I am a registered Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Bloemfontein. I provide individualized psychotherapeutic services to adolescents (14 yrs +), adults and couples.
I have a passion for helping people work through challenging times, rediscover their own strength, improve their quality of life and take back their own life. I specialize in trauma treatment and marriage/couples therapy.
When most people think about trauma, they tend to think about incidents such as experiencing natural disasters, physical or sexual abuse, terrorism, and catastrophic accidents. These are definitely some of the most profound experiences and often the most debilitating. However, a person does not have to undergo an overtly distressing event for it to affect them. An accumulation of smaller or less pronounced events can still be traumatic, but in the small 't' form.
Small ‘t’ traumas are events that exceed our capacity to cope and cause a disruption in emotional functioning. They include:
* Divorce
* Legal trouble
* Having a child
* Conflict with a boss
* Infidelity
* Financial difficulty
* Bullying
* Social/peer rejection
The most difficult aspect of dealing with these sorts of traumas is that there can be a tendency to overlook them. Additionally, little t traumas can cause damage on their own, but there can sometimes be an accumulating effect in which multiple small traumas occur within a short period of time. This can compound and create a significantly high amount of distress in a person. These small "t" traumas are often a signifiant contributor to our experience of anxiety, depression and emotional distress.
They should not be overlook, ignored or negated. I am here to help you work through these struggles.
Services Provided
Work Focus
counselling,
psychiatric hospital,
trauma counselling,
psychiatric treatment,
psychotherapy,
couples therapy,
therapy,
depression treatment,
mental health care,
depression,
anxiety disorders,
anxiety management,
mental health therapist