Coping with Adolescence
Self-Discovery and Development
Counselling and Coping Strategies for your Preteen or Adolescent
Is your child more withdrawn or aggressive than usual? Have eating habits suddenly changed or are they lacking motivation to do the things they previously enjoyed? Are they complaining of school pressure and feeling overwhelmed? Or perhaps you are just concerned about their well-being, self-esteem and general coping ability?
I offer one on one, preteen and adolescent counselling.
I teach coping strategies, cover self-esteem development, health and well-being, eating habits, and nutrition, covering balance of life, and dealing with anxiety and adolescent pressures.
These sessions are also valuable in identifying more serious underlying issues such as adolescent depression, eating disorders, social anxiety, opposition defiant disorder, among other adolescent issues that need to be addressed by alternative qualified professionals.
Learning to Learn
Study Skills Development for Preteens and Adolescents
Is your child struggling to keep up academically? Overwhelmed by continuing school pressures? Lost and confused when it comes to exam time? Do they lack motivation to study? Lose track of time and then cram learn before tests and exams?
I offer unique individual study skills sessions, specifically designed to suit your child and their specific needs.
I cover a number of areas including: Study Skills, Concentration, Memory, Comprehension, Note-Taking, Academic Motivation, and Exam Anxiety.
I also offer a comprehensive study skills assessment which identifies your child's specific areas of academic strength and weakness in terms of the above mentioned categories.
Finding the Right Path
Career Guidance for Grade 11, Matrics and Gap Year Students
Not sure what to do after school? Where to study? What to study? What career suits you best in terms of your interests, personality and ability?
I offer comprehensive Career Guidance and Career Portfolio Assessments for anyone who is confused about where they are headed in terms of their studies and future career!
Subject Choice for Grade 9
Is it time to choose your subjects? Not sure what to take to Matric? What you will be good at and what subjects will lead you to the right study choices and careers after school?
I offer comprehensive subject choice guidance and assessments, perfectly suited to the Grade 9 needing that extra bit of support in choosing their subjects.
I am a Registered Counsellor with the Health Practitioners Council of South Africa (HPCSA). I run a Private Practice from my home in Durban North, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
I am passionate about what I do, having studied and worked in this this specific field for 9 Years. I have obtained an Honours Degree, majoring in Psychology, and have intentions to pursue a Masters Degree in Educational Psychology in the future. I have special interests in adolescent behaviour, understanding that adolescence is a time of tremendous change for any teenager. Relationships with parents and authority figures tend to become strained during this period, as teenagers attempt to find their own individuality and place in the world.
Having struggled, as a teenager myself, with Adolescent Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and an Eating Disorder, I am in a position where I hope to educate and assist teenagers through their own personal difficulties, using my own experiences and the self-knowledge I have gained.
I offer the opportunity and space for pre-teens and teenagers to express the stress and emotional difficulties that they are experiencing, whether it includes; parent, sibling or peer relationships, school and academics, their body image, their futures, university and career choices, self-esteem and self-development, or risk-taking behaviour.
My main aim is to assist young people in making the transition from pre-teen to teenager, and from teenager to young adult, a smoother journey for both the individual and their respective families.
