I am Clinical Psychologist in full-time private practice registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA no. PS0087157) and the Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF practice no. 8633371). I offer adult individual and couples’ therapy consultations at my rooms in Milnerton, Cape Town.
People are often curious about why I chose to become a psychologist. There’s no simple answer. While motivated in part by a desire to make a difference, I don’t believe I have special powers to heal or change lives. Rather, for as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by people’s stories and the drama of the human condition as observed in my daily life and in the great literature that I devoured. While working as a journalist enabled me to hear and retell people’s stories, psychology provided an avenue not only to hear stories but, through an act of imagination, to revision those stories and create new meaning.
QUALIFICATIONS AND WORK EXPERIENCE
I have been a practicing psychologist for 20 years. I studied at the University of Stellenbosch where I obtained a BA (majoring in Psychology and English), and a Higher Education Diploma. Over a number of years while working as a researcher, journalist, publicist and lecturer I studied part-time at Unisa and obtained a BA Hons. Communication Science and a BA Hons. Psychology. As a mature student I completed my MA (Clinical Psychology) cum laude and PhD in Psychotherapy at Rhodes University. In addition to running a private practice, I worked as a senior psychologist in both in- and out-patient settings at Lentegeur, Valkenberg and Groote Schuur Hospitals. I have taught psychology at both undergraduate and post graduate level and been a therapy supervisor for psychologists and psychiatrists in training. I have supplemented my clinical training with courses in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy) and basic Hypnotherapy.
