Psychodynamic Therapists in Craighall Park
With a focus on psychodynamic therapy, I enjoy working relationally.
I am a clinical psychologist working with adults and couples. People choose to start therapy for different reasons. Some may be facing a distressing time, whereas others may have long-standing difficulties which hold them back from a more fulfilling life. Therapy provides support and insight to effectively manage your difficulties, whilst accounting for your unique experience. It is a space to process your emotions, explore your behaviours and better understand yourself and your relationship dynamics. Couple's therapy can help you to understand and constructively address complex relationship dynamics to promote emotional connection.
With a focus on psychodynamic therapy, I enjoy working relationally.
I am a clinical psychologist working with adults and couples. People choose to start therapy for different reasons. Some may be facing a distressing time, whereas others may have long-standing difficulties which hold them back from a more fulfilling life. Therapy provides support and insight to effectively manage your difficulties, whilst accounting for your unique experience. It is a space to process your emotions, explore your behaviours and better understand yourself and your relationship dynamics. Couple's therapy can help you to understand and constructively address complex relationship dynamics to promote emotional connection.
As a HPCSA-registered clinical psychologist, I primarily work within a psychodynamic framework which places empathy at the forefront.
From birth, we are faced with moments that have a profound impact on the ways in which we relate with ourselves, others, and our surroundings. Our many moments of nurture, and the varying painful lived experiences leave us with overwhelming emotions that shift the ways we show up in our lives. Sometimes these pockets of our lived experiences are made sense of with the adequate care and support, and sometimes they are left in the corners of our mind, not seen, but are felt as we carry the unconscious weight of parts of who we are. Psychotherapy is a space where we may find empathic understanding of who we are, in all our intricacies.
As a HPCSA-registered clinical psychologist, I primarily work within a psychodynamic framework which places empathy at the forefront.
From birth, we are faced with moments that have a profound impact on the ways in which we relate with ourselves, others, and our surroundings. Our many moments of nurture, and the varying painful lived experiences leave us with overwhelming emotions that shift the ways we show up in our lives. Sometimes these pockets of our lived experiences are made sense of with the adequate care and support, and sometimes they are left in the corners of our mind, not seen, but are felt as we carry the unconscious weight of parts of who we are. Psychotherapy is a space where we may find empathic understanding of who we are, in all our intricacies.
I work with adults and adolescents who may be feeling very sad and want to make some changes in their lives. I have many years of experience working with people who are suffering from substance abuse disorders and wish to work on their emotional and psychological health, to boost their chances of sobriety.
I also work with couples wishing to improve their relationship. I am an LGBTQIA+ -friendly practitioner. Couple psychotherapy fees are R1500 per 60 minutes.
I work with adults and adolescents who may be feeling very sad and want to make some changes in their lives. I have many years of experience working with people who are suffering from substance abuse disorders and wish to work on their emotional and psychological health, to boost their chances of sobriety.
I also work with couples wishing to improve their relationship. I am an LGBTQIA+ -friendly practitioner. Couple psychotherapy fees are R1500 per 60 minutes.
My name is Sybrand Hagan. I am a clinical psychologist based in Blairgowrie, Johannesburg. I offer psychotherapy for adolescents and adults who experience a range of psychological difficulties. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process and I tailor my therapeutic approach to suit the specific needs of each person. My aim is to offer a safe and non-judgemental space where you are able to explore the difficulties in your life, whether these are difficulties that you are currently facing or a pattern in your thoughts and behaviours that have caused a lack of satisfaction in your life.
My name is Sybrand Hagan. I am a clinical psychologist based in Blairgowrie, Johannesburg. I offer psychotherapy for adolescents and adults who experience a range of psychological difficulties. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process and I tailor my therapeutic approach to suit the specific needs of each person. My aim is to offer a safe and non-judgemental space where you are able to explore the difficulties in your life, whether these are difficulties that you are currently facing or a pattern in your thoughts and behaviours that have caused a lack of satisfaction in your life.
We all struggle to cope with the challenges of life from time to time and starting therapy can offer you a grounded space of support. I am a Clinical Psychologist and offer a nurturing and private space, for you to unpack your thoughts and gain clarity. Psychotherapy is an ideal platform to explore your pain, give words to unspoken trauma and help you manage when you feel overwhelmed, down or anxious. My way of working lends itself better to medium or longer-term psychotherapy as I enjoy doing depth work with my patients. This includes exploring how our earliest experiences influence how we see oursehow we connect with others.
