Martina Resende

Martina Resende

Sunshine Club Coordinator & Pupil Wellbeing Specialist

Over the past 20 years Martina has empowered children and adults through holistic education and positive psychology.  Everyone under her care learns to have the courage to shine and reach their full potential.

Martina achieved a BA - English and Portuguese Literature after which she decided to travel the world. Martina then resided in the UK for ten years with her husband Mr Sanchez a teacher at Wellington Shanghai. She achieved a BA in natural medicine and achieved 500 hours Integrative Yoga Teaching qualification. Martina believes mind and body are interconnected.

Martina is instrumental in leading wellbeing incentives such as Sunshine Club and Play Therapy (PTUK) across Wellington Community.

Martina’s approach is based on a Person-Centred approach (referred to as non-directive, client-centred) which is grounded in the idea that people are inherently motivated toward achieving positive psychological functioning.

Martina loves to spend time with her family and has recently added a new member, a cute rescued poodle called Chaplin.