I am a passionate mental health practitioner, psycho social therapist and wellness advocate, dedicated to helping individuals heal, grow and reconnect with themselves in meaningful and lasting ways.
My therapeutic approach is grounded in compassion, emotional safety and neuroscience informed care, helping clients better understand the connection between the brain, emotions, behaviour and healing.
I support individuals navigating trauma, anxiety, burnout, grief, relationship challenges, emotional overwhelm and life transitions by creating a safe, reflective and empowering therapeutic space. Through emotional regulation, self awareness and strengths based interventions, I help clients build insight, shift long standing patterns and move from survival mode toward healing, resilience, clarity and intentional living.
My goal is to create a therapeutic environment where people feel seen, understood, emotionally supported and gently guided toward deeper self understanding and meaningful personal growth.
“Healing begins the moment someone feels safe enough to be honest, first with themselves, and then with someone else.”
Counselling philosophy
Three quiet principles that shape every session.
Compassion first
Every story is met with warmth before it is met with technique.
Honest reflection
Gentle does not mean unchallenging. Real growth lives at the edge of an honest conversation.
Hope, held carefully
We hold hope on your behalf in the seasons it feels too far away, until it becomes yours again.
Qualifications & experience
A practice rooted in rigour, led by humanity.
Academic
- Bachelor of Social Work – University of Pretoria
- Post-Graduate Diploma in Public Health – University of Pretoria
- Masters in Public Health (specialist in Health Promotion and Sexual and Reproductive Health) – University of Pretoria
Practice
- Psycho social therapist in private practice
- Over a decade of experience across individual, couples and family work
- Specialist focus on relationships, parenting and emotional wellness
- Active in community wellness initiatives across Pretoria
- Continuous professional development in neuroscience informed and trauma informed therapy
“I don’t believe in fixing people. I believe in walking with them, until they remember they were never broken, only carrying more than they should have, alone.”