Through my journey to becoming a psychologist I have learned that adversity can be a gift; an opportunity to learn and grow, and become more compassionate and empathetic, and if dealt with effectively can result in transcendence to higher levels of awareness and connection.
I am a registered Counselling Psychologist (Independent Practice) with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and my practice is registered with the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF). I completed my Honours degree in Psychology through the University of Johannesburg (Cum Laude). During that year I volunteered at Headway Gauteng, a charity organisation dedicated to offering various support programmes to survivors of acquired brain injury, and their families. I went on to complete my Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology also at UJ (Cum Laude). During my Masters practical training I worked at Headway again, providing individual and group therapy for the attendees and staff. I also trained at Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital (formerly Coronation Hospital). I completed my Internship training at the Centre for Psychological and Career Services (PsyCad). I currently work in private practice. Therapy and Assessment: Since 2014, I have worked on a variety of unique cases with children, adults, groups and couples within the context of abuse, trauma, brain injury, family problems, relationship issues, self-esteem, and adjusting to changes or difficulties with life circumstances. I have also conducted numerous psychological assessments and produced good quality reports in areas including psycho-educational assessment, concessions assessment, career assessment and subject choice assessment. Research: I completed both my Honours and Masters research in Positive Psychology. My Masters research was titled "The effect of a positive psychology intervention on the psychosocial well-being of a group of early adolescents". This research aimed to determine whether an intervention could effectively increase well-being and decrease anxiety and depression symptoms amongst a group of grade seven learners. The results were promising. I presented my Masters research at the 8th European Conference of Positive Psychology in Angers, France; as well as at the 22nd South African Psychology Congress in Johannesburg in 2016. My Honours research was titled, "The relationship between transcendence and eudaimonic well-being". This entailed a comparison of the predictive values of each of the five strengths of transcendence, namely appreciation of beauty, gratitude, hope, humour and sprituality, in relation to total eudaimonia among 904 participants. The relevance of this research relates to evidence suggesting that the strengths of transcendence have been associated with various facets of well-being, but most research has focused on the relationship of these strengths relative to life satisfaction as a opposed to eudaimonia. Publications: Recently I published a chapter in a book called, 'The art of psychotherapy: case studies, processes and techniques', which will be available in South Africa in 2017. The chapter is titled, "DAISY: From dissociation to resolution using an integrative approach to working with children", and highlights the effectiveness of using an integrative approach to therapy by exploring the case of Daisy, an eight year old girl who was sexually abused by a male family member when she was only three years old. |
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Registration No.: PS 0134082 Practice No.: 0860020666122
email: [email protected]
Phone: 078 218 7638
Registration No.: PS 0134082 Practice No.: 0860020666122