The Training Space is owned and operated by John Faisandier and Bev Hosking, two experienced trainers and facilitators.

If you wish to have a meeting or training event facilitated by one of them please contact them directly or ask the booking manager to get them to contact you.

Trainer and Developer of Thriving Under Fire TUF

John has a Masters in Adult Education (with distinction), degrees in Anthropology and Theology, is a qualified psychodramatist and a Trainer, Educator and Practitioner in Psychodrama (TEP).

He is a Fellow of the New Zealand Association of Training and Development which he has belonged to for over 18 years, including holding office at regional and national levels.  John is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Psychodrama Association (ANZPA) and chair of its Ethics Committee; an accredited speaker member of The National Speakers Association of New Zealand (NSANZ); and on the Ethics Committee of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (NZAC).  He is a trainer in the Wellington Institute for Training in Psychodrama.

John has come across angry and aggressive people in many different settings throughout his working life.  For 11 years he worked as a Catholic priest, in teaching and pastoral care.  He worked in the Race Relations Office for over three years as an educator and mediator, and Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs, for nearly five years where he was the psychodramatist, clinical supervisor and trainer of counsellors.  It was here he worked with many angry people and developed an understanding of them and their processes which he has incorporated into the TUF programme.

In recent times he has consulted and trained in a number of organisations in New Zealand and the Pacific and has an understanding of the cross-cultural issues involved in customer service and communication.  The TUF programme is designed to address the needs of each group and all the facilitators are trained to work with the issues that emerge in the group process. By working in an active and interactive way participants understand themselves and one another better and generate new and creative responses to meeting angry and aggressive customers.

"John's lively and humorous approach made for a really great session"  conference participant 2008

Contact details:
John Faisandier
TUF: Thriving Under Fire
P O Box 17 220
Karori
Wellington
Phone (04) 385 4099
Fax (04) 385 4045
Mob: 027 246 0411
john@tuf.co.nz
www.tuf.co.nz

Bev has a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Italian and qualifications as a psychodramatist, role trainer and Playback Theatre trainer.

She has been a member of the Australia and New Zealand Psychodrama Association since 1982, serving on the Executive for over 11 years. She is a member of the New Zealand Association of Counsellors (1991), is a Founding Board Member of the International Playback Theatre Network (1991) and was International President from 1993 - 1997.

She works in Wellington as a mentor/supervisor, coach, facilitator and consultant trainer for a wide variety of businesses, community and performing arts groups. She is a founding staff member of the Wellington Psychodrama Training Institute and has been the Executive Director since 1995. Bev has conducted workshops throughout the world, including USA, India, Fiji, Botswana, Singapore, Angola, Kiribati, Vietnam and China. She was recently awarded an international fellowship to Brandeis University in Boston.

Bev has also worked as a counsellor, trainer of counsellors, tutor in communications, performer and teacher.

Bev's unassuming style of working invites people to bring themselves forward in group and one-to-one situations so that they can explore issues and develop skills and abilities that will assist them in their work and life.

Contact details:
Bev Hosking
Phone: (04) 384 7431
bev.hosking@paradise.net.nz