Chronic Illness Therapists in Craighall
I hold a Doctorate in Psychology and bring over 20 years of experience working across trauma-focused settings, including crisis lines and private practice. Throughout my career, I have been committed to supporting individuals facing complex emotional and psychological challenges. My work integrates academic training with practical experience, allowing me to offer a holistic, compassionate approach to healing. By blending evidence-based psychological frameworks with integrative practices, I aim to support meaningful and sustainable transformation for those I work with.
I hold a Doctorate in Psychology and bring over 20 years of experience working across trauma-focused settings, including crisis lines and private practice. Throughout my career, I have been committed to supporting individuals facing complex emotional and psychological challenges. My work integrates academic training with practical experience, allowing me to offer a holistic, compassionate approach to healing. By blending evidence-based psychological frameworks with integrative practices, I aim to support meaningful and sustainable transformation for those I work with.
Some clients struggle with academic or workplace pressure, while others feel emotionally drained from caring for others, navigating family challenges, or managing chronic stress and chronic illness.
Quiet Cadence Wellness Practice offers supportive, non-clinical wellness counselling for individuals navigating stress, life transitions, trauma, couples counselling, emotional support, psycho-education, reflective practices and chronic illness.
Some clients struggle with academic or workplace pressure, while others feel emotionally drained from caring for others, navigating family challenges, or managing chronic stress and chronic illness.
Quiet Cadence Wellness Practice offers supportive, non-clinical wellness counselling for individuals navigating stress, life transitions, trauma, couples counselling, emotional support, psycho-education, reflective practices and chronic illness.
Seeking psychological services can be a confusing and daunting experience however I aim to provide a safe, empathic, non-judgmental and collaborative therapeutic environment where we work together in gaining insight into your difficulties and experiences; and carve out space for healing, growth, fulfilment and meaning in your life.
Seeking psychological services can be a confusing and daunting experience however I aim to provide a safe, empathic, non-judgmental and collaborative therapeutic environment where we work together in gaining insight into your difficulties and experiences; and carve out space for healing, growth, fulfilment and meaning in your life.
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Specializations include chronic illness management, weight management counselling, insomnia, grief and panic attacks.
I am an empathic and passionate Counselling Psychologist offering services for Individuals, couples, families, groups and organizations. Psychological assessment (incl. career guidance assessments) and psychotherapy are part of the services offered to adults, adolescents and children. Both inpatient and outpatient mental health services are offered. Clients are assisted to live life without the hindrance of emotional, behavioural and cognitive struggles. Services are offered in a non judgemental space with support in developing more fulfilling life experiences.
Specializations include chronic illness management, weight management counselling, insomnia, grief and panic attacks.
I am an empathic and passionate Counselling Psychologist offering services for Individuals, couples, families, groups and organizations. Psychological assessment (incl. career guidance assessments) and psychotherapy are part of the services offered to adults, adolescents and children. Both inpatient and outpatient mental health services are offered. Clients are assisted to live life without the hindrance of emotional, behavioural and cognitive struggles. Services are offered in a non judgemental space with support in developing more fulfilling life experiences.
Let's talk about how evidence-based psychotherapeutic techniques can help you to manage anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma, chronic pain and living with chronic illness.
Through my research, practical experience, and personal experience, I can offer you understanding, a space to be heard, and evidence-based techniques to empower you, boost your insight into yourself, and stimulate your healing.
Let's talk about how evidence-based psychotherapeutic techniques can help you to manage anxiety, depression, relationships, trauma, chronic pain and living with chronic illness.
Through my research, practical experience, and personal experience, I can offer you understanding, a space to be heard, and evidence-based techniques to empower you, boost your insight into yourself, and stimulate your healing.
Trust the process of healing: a Person’s life experiences directly impact on their overall wellbeing. When we experience trauma or severe life stressors, it is not uncommon for our lives to unravel. Often underlying emotional problems need to be addressed before a lasting improvement in a person's quality of life can take place. Christel completed her internship at 1 Military Hospital where she was exposed to various aspects of psychodynamic imbalances and trauma-spectrum manifestations within a diverse demographic and cultural client base.
Trust the process of healing: a Person’s life experiences directly impact on their overall wellbeing. When we experience trauma or severe life stressors, it is not uncommon for our lives to unravel. Often underlying emotional problems need to be addressed before a lasting improvement in a person's quality of life can take place. Christel completed her internship at 1 Military Hospital where she was exposed to various aspects of psychodynamic imbalances and trauma-spectrum manifestations within a diverse demographic and cultural client base.
