Addiction Therapists in Emmarentia

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Danieyella Rodin Drama Therapy
Art Therapist, MA
1 Endorsed
I’m a trauma-informed drama therapist working with couples, adults, and adolescents navigating relationship conflicts, anxiety, grief, chronic health conditions (including scoliosis and autoimmune conditions), as well as life transitions such as relocating abroad, becoming a parent, or changing careers. Together, we uncover the stories shaping your experiences, trace their roots, and gently reshape them — or create new ones — so you can face challenges with greater strength, insight, and flexibility. My clients recognise that lasting change emerges through reflection, imagination, and embodied integration.
I’m a trauma-informed drama therapist working with couples, adults, and adolescents navigating relationship conflicts, anxiety, grief, chronic health conditions (including scoliosis and autoimmune conditions), as well as life transitions such as relocating abroad, becoming a parent, or changing careers. Together, we uncover the stories shaping your experiences, trace their roots, and gently reshape them — or create new ones — so you can face challenges with greater strength, insight, and flexibility. My clients recognise that lasting change emerges through reflection, imagination, and embodied integration.
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Frans J van Staden
Psychologist, HPCSA - Couns. Psych.
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I help adults, teenagers, athletes, students, performing artists, couples, groups, teams, leaders, sports players and organisations to deal with significant life events and challenges to transcend these towards achieving their goals and thrive by living an optimal life. These may include: Abuse, Academic Performance, Adjusting to Change/Life Transitions, Anxiety Disorders, Bereavement and Loss, Career Issues, Conflict, Forgiveness, Leadership Development, Performance Enhancement, Employee Well-being Interventions, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Public Speaking, Restructuring/Lay-offs, Sexual Trauma and other trauma of all kinds.
I help adults, teenagers, athletes, students, performing artists, couples, groups, teams, leaders, sports players and organisations to deal with significant life events and challenges to transcend these towards achieving their goals and thrive by living an optimal life. These may include: Abuse, Academic Performance, Adjusting to Change/Life Transitions, Anxiety Disorders, Bereavement and Loss, Career Issues, Conflict, Forgiveness, Leadership Development, Performance Enhancement, Employee Well-being Interventions, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Public Speaking, Restructuring/Lay-offs, Sexual Trauma and other trauma of all kinds.
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Carol Anne Nader
Psychologist, HPCSA - Counsellor
Serves Area
Do you need - Strategies to overcome relationship conflicts in your personal or work life? - Couples or marriage counselling?- Assistance with changes taking place in your life ? Help in dealing with a loss? - Support with feeling of depression and loneliness? - Techniques to conquer feelings of shock after a traumatic event? I offer counselling at reasonable rates.
Do you need - Strategies to overcome relationship conflicts in your personal or work life? - Couples or marriage counselling?- Assistance with changes taking place in your life ? Help in dealing with a loss? - Support with feeling of depression and loneliness? - Techniques to conquer feelings of shock after a traumatic event? I offer counselling at reasonable rates.
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Esther Engelbrecht
Registered Counsellor, HPCSA - Counsellor
Serves Area
There are times when our usual ways of coping no longer seem to work, and the conflicts we face at home, school, or in our daily lives begin to feel heavy. Whether you are feeling stuck or navigating trauma, anxiety, life transitions, or grief, I provide a safe, non-judgmental space. I offer individual support for adults and children (9+). My goal is to help you develop practical and solution-based strategies to manage stress and find a sense of calm that ripples out into your relationships and your home. Alongside person-centred counselling, I offer BrainWorking Recursive Therapy (BWRT) for rapid, solution-focused change.
There are times when our usual ways of coping no longer seem to work, and the conflicts we face at home, school, or in our daily lives begin to feel heavy. Whether you are feeling stuck or navigating trauma, anxiety, life transitions, or grief, I provide a safe, non-judgmental space. I offer individual support for adults and children (9+). My goal is to help you develop practical and solution-based strategies to manage stress and find a sense of calm that ripples out into your relationships and your home. Alongside person-centred counselling, I offer BrainWorking Recursive Therapy (BWRT) for rapid, solution-focused change.
