A modern practice

This practice focuses on alternative, modern, short-term and powerful psychotherapy for the modern human being who does not necessarily have the time nor the financial resources to engage in a time-consuming process of traditional psychotherapy.

The aim of this practice is to find practical and workable solutions to solve your challenge as quickly, powerfully and permanently as possible. We are using the latest, most effective and most advanced human technology. The goal is to solve a problem effectively – still within the framework of professionalism, ethical code, confidentiality and professional behaviour under the watchful eye of our professional body, The Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).

Alternative psychotherapy

I am a clinical psychologist and although I am also making use of traditional psychodynamic therapy and cognitive therapy, I prefer more modern approaches for better and faster results.

The problem with traditional psychotherapy is that traditional therapy addresses the neocortex, the thinking part of your brain. Please refer to the article on this page: your brain and your emotions for more information on this.

Your challenge is not necessarily situated in your neocortex part of your brain. If you could understand your challenge and think about it differently, you could change your mind and thus solve your challenge. Insight however helps you to understand your challenge better, however insight does not change your feelings and behaviour.

Psychological challenges originate in your reptile and emotional brain. These parts of your brain do not understand language, reason, time or thought. Your challenge may sound stupid and silly to your thinking brain, but it is a reality to your feeling brain.

This is why therapeutic techniques are used in this practice to focus on the activity in these specific parts of your brain.

Therapeutic techniques

I use the following therapeutic techniques to work with your reptile and emotional brain:

• Clinical Hypnosis;
• BrainWorking Recursive Therapy (BWRT);
• Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP);
• Encounter centred Couples Therapy (EcCT);
• Positive Psychology, and
• Mindfulness.

Psychology is a young, dynamic and rapidly evolving science that is literally discovering faster, better and more powerful ways to bring about permanent changes, on a daily basis.

Some people might believe that this new technology of psychotherapy is a quick fix. Most psychologists still believe you have to be in therapy for years to explore all the dynamics of your challenge.

If you still believe that an ossewa (ox-wagon) is the best way to travel from the Cape to Johannesburg, aircraft technology may sound to you to be a quick fix. Would you like to understand your challenge without it being resolved, or would you like to resolve your challenge without necessarily understanding it?

… still with old-world values

Psychotherapy will always be a deep personal relationship with old world values such as empathy, congruence (genuineness) and unconditional positive regard where people can talk to, and listen to each other before technology has taken over. Although modern techniques are used, you will still experience a feeling of old-world values in my consulting room. A world when people were still really interested in their fellow human’s worries, problems and challenges.

A little bit more about myself

Please refer to the banner: my problem with psychology on this page should you want to know more about my history with psychology.

• I hold a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology as well as a Master’s degree in Research Psychology (Cum Laude).
• I was an elected executive member of the Professional Board for Psychology, previously known as The South African Medical and Dental Council (SAMDC) – now known as the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). I also served on the disciplinary committee to maintain professional conduct of psychologists.
• I was a part-time lecturer of philosophy and psychology at the Potchefstroom campus of the North-West University.
• I have completed my Internship at the University of Stellenbosch in 1996.  I have been in private practice since then.
• I have presented several papers at Hypnosis Congresses in South Africa and abroad. I had an international breakthrough with the hypnotic treatment of Scleroderma (a rare form of Auto-immune diseases) in 2005, after which I presented a paper at an international congress in Poland.  You can read more about it in my article: Mind over Matter.

Additional qualifications

• Clinical Hypnosis master practitioner in 1998;
• EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) practitioner in 1999;
• NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) master practitioner in 2003;
• Energy Psychology master practitioner in 2005;
• EMI (Eye Movement Integration) practitioner in 2006;
• EcCT (Encounter centered Couples Therapy) practitioner in 2013;
• BWRT (BrainWorking Recursive Therapy) master practitioner in 2015.

I have been widely quoted in the media and I am also the published author of three books:

• NLP – ontgin die briljantheid in jou, in 2011;
• Dink slank, word slank, in 2013;
• Droom binne ‘n droom, in 2020; A poetry collection about my experiences and thoughts as a psychologist, human being and observer.