Clinical Psychologist
Personal Practice Number: 0860000057584
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PhD in Clinical Psychology – PU for CHE
- MA in Clinical Psychology – PU for CHE
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Honours in Psychology – PU for CHE
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BA in Psychology – UNISA
- Higher Diploma in Education – UNISA
Services offered:
- ADHD
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Conduct Disorder
- Anxiety Disorders
- Depressive Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive and related disorders
- Bipolar and related disorders
- Trauma- and stressor- related disorders
- Somatic Symptom and related disorders
- Feeding and Eating Disorders
- Sleep-Wake Disorders
- Gender Dysphoria
- Disruptive, Impulse-Control and Conduct Disorders
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Trauma Debriefing
- Bereavement
- Adjustment difficulties
- Anger Management
- Low self-esteem
- Stress management
- Burnout
- Personal Growth and Development
I am a clinical psychologist, and for 25 years have had the privilege of walking with people through the toughest moments of their lives. A belief in the natural resilience of the human spirit and evidence-based compassionate care has been my trajectory in this work.
My practice is founded on three areas close to my heart: empowering my neurodivergent clients to embrace their strengths, supporting those struggling with eating disorders in their healing journey towards self-acceptance and recovery, and helping those who have experienced trauma to rebuild their sense of safety and hope. None of these specializations is just about acquiring clinical expertise; each is about making the world a place where people really can be seen.
I've got quite a strong arsenal of treatment tools I can apply to fit each person's situation. Family-Based Treatment (FBT) allows me to tap into the healing power of how family systems work, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) provides us with powerful tools for learning emotion regulation and distress tolerance. ACT aims to ensure that what the client does is congruent with what they hold most dear while BWRT is a process of creating new neural pathways better aligned with where we aim to go in our journey.
The most encouraging thing I've seen is when someone starts to understand that they have the tools to grow, to move beyond trauma/hard places, that the hard doesn't define them and they are the pen to their story. I believe that healing happens, not despite our broken places, but because of how we have wrestled them with bravery and kindness.
I am collaborative in my style with reverence to each person's journey. Whether you are having to fend for yourself against the obstacles of neurodivergence, contending with disordered eating, or healing from trauma, I hope to provide you with room to grow.
“In the depths of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” (Camus)
This is the very heart of what I see daily in my office: that in the depths of the worst episodes of our lives, there is a core of warmth and change and repair.