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Omodirele Wellness
General Counsellor, BSocSci Hons
Serves Area
Can you manage situations that are beyond your control? Do you have control over your perception and are you able to manage your reaction to such situations? Would you like to gain a new feeling, with new insight about how to best approach the stressful situation even as it is occurring?
Can you manage situations that are beyond your control? Do you have control over your perception and are you able to manage your reaction to such situations? Would you like to gain a new feeling, with new insight about how to best approach the stressful situation even as it is occurring?
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Natasha Merlo
Social Worker, MSocSci, SACSSP
Serves Area
I support individuals struggling with drug/ alcohol addiction, problem gambling/gaming, or those seeking to moderate or reduce their substance use.
Sometimes the greatest source of distress isn't a single event, it's the feeling that you keep living the same story. The same self-doubt. The same relationships. The same ways of coping that no longer serve you. You may know these patterns well, yet still feel unable to change them. You may have spent years trying to understand yourself. You've read the books, listened to the podcasts, talked things through with friends, and perhaps even been to therapy before. Meaningful change begins with understanding. Therapy offers the opportunity to slow down and make sense of those patterns.
I support individuals struggling with drug/ alcohol addiction, problem gambling/gaming, or those seeking to moderate or reduce their substance use.
Sometimes the greatest source of distress isn't a single event, it's the feeling that you keep living the same story. The same self-doubt. The same relationships. The same ways of coping that no longer serve you. You may know these patterns well, yet still feel unable to change them. You may have spent years trying to understand yourself. You've read the books, listened to the podcasts, talked things through with friends, and perhaps even been to therapy before. Meaningful change begins with understanding. Therapy offers the opportunity to slow down and make sense of those patterns.
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Chelsea Bate Intervention
Social Worker, SACSSP
1 Endorsed
Sandton 2196
New limited Saturday sessions available until September. Is your teenager struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, school pressure, friendships, or emotional challenges? Are you a student or young adult feeling overwhelmed, stuck, unmotivated, or uncertain about your next steps? I provide specialised therapeutic support for teens and young adults, helping them navigate life's challenges, build resilience, and develop practical strategies for coping and growth. For convenience, I work out of two office spaces. One in Randburg, close to the Sandotn Clinic on Bram Fischer Drive, and another in Illovo at Illovo Square.
New limited Saturday sessions available until September. Is your teenager struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, school pressure, friendships, or emotional challenges? Are you a student or young adult feeling overwhelmed, stuck, unmotivated, or uncertain about your next steps? I provide specialised therapeutic support for teens and young adults, helping them navigate life's challenges, build resilience, and develop practical strategies for coping and growth. For convenience, I work out of two office spaces. One in Randburg, close to the Sandotn Clinic on Bram Fischer Drive, and another in Illovo at Illovo Square.
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Joachim Fana Lance Mureriwa
Psychologist, PhD
Serves Area
Do you have an addiction or Addictions?
Addictions lead to changes in brain function, which then reduces the person's ability to discontinue the addictive behavior even though it causes harm to self and others. This then leads to financial, social, work, and relationship problems. We use the EEG to identify the brain networks disrupted by the addiction and retrain the brain using EEG Biofeedback.
Do you have an addiction or Addictions?
Addictions lead to changes in brain function, which then reduces the person's ability to discontinue the addictive behavior even though it causes harm to self and others. This then leads to financial, social, work, and relationship problems. We use the EEG to identify the brain networks disrupted by the addiction and retrain the brain using EEG Biofeedback.
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Timothy King
General Counsellor
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
They are addicted to a substance or behaviour but they cannot afford to or have the time to check into in patient treatment.
Any addiction left untreated is progressive and often fatal BUT can be managed. Through the abstinence of the substance or input of choice and a change in lifestyle choices, counselling, support and accountability the recovering addict CAN maintain sobriety. I offer an out patient treatment program that is both affordable and effective.
They are addicted to a substance or behaviour but they cannot afford to or have the time to check into in patient treatment.
Any addiction left untreated is progressive and often fatal BUT can be managed. Through the abstinence of the substance or input of choice and a change in lifestyle choices, counselling, support and accountability the recovering addict CAN maintain sobriety. I offer an out patient treatment program that is both affordable and effective.
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Caroline Marokane
Psychologist, MA, HPCSA - Couns. Psych.