We all struggle to cope with the challenges of life from time to time and starting therapy can offer you a grounded space of support. I am a Clinical Psychologist and offer a nurturing and private space, for you to unpack your thoughts and gain clarity. Psychotherapy is an ideal platform to explore your pain, give words to unspoken trauma and help you manage when you feel overwhelmed, down or anxious. My way of working lends itself better to medium or longer-term psychotherapy as I enjoy doing depth work with my patients. This includes exploring how our earliest experiences influence how we see oursehow we connect with others.
I am an Educational Psychologist working with children, preteens, teenagers, and young adults. I offer play therapy and individual psychotherapy, providing a safe and supportive space for clients to explore emotions, build resilience, and develop coping skills. I support clients facing a range of emotional, social, and learning challenges, including anxiety, low self-esteem, social difficulties, learning barriers, and neurodiversity-related needs such as ADHD or autism spectrum disorder.
I am an Educational Psychologist working with children, preteens, teenagers, and young adults. I offer play therapy and individual psychotherapy, providing a safe and supportive space for clients to explore emotions, build resilience, and develop coping skills. I support clients facing a range of emotional, social, and learning challenges, including anxiety, low self-esteem, social difficulties, learning barriers, and neurodiversity-related needs such as ADHD or autism spectrum disorder.
In my therapeutic approach, I primarily use psychodynamic psychotherapy, as it focuses on a deeper understanding of oneself and creates enduring changes in one's life.
Hello and welcome!
Life's challenges can affect both our emotional and mental wellbeing, as well as our relationships and aspects of our daily lives. Whether you're seeking to gain a deeper understanding of yourself, facing a difficult chapter in your life, or experiencing significant distress, I am here to meet you where you are at! My aim is to create a warm, safe, and caring space where you feel truly heard, understood, and comfortable to be yourself. A place where you can reflect, process, gain deeper insight, and find practical solutions—empowering you to move forward with greater clarity, personal growth and wellbeing.
In my therapeutic approach, I primarily use psychodynamic psychotherapy, as it focuses on a deeper understanding of oneself and creates enduring changes in one's life.
Hello and welcome!
Life's challenges can affect both our emotional and mental wellbeing, as well as our relationships and aspects of our daily lives. Whether you're seeking to gain a deeper understanding of yourself, facing a difficult chapter in your life, or experiencing significant distress, I am here to meet you where you are at! My aim is to create a warm, safe, and caring space where you feel truly heard, understood, and comfortable to be yourself. A place where you can reflect, process, gain deeper insight, and find practical solutions—empowering you to move forward with greater clarity, personal growth and wellbeing.
Being human means facing a life with painful moments. Whether you’re searching for a way through the pain, are learning to live with a mental illness, or are trying to make sense of your existence, we can walk the road together.
Being human means facing a life with painful moments. Whether you’re searching for a way through the pain, are learning to live with a mental illness, or are trying to make sense of your existence, we can walk the road together.
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Seeking support can feel overwhelming, and taking the first step into therapy is often one of the hardest parts of the process. Many people arrive in therapy carrying stress, uncertainty, emotional pain, or experiences they may have kept to themselves for a long time. I aim to create a safe, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where you feel heard, supported, and understood at your own pace.
I am a Clinical Psychologist and Social Worker who works with adolescents, adults, couples and families facing a wide range of emotional, psychological and life challenges.
Seeking support can feel overwhelming, and taking the first step into therapy is often one of the hardest parts of the process. Many people arrive in therapy carrying stress, uncertainty, emotional pain, or experiences they may have kept to themselves for a long time. I aim to create a safe, compassionate, and non-judgemental space where you feel heard, supported, and understood at your own pace.
I am a Clinical Psychologist and Social Worker who works with adolescents, adults, couples and families facing a wide range of emotional, psychological and life challenges.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy offers clients the opportunity to explore why they may be vulnerable to certain kind of suffering through understanding unconscious psychological processes.
Life can be very difficult. The everyday stressors of life can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, people encounter so much more than just these everyday stressors: trauma, violence, loss, discrimination and hate-crimes, to name a few, complicates our experience of being human. My work is to support my client's on their life journey, through insight-based interventions empower them to build a life worth living. You are welcome to read more about me at www.tiaanlandman.co.za
Psychodynamic psychotherapy offers clients the opportunity to explore why they may be vulnerable to certain kind of suffering through understanding unconscious psychological processes.
Life can be very difficult. The everyday stressors of life can be overwhelming. Unfortunately, people encounter so much more than just these everyday stressors: trauma, violence, loss, discrimination and hate-crimes, to name a few, complicates our experience of being human. My work is to support my client's on their life journey, through insight-based interventions empower them to build a life worth living. You are welcome to read more about me at www.tiaanlandman.co.za
My practice is trauma-informed and informed by training in play therapy using play-based approaches, alongside CBT, integrative, narrative, person-centred, psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, and solution-focused brief (SFBT) therapies, as well as Teddy Bear Therapy (TBT).