My ideal clients are individuals and families navigating chronic illness, serious medical diagnoses, or palliative care journeys.
I provide counselling for individuals and families facing chronic illness, serious diagnoses, and palliative care journeys. My approach helps clients process difficult emotions, cope with uncertainty, and find grounding during medical and life transitions, while strengthening resilience, communication, and meaning in challenging circumstances.
My ideal clients are individuals and families navigating chronic illness, serious medical diagnoses, or palliative care journeys.
I provide counselling for individuals and families facing chronic illness, serious diagnoses, and palliative care journeys. My approach helps clients process difficult emotions, cope with uncertainty, and find grounding during medical and life transitions, while strengthening resilience, communication, and meaning in challenging circumstances.
Hi . If you need couple therapy , child and teen behavior therapy , life stressors therapy, bereavement,life coaching , substance use therapy and rehab refer report , chronic health condition counseling, family conflict mediation, work stress related coaching, anger management counseling and any other issues that is affecting your emotional and psychological well being feel free to reach out to me . MEDICAL AID ACCEPTED. I AM FLUENT IN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES ; ZULU , XHOSA , N /S SOTHO N.B if keen to do coaching through WhatsApp messaging ,do reach out .
Hi . If you need couple therapy , child and teen behavior therapy , life stressors therapy, bereavement,life coaching , substance use therapy and rehab refer report , chronic health condition counseling, family conflict mediation, work stress related coaching, anger management counseling and any other issues that is affecting your emotional and psychological well being feel free to reach out to me . MEDICAL AID ACCEPTED. I AM FLUENT IN THE FOLLOWING LANGUAGES ; ZULU , XHOSA , N /S SOTHO N.B if keen to do coaching through WhatsApp messaging ,do reach out .
My work is especially suited to individuals who feel overwhelmed, stuck in patterns of self-doubt, or disconnected from their bodies, whether due to stress, burnout, chronic illness, or past experiences.
Alongside sex and intimacy work, I support clients navigating chronic pain, illness and nervous system dysregulation. These experiences often shape how we relate to ourselves and others. My approach focuses on helping you understand your patterns, regulate your nervous system, and explore your experiences at a pace that feels safe and manageable for you.
My work is especially suited to individuals who feel overwhelmed, stuck in patterns of self-doubt, or disconnected from their bodies, whether due to stress, burnout, chronic illness, or past experiences.
Alongside sex and intimacy work, I support clients navigating chronic pain, illness and nervous system dysregulation. These experiences often shape how we relate to ourselves and others. My approach focuses on helping you understand your patterns, regulate your nervous system, and explore your experiences at a pace that feels safe and manageable for you.
I work with individuals, couples and families. This work spans from stress management, personal growth and optimal performance, to psychological disorders such as anxiety/panic, OCD, depression, trauma, personality disorders, narcissistic abuse and neurodivergence. I also have special interest in the complexity of chronic pain and medical illness.
I work with individuals, couples and families. This work spans from stress management, personal growth and optimal performance, to psychological disorders such as anxiety/panic, OCD, depression, trauma, personality disorders, narcissistic abuse and neurodivergence. I also have special interest in the complexity of chronic pain and medical illness.
I am an experienced Clinical Psychologist, Executive and Team Coach, who is passionate about facilitating inclusive and equitable health care for marginalised groups. I am able to create safe spaces for individuals and groups, to navigate emotional and behavioural challenges associated with transitions (e.g. coping with chronic health conditions). Our newly established social enterprise, BionicsForAfrika Healthcare (B4AHC), specialises in the provision of comprehensive Family Psycho-Social Care and Assistive Devices (prostheses and bionic limbs), to contribute towards the improvement of quality of life, of Differently Able children.
I am an experienced Clinical Psychologist, Executive and Team Coach, who is passionate about facilitating inclusive and equitable health care for marginalised groups. I am able to create safe spaces for individuals and groups, to navigate emotional and behavioural challenges associated with transitions (e.g. coping with chronic health conditions). Our newly established social enterprise, BionicsForAfrika Healthcare (B4AHC), specialises in the provision of comprehensive Family Psycho-Social Care and Assistive Devices (prostheses and bionic limbs), to contribute towards the improvement of quality of life, of Differently Able children.
A warm welcome to my practice!
I am a seasoned psychologist with 36 years' experience in private practice, Linden, Johannesburg. My ideal clients are adults, couples, families and teenagers.