I am a registered Counselling Psychologist who provides a supportive, structured, and compassionate space for individuals navigating trauma, addiction, emotional regulation difficulties, and life transitions.
My approach is integrative and evidence based, drawing on modalities such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, Brainspotting and brain based interventions to support meaningful and sustainable change.
I am a registered Counselling Psychologist who provides a supportive, structured, and compassionate space for individuals navigating trauma, addiction, emotional regulation difficulties, and life transitions.
My approach is integrative and evidence based, drawing on modalities such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, Brainspotting and brain based interventions to support meaningful and sustainable change.
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Thalia Pretorius
Registered Counsellor
Online Only
In Support Counselling honours your journey, providing a safe, non-judgmental space to explore and overcome your personal challenges. With the emphasis on collaboration and mutual respect, we work together to develop personalized strategies that align with your goals and core values. We explore new perspectives, challenge limiting beliefs, and cultivate a deeper understanding of the self. My role is to help you recognize and leverage your personal expertise and strengths to empower you to become the architect of your own well-being.
In Support Counselling honours your journey, providing a safe, non-judgmental space to explore and overcome your personal challenges. With the emphasis on collaboration and mutual respect, we work together to develop personalized strategies that align with your goals and core values. We explore new perspectives, challenge limiting beliefs, and cultivate a deeper understanding of the self. My role is to help you recognize and leverage your personal expertise and strengths to empower you to become the architect of your own well-being.
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Tintswalo Healing and Counselling
Social Worker, BSocSci Hons
Bramley 2090
I specialize in Relationship issues, Marital issues,Coping Skills and Addiction
Hello, Thank you for reading my profile. I want to welcome and compliment you to make a first step of looking for a person who can help you. I am a registered social worker in private practice and i am based in Bramley, North of Johannesburg. Respect, Confidentiality and Non-judgemental approach are guaranteed. I offer therapy to people with different life challenges and trauma. I assist people to have good quality of life after dealing with their different life challenges.Feel free to send a message through and together we can. Our relationship will be based in trust. Safe, warm environment will be provided.
I specialize in Relationship issues, Marital issues,Coping Skills and Addiction
Hello, Thank you for reading my profile. I want to welcome and compliment you to make a first step of looking for a person who can help you. I am a registered social worker in private practice and i am based in Bramley, North of Johannesburg. Respect, Confidentiality and Non-judgemental approach are guaranteed. I offer therapy to people with different life challenges and trauma. I assist people to have good quality of life after dealing with their different life challenges.Feel free to send a message through and together we can. Our relationship will be based in trust. Safe, warm environment will be provided.
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Lathitha Private Practice
Social Worker, BSocSci Hons, SACSSP
1 Endorsed
Benoni 1501
3 Family Counseling 4 Substance abuse 5
Iam specially offer Psychosocial Support Counselling especially to Couples,Mental Health, Substance abuse ,Face to face intervention and online / virtual counselling. Referrals to those in need will be done for further management.I work collaboratively with clients to identify their goals,build resilience,strengthen healthy coping skills and improve relations
3 Family Counseling 4 Substance abuse 5
Iam specially offer Psychosocial Support Counselling especially to Couples,Mental Health, Substance abuse ,Face to face intervention and online / virtual counselling. Referrals to those in need will be done for further management.I work collaboratively with clients to identify their goals,build resilience,strengthen healthy coping skills and improve relations
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Sharlene Sema Raston
General Counsellor, BSocSci Hons, HPCSA - Psychometrist
Online Only
Anxiety, confusion, loss of direction, depression, excessive thinking, relationship problems, addictions, procrastination, spiritual struggles, traumas or do you simply need someone to speak to that you can trust, feel at ease and help you structure your thoughts in a safe and warm environment?
I am a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and Hypnotherapist, Life Coach and NLP Practitioner, Registered Psychometrist, specialized in addictions and my goal is to teach you how to use specific and necessary skills that will empower you to become your own therapist. These skills involve identifying distorted thinking, modifying beliefs and changing behaviors.
Anxiety, confusion, loss of direction, depression, excessive thinking, relationship problems, addictions, procrastination, spiritual struggles, traumas or do you simply need someone to speak to that you can trust, feel at ease and help you structure your thoughts in a safe and warm environment?