I am an Educational Psychologist with over 10 years of experience in education and a strong teaching background, providing insight into classroom expectations and learning environments. I have extensive experience working with learners, teachers, and parents. I currently serve on the School-Based Support Team (SBST) at a school in Randburg, collaborating with teachers to support learners requiring additional assistance. My role includes psycho-educational assessments, classroom accommodations, behaviour management, and Individualised Support Plans ISPs).
My practice is trauma-informed and informed by training in play therapy using play-based approaches, alongside CBT, integrative, narrative, person-centred, psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, and solution-focused brief (SFBT) therapies, as well as Teddy Bear Therapy (TBT).
I am an Educational Psychologist with over 10 years of experience in education and a strong teaching background, providing insight into classroom expectations and learning environments. I have extensive experience working with learners, teachers, and parents. I currently serve on the School-Based Support Team (SBST) at a school in Randburg, collaborating with teachers to support learners requiring additional assistance. My role includes psycho-educational assessments, classroom accommodations, behaviour management, and Individualised Support Plans ISPs).
My approach is relational, psychodynamic and Jungian informed.
I offer therapy for adults who feel anxious, stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in repeating relationship patterns. Many of my clients are navigating grief, identity questions, life transitions, self worth, or old wounds that still shape the present.
My approach is relational, psychodynamic and Jungian informed.
I offer therapy for adults who feel anxious, stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in repeating relationship patterns. Many of my clients are navigating grief, identity questions, life transitions, self worth, or old wounds that still shape the present.
I am passionate about helping my clients gain a sense of empowerment in the therapy space as well as in their daily lives. My approach allows me to really get to know my clients and in turn help them to better understand themselves. I always aim to create a foundation of safety to build our therapeutic relationship upon. I understand that humans are multifaceted and thus work therapeutically with all the layers that make us who we are such as race, gender, sexuality and culture. I aim to help my clients build a better relationship with themselves, others and the spaces they find themselves in.
I am passionate about helping my clients gain a sense of empowerment in the therapy space as well as in their daily lives. My approach allows me to really get to know my clients and in turn help them to better understand themselves. I always aim to create a foundation of safety to build our therapeutic relationship upon. I understand that humans are multifaceted and thus work therapeutically with all the layers that make us who we are such as race, gender, sexuality and culture. I aim to help my clients build a better relationship with themselves, others and the spaces they find themselves in.
I specialise in psychodynamic psychotherapy.
I enjoy working with individuals who want to understand their minds and how their past and present may impact their futures. I focus on talk-based therapy by creating a harmonious and safe relationship to explore you and your life together. I don't work in a way that is directly focused on solving specific problems, and prefer to work with individuals happy to join me in a journey of healing and growth over a longer term. I am not a therapist who will tell you what to do, or give a lot of advice, and that may be best found with someone else if that is what you need. I am a LGBTQIA+ & kink affirming therapist.
I specialise in psychodynamic psychotherapy.
I enjoy working with individuals who want to understand their minds and how their past and present may impact their futures. I focus on talk-based therapy by creating a harmonious and safe relationship to explore you and your life together. I don't work in a way that is directly focused on solving specific problems, and prefer to work with individuals happy to join me in a journey of healing and growth over a longer term. I am not a therapist who will tell you what to do, or give a lot of advice, and that may be best found with someone else if that is what you need. I am a LGBTQIA+ & kink affirming therapist.
Do you feel stuck in life or overwhelmed by everyday life demands? Talking to a health professional that cares about your well-being can be helpful. We help individuals and organizations by providing counselling, trauma debriefing, pre-marital & marital counselling, educational training programs, and psychotherapy to assist in the adaptation to different environments, promote cohesiveness in groups, as well as coping with everyday stressors.
Do you feel stuck in life or overwhelmed by everyday life demands? Talking to a health professional that cares about your well-being can be helpful. We help individuals and organizations by providing counselling, trauma debriefing, pre-marital & marital counselling, educational training programs, and psychotherapy to assist in the adaptation to different environments, promote cohesiveness in groups, as well as coping with everyday stressors.
Rather than applying a 'one-size-fits-all', I integrate cognitive, psychodynamic, relational and behavioural approaches and insights.
I work with couples, individual adults, families and teens – navigating anxiety, stress, transitions, identity, low mood, life challenges, mental health conditions, and/or emotional exhaustion. With couples, I focus on communication, emotional safety, power dynamics, intimacy, and conflict patterns – helping partners move from reactivity to reconnection. In family and teen work, I create space for each voice to be heard, supporting healthier boundaries, emotional regulation, communication skills, and trust during often challenging developmental stages. With individuals, I assess their unique history and potential for transformation.
