Experience

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

• United Kingdom
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Counselling Psychologist

  • Jan 2022 - Present

  Providing therapy to adults with complex mental health needs. Providing therapy to adults with complex mental health needs.



Private Practice

• South Africa

• Counselling Psychologist

  • Dec 2007 - Present

  I have a passion for facilitating the growth of people of all ages through equipping them with ways to manage their own thoughts, feelings, develop healthy relationships, and live toward the futures they want. I have 8 years' experience in conducting therapy online. I collaborate with my clients to resolve the following types of challenges: trauma, relationship problems, depression, different types of anxiety, difficulties with adapting to new challenging situations, grief and bereavement, and dealing with health problems. --I favour Schema Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to equip my clients to overcome the challenges they face, both when they see me, and for the future. --I view intervention from a holistic point of view, which may include working with other health care professionals to fully support and equip my clients and meet their specific needs. --I conduct therapy and assessments with people from all ages, including children and adolescents. --I conduct workshops on relationship and parenting skills based on Schema Therapy principles. Show less



University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Associate

  • Sep 2019 - Sep 2022

• Lecturer

  • May 2015 - Aug 2019

  I thrive off facilitating learning and growth in others and in myself. As a lecturer, I trained M.A. Student Counselling Psychologists and community psychology students, I conducted clinical and research supervision of master's students, and I conducted my own research projects. Specifically, I have to --Continually update my subject mastery and development of learning materials for the following modules: developmental psychology, assessment of children and adolescents, community psychology, crisis management, schema therapy (MA Counselling Psychology) and community psychology (BA Social Sciences Honours)-Teach post-graduate students via face to face lectures, group discussions, and hybrid teaching strategies.-Plan and conduct assessments including oral case presentations, assignments, tests, and examination papers.-Mentor and provide clinical supervision to MA student psychologists’ clinical practice-Provide research supervision of M.A. dissertations to guide students in planning of their research projects to produce research proposal and final research report.-Conduct my own research activities including publications in peer-reviewed journals.-Manage the coordination of courses. Show less



Karolinska Institutet

• Sweden
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Feb 2021 - Jul 2021

  I was affiliated with the Institute of Environmental Medicine, Intervention and Implementation Unit from February to April 2021. As part of my master's thesis, I conducted research on the relationship of job demands and job resources in the work environment of Swedish school teacher, and how these job characteristics influence their stress and health. I worked as full-time Research Assistant in the Institute for Environmental Medicine, Occupational health unit from June to July 2021. I conducted a literature review for a study on the association between job demands and job control on suicide attempts and successful suicide. Show less



Who owns Whom

• South Africa

• Independent Researcher

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2015

  As an independent researcher, I did desktop research and conducted interviews with industry players to compile reports on specific South African industries such as the pharmaceutical industry and the telecommunications industry. As an independent researcher, I did desktop research and conducted interviews with industry players to compile reports on specific South African industries such as the pharmaceutical industry and the telecommunications industry.



Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

• South Africa
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Lecturer

  • Mar 2007 - Dec 2009

  I lectured postgraduate and undergraduate students. I lectured postgraduate and undergraduate students.