I am a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist and Hypnotherapist, Life Coach and NLP Practitioner, Registered Psychometrist, specialized in addictions and my goal is to teach you how to use specific and necessary skills that will empower you to become your own therapist. These skills involve identifying distorted thinking, modifying beliefs and changing behaviors.
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Jean-Marie Olwage
Registered Counsellor, HPCSA - Counsellor
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
Services include outpatient addiction support, couple counselling, trauma recovery, stress management, career guidance, employee wellness, single parenting support, Trisomy 18 pregnancy, and grief care.
I’m a qualified Counsellor, registered with both the HPCSA and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), with a background in nursing that’s shaped my lifelong commitment to supporting people through challenging times. Since 2007, I’ve run a private practice offering bilingual (English and Afrikaans) counselling—both in-person and online.
Services include outpatient addiction support, couple counselling, trauma recovery, stress management, career guidance, employee wellness, single parenting support, Trisomy 18 pregnancy, and grief care.
I’m a qualified Counsellor, registered with both the HPCSA and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), with a background in nursing that’s shaped my lifelong commitment to supporting people through challenging times. Since 2007, I’ve run a private practice offering bilingual (English and Afrikaans) counselling—both in-person and online.
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Hayley Frances Bredberg
General Counsellor
Online Only
If you’re struggling with: - Low self-esteem - Addiction - ADHD/ASD symptoms - Anxiety - Anger - Emotional dysregulation - Personal, gender, sexual identity, And if you need to find ways to: - Deal with trauma and crisis - Process and unpack past and present events - Set boundaries and gain assertiveness - Manage your relationship/s - Find meaning and purpose - Take better care of yourself, I’m here for you.
My specialties in my counselling practice are addiction, neurodivergence, self-understanding/awareness, and self-esteem. But, I can support you in many other areas as well. I offer online sessions for both individuals and couples as regularly as you require.
If you’re struggling with: - Low self-esteem - Addiction - ADHD/ASD symptoms - Anxiety - Anger - Emotional dysregulation - Personal, gender, sexual identity, And if you need to find ways to: - Deal with trauma and crisis - Process and unpack past and present events - Set boundaries and gain assertiveness - Manage your relationship/s - Find meaning and purpose - Take better care of yourself, I’m here for you.
My specialties in my counselling practice are addiction, neurodivergence, self-understanding/awareness, and self-esteem. But, I can support you in many other areas as well. I offer online sessions for both individuals and couples as regularly as you require.
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Sean King
Registered Counsellor, HPCSA - Counsellor
2 Endorsed
Edenvale 1609
They may be grappling with addiction, anxiety, depression, life stress, or trauma.
Building trust is essential for successful counselling. Together, we will explore and address your issues, finding effective solutions. Though challenging, this journey is vital for healing and growth. I guide and support clients as they navigate disorder and chaos, creating clarity.
They may be grappling with addiction, anxiety, depression, life stress, or trauma.
Building trust is essential for successful counselling. Together, we will explore and address your issues, finding effective solutions. Though challenging, this journey is vital for healing and growth. I guide and support clients as they navigate disorder and chaos, creating clarity.
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Sello Manzini
Psychologist, MA, HPCSA - Couns. Psych.
Centurion 0163
Starting therapy is a courageous and very important step. It is possible that you have experienced a variety of losses, changed how you normally feel, or felt a strong desire to understand more about and appreciate who you are. Counselling is a setting that can be useful for navigating these situations, discovering new identities, and getting over obstacles in life. The main objective of therapy is to essentially improve the client's relationship with themselves and the outside world, in addition to helping them realize their goals. We assist clients in pursuing their ideal quality of life during therapy.
Starting therapy is a courageous and very important step. It is possible that you have experienced a variety of losses, changed how you normally feel, or felt a strong desire to understand more about and appreciate who you are. Counselling is a setting that can be useful for navigating these situations, discovering new identities, and getting over obstacles in life. The main objective of therapy is to essentially improve the client's relationship with themselves and the outside world, in addition to helping them realize their goals. We assist clients in pursuing their ideal quality of life during therapy.
