research focuses on ADHD across the lifespan and bicultural partnerships developing mātauranga Māori-informed mindfulness interventions for children and families in Aotearoa. She has published 12 peer-reviewed articles and presented at nine international conferences.
Outside of work, Mairin enjoys martial arts and draws on a rich cross-cultural heritage, with parents and grandparents born in India, China, and Fiji—perspectives that continue to shape her worldview and therapeutic approach.