Attachment-based Therapists in Johannesburg
Inside you experience a quiet exhaustion from living so much in your headf - even while functioning well on the outside - analysing your life rather than actually experiencing being IN it; you can see your patterns clearly but realise that knowing all about them doesn't seem to change a thing... you've come to the right place.
If you feel responsible for everyone's mood, can't sit down without feeling lazy and have the persistent sense that here's more available in you than you've been able to reach... you've come to the right place.
Inside you experience a quiet exhaustion from living so much in your headf - even while functioning well on the outside - analysing your life rather than actually experiencing being IN it; you can see your patterns clearly but realise that knowing all about them doesn't seem to change a thing... you've come to the right place.
If you feel responsible for everyone's mood, can't sit down without feeling lazy and have the persistent sense that here's more available in you than you've been able to reach... you've come to the right place.
I've been a psychologist for 24 years, after a long business career. I'm committed to fostering a trusting relationship where individuals feel safe to open up and share their true selves. Together, we create a space where people discover inner qualities, strengths, and resilience, make sense of challenging situations and often painful pasts, and build a future where they maintain a strong sense of well-being. My experience shows that clients seek an open, honest, practical and future-focused therapist. I’m also a trained and experienced coach and can blend therapy and coaching.
I've been a psychologist for 24 years, after a long business career. I'm committed to fostering a trusting relationship where individuals feel safe to open up and share their true selves. Together, we create a space where people discover inner qualities, strengths, and resilience, make sense of challenging situations and often painful pasts, and build a future where they maintain a strong sense of well-being. My experience shows that clients seek an open, honest, practical and future-focused therapist. I’m also a trained and experienced coach and can blend therapy and coaching.
I Work with:
• Individuals navigating career changes, relationship issues, grief, or mental health concerns.
• Older adults & families coping with aging, caregiving responsibilities, or vulnerability in rural and urban communities.
• Corporates & organizations facing restructuring, leadership transitions, or workplace stress or burnout.
• Communities seeking stronger connections, healing, and systemic support.
My Approach
• Safe & Non-Judgmental Space: A place to express emotions freely.
• Resilience Building: Practical coping strategies for long-term well-being.
• Gerontological Support: Addressing age-related transitions.
I Work with:
• Individuals navigating career changes, relationship issues, grief, or mental health concerns.
• Older adults & families coping with aging, caregiving responsibilities, or vulnerability in rural and urban communities.
• Corporates & organizations facing restructuring, leadership transitions, or workplace stress or burnout.
• Communities seeking stronger connections, healing, and systemic support.
My Approach
• Safe & Non-Judgmental Space: A place to express emotions freely.
• Resilience Building: Practical coping strategies for long-term well-being.
• Gerontological Support: Addressing age-related transitions.
Zehira-Kedesh Trauma and Addiction
General Counsellor, ASCHP Specialist Wellness Counsellor
Serves Area
Zehira-Kedesh assists clients with sex addiction, betrayal trauma, marriage counselling, sexual assault (including rape), domestic violence, general trauma and more.
Zehira-Kedesh is a trauma and addiction counselling centre founded in 2019 with the aim of providing counselling that promotes holistic well-being in body, mind, and spirit.
It provides general and pastoral (Christian) counselling to the public. With two offices and a well-established online therapy practice, it assists people from diverse backgrounds, ages and beliefs.
The Zehira-Kedesh counselor is the only dual IITAP qualified CSAT and CPTT in South Africa.
Zehira-Kedesh assists clients with sex addiction, betrayal trauma, marriage counselling, sexual assault (including rape), domestic violence, general trauma and more.
Zehira-Kedesh is a trauma and addiction counselling centre founded in 2019 with the aim of providing counselling that promotes holistic well-being in body, mind, and spirit.
It provides general and pastoral (Christian) counselling to the public. With two offices and a well-established online therapy practice, it assists people from diverse backgrounds, ages and beliefs.
The Zehira-Kedesh counselor is the only dual IITAP qualified CSAT and CPTT in South Africa.