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TM Counselling Steyn City - Tanna Beautement
Registered Counsellor, BSocSci Hons, HPCSA - Counsellor
Midrand 1685
You may be struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship conflict, life transitions, or the impact of addiction, whether personally or within your family.
I support individuals navigating anxiety, self-esteem challenges, relationships, life transitions, and addiction-related concerns. My specialty includes addiction support through early intervention, relapse-prevention strategies, and psychoeducation, with solution-focused counselling that builds resilience, insight, and practical coping skills.
You may be struggling with anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship conflict, life transitions, or the impact of addiction, whether personally or within your family.
I support individuals navigating anxiety, self-esteem challenges, relationships, life transitions, and addiction-related concerns. My specialty includes addiction support through early intervention, relapse-prevention strategies, and psychoeducation, with solution-focused counselling that builds resilience, insight, and practical coping skills.
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Mandy-Leigh Samaria Van Aswegen
Registered Counsellor, BSocSci Hons, HPCSA - Counsellor
Serves Area
Addiction-The aim of my counselling is to systematically deconstruct the denial of the client around their addiction, guiding them in the process of facing reality and allowing them to take responsibility for how their addiction has affected their lives and the lives of their significant others.
BWRT Level One Practitioner. My focus is an integrative, holistic and personalized approach adapted to the needs of each individual client. No two fingerprints are alike, the detail of a fingerprint is influenced by many other factors besides genes. No client is alike “There is no one size that fits all”. I endure to empower a client by utilizing the clients’ strength, willingness, and motivation to recover.
Addiction-The aim of my counselling is to systematically deconstruct the denial of the client around their addiction, guiding them in the process of facing reality and allowing them to take responsibility for how their addiction has affected their lives and the lives of their significant others.
BWRT Level One Practitioner. My focus is an integrative, holistic and personalized approach adapted to the needs of each individual client. No two fingerprints are alike, the detail of a fingerprint is influenced by many other factors besides genes. No client is alike “There is no one size that fits all”. I endure to empower a client by utilizing the clients’ strength, willingness, and motivation to recover.
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Addiction Counsellors
What is the best therapy for addiction?
Addiction treatment will be tailored to the individual. People seeking help for addiction—whether with a psychotherapist, in an outpatient clinic, or in a residential program—should expect to engage in multiple types of treatments, sometimes including medication. For anyone recovering from addiction, avoiding situations in which one has typically used a substance is essential, as is the support of close connections. Since substance use disorders tend to co-occur with underlying mental health conditions such as anxiety or depression, those must also be addressed as part of any recovery plan.

How long does therapy for addiction take?
There is no set timeline for recovery from addiction. Patients and their families should expect the work to last several months, if not longer. Residential treatment programs may be based on a stay of 30, 60, or 90 days, with continuing work after release, but only about 1 percent of people are treated in such facilities. Ceasing use is just the first step; therapy to help maintain abstinence and effect behavior change must follow. The process of recovery, neuroscience has shown, involves brain cells recovering the capacity to respond to natural sources of reward and restore control over the impulse to use. Another definition of recovery is restoring voluntary control over one’s substance use and retaking all of one’s previous responsibilities.

How effective is drug addiction treatment?
Substance use disorders are treatable and remission is achievable for many who seek recovery; by some estimates, more than three-quarters of people who become addicted to alcohol or drugs recover. But that success rarely occurs quickly or on a set timeline; relapse is not only common, but many therapists and clinicians view it as a normal part of the process—not always a sign that a person has returned to addiction, but a signal that their treatment should be adjusted to help them regain control. Overall, research suggests, five years after the end of substance use, one’s risk of relapse is no greater than that of others who had not faced addiction. Other experts believe that complete abstinence is not the only measure of recovery, and that, through effective treatment, many people can learn to control their use.

How can you get addiction treatment for someone?
The most important factor in recovery from addiction is widely understood to be an individual’s commitment to change. For that reason,“interventions” in which friends and family gather to urge or force someone to begin immediate treatment often backfire; even when such efforts do lead someone to begin treatment, they may be less likely to stay than those who are self-driven. Still, family members can play an important role in supporting an individual who seeks help and can take part in family therapy as one element of a loved one’s treatment.