Lifepsyche

General information

I am a Registered Psychological Counsellor in Private Practice in Ballito. I do work with children, adolescents and adults. My aim is to help people to overcome their problems and cope with tough situations by providing a safe, nurturing, confidential and encouraging environment in which to contemplate their emotional state.
My job is to assist people by offering them a structured and focused way of addressing their problems.
I do family therapy, couples therapy and one-to-one meetings, in which I help people with all kinds of difficulties, from substance abuse and health issues to post-traumatic stress and relationship problems.

I help people to explore feelings and emotions that are often related to their experiences. This allows my clients to reflect on what is happening to them and consider alternative ways of doing things.
I work in a confidential, relaxed setting and listen attentively to my clients. I offer them the time, empathy and respect they need to express their feelings and perhaps understand themselves from a different perspective. The aim is reduce their confusion and enable them to cope with challenges or to make positive changes in their life where necessary.

Services provided are:
Specialising in SFBT (Solution Focused Brief Therapy)
Narrative therapy
Collaborative therapy
Trauma Debriefing and Counselling
Individual counselling
Bereavement Counselling
Psycho-Education
Emotional Support
Play therapy
Ego strengthening for low self esteem
Relationship guidance for families and couples
Family conflict
Dealing with life changes
Dealing with life shocks
Health & Well-Being
Achieving a work/life balance

As a life coach,

• I am concerned primarily with concrete changes in a person's real life, including actualizing their potential, promoting their growth, improving their efficiency and productivity at work, overcoming inhibitions, and resolving symptoms.
• I only delve into a person's past if it significantly helps that person understand and master those habits, feelings, and thoughts that hold them back from achieving their most important goals.
• I work with the client's conscious experience, while helping him or her understand that sometimes their self-limiting behavior is being by thoughts and feelings and beliefs about which they are unaware.
• I focus a great deal on the client's real interactions within the various social systems in which he or she is embedded. The more I understand the social and practical realities of a client's life, the better able I am to help him or her in therapy.
• I have no hesitation whatsoever about getting involved in various ways with a client outside my office if I judge that to be necessary to advance our work.