You deserve to have it all—to the career women, mothers, students, or daughters. Welcome; this space is for every anxious, stressed-out woman navigating life's challenges.
As a woman, I understand how overwhelming life can become. My goal is to provide quality, affordable, and flexible support in a space rooted in hope, acceptance, and compassion. I work best with women ready to invest in their mental well-being, embrace growth, and take meaningful steps toward lasting change. With a gentle, structured approach, personalized exercises, and practical resources, we'll create a healing journey that is both empowering and sustainable.
You deserve to have it all—to the career women, mothers, students, or daughters. Welcome; this space is for every anxious, stressed-out woman navigating life's challenges.
As a woman, I understand how overwhelming life can become. My goal is to provide quality, affordable, and flexible support in a space rooted in hope, acceptance, and compassion. I work best with women ready to invest in their mental well-being, embrace growth, and take meaningful steps toward lasting change. With a gentle, structured approach, personalized exercises, and practical resources, we'll create a healing journey that is both empowering and sustainable.
No doubt you are looking at this site because you want something in your life to change. You want to feel better, get out of a repetitive rut, make some relationship changes or improvements, or just feel better within your own skin. My clients find it a huge relief to share and process their concerns - within the safe space of my counselling room or via secure online therapy. I believe strongly in a gentle therapy method - a non-judgemental and compassionate attitude - creating a safe, nurturing space for healing and change to begin. I am very aware of how vulnerable one feels in making that first appointment. It is worth it!
No doubt you are looking at this site because you want something in your life to change. You want to feel better, get out of a repetitive rut, make some relationship changes or improvements, or just feel better within your own skin. My clients find it a huge relief to share and process their concerns - within the safe space of my counselling room or via secure online therapy. I believe strongly in a gentle therapy method - a non-judgemental and compassionate attitude - creating a safe, nurturing space for healing and change to begin. I am very aware of how vulnerable one feels in making that first appointment. It is worth it!
Sometimes the hardest step is not healing, it is reaching out.
You may have been carrying the weight of your struggles quietly for months/ even years. Perhaps your relationship feels distant, filled with unresolved conflict. Maybe you are lying awake at night replaying conversations, worrying about your child’s behaviour, grieving a loss that still feels raw or battling trauma that refuses to loosen its grip. You might be exhausted from work-related stress, overwhelmed by emotional pressure, or silently fighting thoughts you are afraid to share with anyone. The truth is, you do not have to reach a breaking point to deserve support.
Sometimes the hardest step is not healing, it is reaching out.
You may have been carrying the weight of your struggles quietly for months/ even years. Perhaps your relationship feels distant, filled with unresolved conflict. Maybe you are lying awake at night replaying conversations, worrying about your child’s behaviour, grieving a loss that still feels raw or battling trauma that refuses to loosen its grip. You might be exhausted from work-related stress, overwhelmed by emotional pressure, or silently fighting thoughts you are afraid to share with anyone. The truth is, you do not have to reach a breaking point to deserve support.
Jessica Harris Registered Counsellor
Registered Counsellor, BSocSci Hons, HPCSA - Counsellor
Serves Area
Each Counselling service approach is tailored to the clients’ needs, circumstances, systemic context, and characteristics. These significant factors inform the collaborative nature of interventions and counselling plans developed in the professional working relationship with clients. This is achieved through the use of holistic considerations, as well as integrated frameworks, techniques, modalities, and professional practices. These counselling services are offered to individuals, couples, families, and groups, of adults and adolescents.
Each Counselling service approach is tailored to the clients’ needs, circumstances, systemic context, and characteristics. These significant factors inform the collaborative nature of interventions and counselling plans developed in the professional working relationship with clients. This is achieved through the use of holistic considerations, as well as integrated frameworks, techniques, modalities, and professional practices. These counselling services are offered to individuals, couples, families, and groups, of adults and adolescents.
Life does not move in straight lines. Many people reach moments where something shifts such as a loss, a new role, a relationship change, or simply the feeling that life is asking something new of them.
Life does not move in straight lines. Many people reach moments where something shifts such as a loss, a new role, a relationship change, or simply the feeling that life is asking something new of them.