It is my life passion and purpose to assist, support and steer my clients towards innovative approaches and solutions for their challenges. My expertise addresses a wide range of difficulties such as anxiety, depression, ADD, OCD, personal issues, relationship and work obstacles. I believe that for every hardship there is a creative way to bring comfort and solutions. My aim with my therapy is to inspire my clients with hope for the future!
A warm welcome to my practice!
I am a seasoned psychologist with 36 years' experience in private practice, Linden, Johannesburg. My ideal clients are adults, couples, families and teenagers.
It is my life passion and purpose to assist, support and steer my clients towards innovative approaches and solutions for their challenges. My expertise addresses a wide range of difficulties such as anxiety, depression, ADD, OCD, personal issues, relationship and work obstacles. I believe that for every hardship there is a creative way to bring comfort and solutions. My aim with my therapy is to inspire my clients with hope for the future!
Psychotherapy provides a safe, non-judgmental and confidential space in which to explore and better understand yourself, your relationships and your challenges or difficulties. I am fluent in Afrikaans and English. I am trained in a number of approaches, such as Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Narrative therapy, and Solution-focused Therapy. I work integratively, depending on the needs and best interest of the client.
Psychotherapy provides a safe, non-judgmental and confidential space in which to explore and better understand yourself, your relationships and your challenges or difficulties. I am fluent in Afrikaans and English. I am trained in a number of approaches, such as Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy, Narrative therapy, and Solution-focused Therapy. I work integratively, depending on the needs and best interest of the client.
I am passionate about helping people from all walks of life along their healing journey.
I am passionate about helping people from all walks of life along their healing journey.
We offer a welcoming environment for everyone to share his or life challenges. We help you to have hope and to deal with your challenge in a constructive and realistic manner. Do you have challenges in your marriage? Do you have challenges in guiding your children about life issues? Are you stressed due to work pressure or issues at work? Do you feel depressed due to life issues? We help all who experience these challenges - and more.
We offer a welcoming environment for everyone to share his or life challenges. We help you to have hope and to deal with your challenge in a constructive and realistic manner. Do you have challenges in your marriage? Do you have challenges in guiding your children about life issues? Are you stressed due to work pressure or issues at work? Do you feel depressed due to life issues? We help all who experience these challenges - and more.
Life is tough, sometimes very tough. Us, as human beings often forget to take care of the most basic of our needs in favor of immediate responsibilities and often put off the things that fuel us - when our fuel runs out, we are left with the wreckage and very little motivation to pick up those pieces. The healing journey offers a space to recuperate and learn to know and love ourselves again and to remember that sometimes its okay to not be okay. I journey with those who come see me, and noting is more beautiful and rewarding for to see someone transform their lives into something they have always wanted.
Life is tough, sometimes very tough. Us, as human beings often forget to take care of the most basic of our needs in favor of immediate responsibilities and often put off the things that fuel us - when our fuel runs out, we are left with the wreckage and very little motivation to pick up those pieces. The healing journey offers a space to recuperate and learn to know and love ourselves again and to remember that sometimes its okay to not be okay. I journey with those who come see me, and noting is more beautiful and rewarding for to see someone transform their lives into something they have always wanted.
Relationships, families and individuals are affected by many events that happen in daily lives. Events like, death, divorce, infidelity, work pressure, lack of communication, children issues, mental illness etc. have an impact on individuals, relationships and families. I help individuals, relationships and families to cope with daily events, impart coping skills and improve psychological well being.
Relationships, families and individuals are affected by many events that happen in daily lives. Events like, death, divorce, infidelity, work pressure, lack of communication, children issues, mental illness etc. have an impact on individuals, relationships and families. I help individuals, relationships and families to cope with daily events, impart coping skills and improve psychological well being.
Portia @The Veritas Change
General Counsellor, MSc, ASCHP Specialist Wellness Counsellor
Dainfern 2055
You may be appearing to function well in your daily life, but internally, you feel overwhelmed, emotionally stuck, or disconnected. Perhaps anxiety, relationship strain, or a major life transition has left you feeling uncertain and emotionally depleted.
Many of the people I work with are high achievers who are internally exhausted or confused by their own emotional responses. If you are seeking clarity, emotional balance, and a safe, non-judgmental space to understand yourself more deeply, you are in the right place.
You may be appearing to function well in your daily life, but internally, you feel overwhelmed, emotionally stuck, or disconnected. Perhaps anxiety, relationship strain, or a major life transition has left you feeling uncertain and emotionally depleted.
