"The talking cure" a therapeutic phrase coined 120 years ago was the method developed by the illustrious father of psychology Sigmund Freud and has been modernized to fit the many psychological issues of the 21st Century. This style of psychotherapy or counselling may be your treatment of choice if you prefer a deeper understanding that goes beyond strategies, with significant and meaningful shifts in your mental health and associated behavioural patterns. Over time, evidence has consistently demonstrated the psychological and physiological benefits of being assisted to express experiences, thoughts and feelings through words.
Over 30 years experience as a Clinical Psychologist in private practice. Internationally trained in South Africa, U.S.A., U.K. and locally.
Over 30 years experience in Clinical Psychology with local and international training in London and South Africa. Accredited Supervisor with experience in teaching post-graduate trainee psychologists.
Both Clinical Psychologists have expertise in the following:
"At 18 you worry about what everyone thinks of you. At 40 you don't care. At 60 you realise no one was thinking about you anyway! "
"Analysis does not set out to make pathological reactions impossible, but to give the patient's ego freedom to decide one way or another."
"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."