Psychotherapy
A key aim of psychotherapy is to help us gain a greater sense of feeling inwardly liberated, whole and present to life.
Some people come to psychotherapy for help with specific challenges like navigating a toxic leadership culture . Others find it useful for integrating difficult life experiences, strengthening inner resources in the present and making choices that open up possibilities for the future. Yet others require support to process and liberate ourselves from the pain of systemic trauma – familial, cultural, societal – so that we might live our own lives more fully.
I work with adults primarily across a range of needs including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and cultural and intergenerational patterns. As we know, us being human, we might be dealing with several of these challenges at the same time.
A primary focus areas of my praxis is supporting people to heal from developmental trauma particularly associated with attachment and childhood trauma and domestic violence, as well as systemic trauma including racial, gender-based, familial and organisational trauma.
Some people come to psychotherapy for help with specific challenges like navigating a toxic leadership culture . Others find it useful for integrating difficult life experiences, strengthening inner resources in the present and making choices that open up possibilities for the future. Yet others require support to process and liberate ourselves from the pain of systemic trauma – familial, cultural, societal – so that we might live our own lives more fully.
I work with adults primarily across a range of needs including depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, post-traumatic stress symptoms, and cultural and intergenerational patterns. As we know, us being human, we might be dealing with several of these challenges at the same time.
A primary focus areas of my praxis is supporting people to heal from developmental trauma particularly associated with attachment and childhood trauma and domestic violence, as well as systemic trauma including racial, gender-based, familial and organisational trauma.
With strong contextual sensitivity we might work with a range of expressive techniques that serve as vehicles for self-expression. This allows for cognitive defences to rest whilst deeper layers of awareness are accessed in the therapeutic play. Through the creative process, we gain insight into deeper thoughts, feelings, and experiences, leading to greater clarity and empowerment.
Techniques Could Include:
- Art-making
- Drawing
- Psycho-dramatic techniques including role-play
- Storytelling and Archetypes
- Symbolic play using images and objects
- Mask-making
- Family constellations (aka Systemic Constellations)
- Ritual
Underpinned by a solid and vital wellspring of theoretical knowledge, including Drama Therapy, Jungian and Gestalt psychologies, narrative therapy, Integral Somatic Psychology®, Internal Family Systems and Eastern wisdom, we co-create transformative narratives that honour the complexity of the human experience and the contexts we live in. In this way, the innate wisdom of creative processes are harnessed so that new pathways for growth and healing are illuminated.
Psychotherapy and coaching are available online internationally. In-person sessions are at my private practice in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
My practice is regulated by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).
Psychotherapy and coaching are available online internationally. In-person sessions are at my private practice in Bryanston, Johannesburg.
My practice is regulated by the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).