FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Your Questions Answered: Navigate Your Path to Wellness with Confidence
WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM YOUR SESSIONS?
Your first session
The initial visit is a period for you and I to get to know each other and to get an idea of how to proceed and where to start. Sessions are warm and made as comfortable as possible to ensure you feel safe and welcomed.
Counselling by a trained professional practitioner
You can rest assured that no matter what challenge, issue or concern you bring to the counselling session, it will be handled with the utmost care and respect for your wellbeing. My approach to counselling is person-centered. This counselling approach is holistic in nature and focuses on your subjective experience. I aim to create a warm, non-judgmental and empathetic environment for you to explore and understand your thoughts and feelings. Through active and attentively listening my goal is to understand your perspective and help you to see things in new ways.
Workbook/Worksheet
Your journey towards healing and restoration is not always an easy one and is not confined to your counselling session, therefore a workbook or worksheet will be given to you with tasks to complete to assist you along the road to self discovery and actualization. This will be personalised according to your own needs and requirements.
HOW DOES CONFIDENTIALITY WORK?
It is important to understand that what you share in your counselling session, stays in your counselling session,
UNLESS
Someone is hurting you
You want to hurt yourself
You want to hurt someone else
You give permission to share
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF COUNSELLING?
Have more mental clarity
Talking to someone can have even the most mundane of benefits, such as getting rid of a burden. Feeling heard and understood is essential to dispel thoughts.
Saying your fears out loud makes them less scary
Talking to a professional gives you practical help and reassurance but keeping everything inside is often counterproductive. Some fears, once said aloud, are already less scary.
Have a place where you feel safe
If the connection with your counsellor is good, just going to the appointment will be of enormous comfort. Counselling is a place to feel safe and protected.
Order the chaos and get to know yourself more deeply
Counselling starts at one point and ends at another. The path is not linear and allows you to know yourself more deeply, having more awareness of yourself and your emotions.
WHAT ARE MY CREDENTIALS?
Membership:
ASCHP registration number: SWC23/1647
Qualifications:
BA (Health Science and Social Services) Counselling Psychology Degree
Certificate and Training in Therapeutic Counselling
DISCLAIMER:
Please be advised that I am not a psychologist, psychiatrist, or registered counsellor under the HPCSA. Instead, I am a Specialist Wellness Counsellor registered with the ASCHP. My services as a Specialist Wellness Counsellor encompass counselling, providing support, guidance, skills training, and psycho-education to assist clients in managing their life situations. It's important to note that I do not make any diagnoses. Should any concerns arise that fall outside my scope of practice, I will refer clients to relevant professionals or organizations who can offer appropriate assistance.