Rather than applying a 'one-size-fits-all', I integrate cognitive, psychodynamic, relational and behavioural approaches and insights.
I work with couples, individual adults, families and teens – navigating anxiety, stress, transitions, identity, low mood, life challenges, mental health conditions, and/or emotional exhaustion. With couples, I focus on communication, emotional safety, power dynamics, intimacy, and conflict patterns – helping partners move from reactivity to reconnection. In family and teen work, I create space for each voice to be heard, supporting healthier boundaries, emotional regulation, communication skills, and trust during often challenging developmental stages. With individuals, I assess their unique history and potential for transformation.
I am trained in variety of models( Psychodynamic, CBT,Family systems, Client centered, IPA, etc) which is an advantage to work with individuals and use tools that are tailored to the client.
Just as there is day and night, Life offers us similar alternations. You don't have to walk the journey alone. As a trained Clinical Psychologist, my goal is to ensure that you are heard and understood. Most importantly, conquer challenges you are facing and discover yourself.
I am trained in variety of models( Psychodynamic, CBT,Family systems, Client centered, IPA, etc) which is an advantage to work with individuals and use tools that are tailored to the client.
Just as there is day and night, Life offers us similar alternations. You don't have to walk the journey alone. As a trained Clinical Psychologist, my goal is to ensure that you are heard and understood. Most importantly, conquer challenges you are facing and discover yourself.
Changing, healing, and transforming one to become strong, fulfilled, and content is my passion. With more than a decade of experience and serving thousands of clients from around the globe and South Africa, I am dedicated to help you to bring healing to your personal issues and relationship matters. My focus is in the field of marriage, relationship problems, helping clients to heal trauma, anxiety, depression and suppressed anger, addiction, codependency, and grief therapy. I love to teach self mastery.
Changing, healing, and transforming one to become strong, fulfilled, and content is my passion. With more than a decade of experience and serving thousands of clients from around the globe and South Africa, I am dedicated to help you to bring healing to your personal issues and relationship matters. My focus is in the field of marriage, relationship problems, helping clients to heal trauma, anxiety, depression and suppressed anger, addiction, codependency, and grief therapy. I love to teach self mastery.
What can be more rewarding than finishing work, going home knowing you have made a difference in someone's life? In society we have individuals who need caring and support for them to have quality lives and be healthy beings.
What can be more rewarding than finishing work, going home knowing you have made a difference in someone's life? In society we have individuals who need caring and support for them to have quality lives and be healthy beings.
Therapy is a journey of growth and personal development and something I am deeply passionate about. I work with individuals and couples with various difficulties and being able to facilitate a process of growth is a special experience to be a part of.
Therapy is a journey of growth and personal development and something I am deeply passionate about. I work with individuals and couples with various difficulties and being able to facilitate a process of growth is a special experience to be a part of.
Psychodynamic Counsellors
Is psychodynamic therapy evidence-based?
Studies have found psychodynamic therapy to be effective in treating conditions like social anxiety, eating disorders, chronic pain, some personality disorders, and depression; indeed, some studies have found it to be just as effective as CBT or medication. What’s more, several studies have found that the benefits of psychodynamic therapy tend to endure—even grow—long after treatment has ended.
How long does psychodynamic therapy last?
Unlike CBT and other more structured forms of therapy, psychodynamic therapy tends to be open-ended and may not be limited to a set number of sessions. It is common for clients to be in therapy for a year or longer and to see their therapist one to three times a week, though the exact schedule and timeline may vary depending on a client’s challenges and progress. However, brief psychodynamic therapy is available, which tends to be more goal-oriented and typically unfolds over 16 to 30 sessions.
Does psychodynamic therapy work?
Research finds that psychodynamic therapy can help someone manage or reduce symptoms of diagnosable mental health conditions like depression or anxiety. The modality may also offer a range of benefits that are harder to measure but just as valuable—such as increased self-worth or healthier relationships. While no therapy type will work for everyone, research and anecdotal evidence suggest that psychodynamic therapy can be highly effective.
What are the limitations of psychodynamic therapy?
Some meta-analyses have concluded that there is little evidence to suggest that psychodynamic therapy can effectively treat certain mental health conditions such as PTSD, OCD, or psychosis, though it is sometimes used to do so. More broadly, the open-ended, free-association structure of psychodynamic therapy may be frustrating for clients who prefer a more structured, time-limited, or goal-oriented approach.