Marion Gordon-Flower is a Registered Creative Arts Therapist working for Mauri Tui Tuia in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland, Aotearoa/New Zealand.  She has a background in teaching and has also worked in youth justice and mental health youth respite.  She utilises person-centred, holistic approaches which foster oranga (wellbeing), mana (self-esteem), and whakawhānaungatanga (community connection and confidence).  Her primary modality is visual arts however, she also incorporates music, and aspects of drama and expressive dance movement into her practice based on therapeutic needs and goals.  She is an internationally published writer in creative arts therapies. Marion identifies as bicultural having grown up in a Tūhoe community in Te Urewera, Central North Island, and connection with Papatūānuku (nature) remains an important aspect of her lifestyle and work.