I am a specialist therapist practising from a wooden floored, crisp light modern-vintage setting within walking distance of Tygervalley Mall. My second practice is located in the beautiful wine-district of Paarl.
How does therapy help?
Therapy can help you
- share in complete safety and privacy things that are hard to discuss with affected family members and friends
- feel more in charge of your own life
- develop greater insight into yourself and become more self-accepting
- evolve into the unique individual you were meant to be โ both personally and professionally
- ๐ง๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ with current difficulties, frustrations, transitions or challenges.
- Gain ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ on
- ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐
- ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด + ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐
- ๐๐ผ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป + ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
- ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป
What is my approach as a therapist?
I follow a eclectic approach. I work from a pastoral and psychology realm.
I work predominantly from a positive psychology perspective โ where I focus on PREVENTION + PREPARATION rather than a remedial/intervention focus. I see human realities as opportunities to discover RESOURCEFULNESS, RESILIENCE, HOPE & STRENGTH together with my clients and to unlock their UNUSED POTENTIAL.ย I enjoy engaging with couples and individuals through a PRACTICAL MODEL OF HELPING.ย
CLIENT EMPOWERMENT is a valuable outcome in my Private Practice.ย
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The opposite of empowerment is dependency. I want my clients to be SELF-HELPERS. I want to empower individuals and couples not only to manage a specific problem situation more effectively but also become more capable of managing subsequent problems in living more effectively. I want my clients to be effective agents of change both within the helping sessions themselves and in their everyday lives.ย I want to influence my clients without robbing them of SELF-RESPONSIBILITY.
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My focus is on learning life skills and practical personal and people skills (grounded in EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE theory).ย
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For me the therapy process is COLLABORATIVE and a two-way process, rather than a context that is focused on quick fixes and cure. For me itโs not just about fixing what is broken, but rather nurturing what is best.ย
I am willing to work short- or long-term, according to your preference and the nature of your difficulty.
What can you expect from therapy?
The first onboarding session take the form of a storytelling and discussion in order to determine the precise nature and full complexity of your difficulty. At the end of the 90 min session I offer a personalised gameplan for therapy. We will then agree together on whether only a few sessions, or a longer-term therapy, are appropriate.
Sessions last 60 minutes. For first time clients, please expect your onboarding session to last 90 minutes.
Areas of interest as a therapist
- Enhancing personal growth:ย When understood at a deeper level, lifeโs setbacks challenges and crises can be transformed into rich opportunities for growth.
- Depression: Depression is an intense form of suffering that is often misunderstood and judged by those around the sufferer. Yet if properly understood, your depression can turn out to be a remarkable wellspring of new possibilities. I am interested in depression generally and have a particular interest in pre- and postnatal depression.
- Anxiety and panic:ย People who suffer from anxiety and panic are often told to โpull themselves togetherโ and may carry a heavy burden of shame as a result. Yet these very real forms of distress, when approached with insight and without judgement, are very treatable.
- Bereavement, loss and Grief:ย Grief may persist long after others think we should have โgot over itโ and โmoved onโ, but is one of the most painful forms of suffering. A warmly supportive space in which to work through the full complexity of your feelings can be extremely valuable, no matter what the cause of your grief.
- Trauma:ย Trauma is often devastating to the way we see ourselves and brings with it very painful emotions. The task of dealing with the trauma can be made even harder by the well-meaning but unhelpful reactions of friends, family and co-workers. Therapy allows the trauma survivor to regain control and heal in their own way.
- Career/work/lifestyle stress:ย I am interested in the stresses and challenges of the contemporary lifestyle, particularly in the workplace when there is a tension between the demands of an organization and an individualโs personal growth path.
- Personal development (self-awareness: Persons who have either a difficulty expressing or managing emotions; or experience emotional discomfort/distress due to depression/despair, anxiety/fear, apathy, anger, emptiness, meaninglessness, helplessness, vulnerability, loneliness, abandonment and rejection.ย
Persons struggling with self-esteem, self-expression and identity issues which may relate to negative core beliefs and self-talk, self-doubt and judgment, worthlessness, shame, guilt, a sense of not belonging, or lacking purpose and meaning.ย Persons who struggle with issues of intimacy and trust; or persons who find themselves repeating interpersonal behavioral patterns that lead to relationship dissatisfaction, difficulties and conflict (not necessarily with intimate partners).Persons who are interested in personal growth and are curious about their personality structure; or are struggling with existential issues.
- Adaptation to motherhood (transition + lifecycle issues)
- Adaptation to parenthood (transition + lifecycle issuess)
- Just want to talk about it? Do you need someone to be your soundboard? Do you need to talk to someone objective about a challenge you are currently experiencing in life or your relationship?
- GIVE HIM/HER YOUR BEST:ย Enriching whatโs already there for couples (package) and marriage preparation course ย
- CONFIDENCE BUCKETLIST:ย Self-confidenceโฆItโs a process! (Package for ladies)
- Weโre pregnantโฆwhat now?
- Baby talk (couple package)
- Mom life (new mom package)
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