Many of the people I work with are high achievers who are internally exhausted or confused by their own emotional responses. If you are seeking clarity, emotional balance, and a safe, non-judgmental space to understand yourself more deeply, you are in the right place.
I am a therapist who work with individuals. I see children, adolescents and adults. Each patient is a person with a unique biography which include both their joys and struggles. I focus on the person and through our relationship I do my best to help them to understand their thoughts and feelings and to get to know why they feel and behave the way they do. On our journey together we explore whatever they bring, be it a thought, a feeling, a relationship, a dream, a stuckness or a symptom. Therapy, like other relationships, can be difficult. The difference is that this relationship’s purpose is to bring healing and acceptance.
I am a therapist who work with individuals. I see children, adolescents and adults. Each patient is a person with a unique biography which include both their joys and struggles. I focus on the person and through our relationship I do my best to help them to understand their thoughts and feelings and to get to know why they feel and behave the way they do. On our journey together we explore whatever they bring, be it a thought, a feeling, a relationship, a dream, a stuckness or a symptom. Therapy, like other relationships, can be difficult. The difference is that this relationship’s purpose is to bring healing and acceptance.
Feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, angry, low energy/exhaustion/chronic fatigue etc., could be signs that you may need psychological support. We provide a safe, supportive, space to help you navigate various aspects of life such as: •Stress, Anger, Depression, Anxiety: We help you develop self-awareness, resilience etc
•Relationship & Family: Couples, Interpersonal Conflict, Parenting, Separation
•Workplace: Disciplinary, Retrenchment, Conflict with Co-Workers/Management, Career Change, Career Mobility, Poor Performance, Burnout
•Child/Teen/Adolescent: ADHD, Career Counselling, Subject Choice guidance & Scholastic support
Feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, angry, low energy/exhaustion/chronic fatigue etc., could be signs that you may need psychological support. We provide a safe, supportive, space to help you navigate various aspects of life such as: •Stress, Anger, Depression, Anxiety: We help you develop self-awareness, resilience etc
•Relationship & Family: Couples, Interpersonal Conflict, Parenting, Separation
•Workplace: Disciplinary, Retrenchment, Conflict with Co-Workers/Management, Career Change, Career Mobility, Poor Performance, Burnout
•Child/Teen/Adolescent: ADHD, Career Counselling, Subject Choice guidance & Scholastic support
Nearby Chronic Illness Counsellors Searches for Craighall
- Greenside
- Houghton
- Hyde Park
- Johannesburg
- Johannesburg North
- Linden
- Morningside
- Northcliff
- Parktown North
- Randburg
- Rosebank
- Sandton
Chronic Illness Counsellors
How does therapy for chronic illness work?
Many people living with a chronic illness may feel they cannot speak honestly about their experience out of embarrassment or fear of being a burden, or because those close to them do not understand, for example, that they may “look good” even if they do not feel good. Therapy sessions are an opportunity to speak openly with someone who knows their symptoms are not in their head and who can offer practical, proven suggestions for managing feelings of grief, shame, or fatigue, such as techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts about symptoms and develop new ways to respond to them, such as distraction or calming breathing practices.
Can therapy help with physical symptoms of chronic illness?
Yes, especially if an individual with chronic illness has developed depression. People with depression are less likely to maintain their health treatment regimens or to take positive steps to manage physical symptoms when they arise, thereby potentially complicating their medical prognosis. Treatment of depression, through talk therapy, medication, or both, will often improve one’s physical state as it eases the emotional burden of illness.
What are the most effective treatment options for chronic illness?
No one living with a chronic illness, or their loved ones, should see depression as an unavoidable result of their condition. Instead, they should actively seek treatment. Research shows that people with depression are less likely to devote the required time and effort to maintaining or monitoring their health, and so therapy to limit the risk of depression can be vital for physical health as well. Therapeutic approaches such as cognitive behavioural therapy and mindfulness-based stress reduction have been found to help individuals reduce stress and anxiety.
How long does therapy for chronic illness take?
There is no set timeline for therapy for people living with chronic illnesses, but many will see a therapist for a number of weeks or months, typically spanning at least 12 weekly sessions. Some people feel that they experience progress faster than others but even some who quickly feel improvement may continue with sessions for months or years. Some people may benefit from maintenance therapy if their symptoms change or they experience a decline in physical health. Others find that the skills learned in short-term therapy can be used on an ongoing basis, even after therapy has concluded.