Hello, I'm Jodie!
You might be coping on the outside while feeling overwhelmed on the inside.
Life can feel heavy, uncertain or demanding and it can be difficult to make sense of everything being carried, especially when expectations continue to pile up. Anxiety, low mood, stress, grief, or significant life changes such as shifts in relationships, work, identity, or relocating can quietly add to this sense of strain. What is often needed is a space to slow down, speak openly, and feel understood without judgement, alongside support that helps bring clarity, steadiness, and a clearer way forward.
Hello, I'm Jodie!
You might be coping on the outside while feeling overwhelmed on the inside.
Life can feel heavy, uncertain or demanding and it can be difficult to make sense of everything being carried, especially when expectations continue to pile up. Anxiety, low mood, stress, grief, or significant life changes such as shifts in relationships, work, identity, or relocating can quietly add to this sense of strain. What is often needed is a space to slow down, speak openly, and feel understood without judgement, alongside support that helps bring clarity, steadiness, and a clearer way forward.
I work with individuals, couples and families who are navigating emotional strain, life transitions, relationship challenges or trauma. Even when you’re coping on the outside, it can feel heavy to manage alone. Counselling offers a steady space to slow down and make sense of what you’re carrying. My approach is person-centred, we move at your pace, with respect for your boundaries and autonomy. If this feels like a fit, reach out to schedule a session.
I work with individuals, couples and families who are navigating emotional strain, life transitions, relationship challenges or trauma. Even when you’re coping on the outside, it can feel heavy to manage alone. Counselling offers a steady space to slow down and make sense of what you’re carrying. My approach is person-centred, we move at your pace, with respect for your boundaries and autonomy. If this feels like a fit, reach out to schedule a session.
Developmental and systemic trauma can profoundly shape how we show up in the world—as individuals, leaders, and members of community. I specialise in working with childhood and attachment trauma, as well as the systemic wounds related to race, gender, and organisational culture. My approaches support clients to metabolise and integrate these complex life experiences, deepening emotional embodiment, and restoring connection with innate wisdom, creative aliveness, and inner resources.
Through the therapeutic process, we open pathways to greater meaning, social connection, and personal effectiveness.
Developmental and systemic trauma can profoundly shape how we show up in the world—as individuals, leaders, and members of community. I specialise in working with childhood and attachment trauma, as well as the systemic wounds related to race, gender, and organisational culture. My approaches support clients to metabolise and integrate these complex life experiences, deepening emotional embodiment, and restoring connection with innate wisdom, creative aliveness, and inner resources.
Through the therapeutic process, we open pathways to greater meaning, social connection, and personal effectiveness.
PKS Counselling Therapist - Patrizia
General Counsellor, BSocSci Hons, ASCHP Wellness Counsellor
Serves Area
Life can be tough, and sometimes it’s hard to see a clear path forward. The habits and patterns we’ve carried since childhood can feel impossible to break, making it seem like we’re stuck in the same cycles with the same outcomes. If you’re feeling weighed down or wondering when things will change, know that finding a counselor who truly understands your unique needs can make all the difference. I’m here to support you on this journey with attentive listening and guidance shaped around your experiences.
Life can be tough, and sometimes it’s hard to see a clear path forward. The habits and patterns we’ve carried since childhood can feel impossible to break, making it seem like we’re stuck in the same cycles with the same outcomes. If you’re feeling weighed down or wondering when things will change, know that finding a counselor who truly understands your unique needs can make all the difference. I’m here to support you on this journey with attentive listening and guidance shaped around your experiences.
I offer counselling and therapeutic life coaching. Clients will come to me with a range of problems and often feel some confusion. In our work we will clarify the problem and see what is most challenging for you at the present time. We will discover where this confusion arises in the body and mind and be able to see what started it. Perhaps this has been triggered in the past: by an environment, people, a person, upbringing etc. The work we do is non-judgemental and my purpose is to help you find your way out of the confusion and suffering, so you can find success, purpose and meaning in your life. I will be with you all the way
I offer counselling and therapeutic life coaching. Clients will come to me with a range of problems and often feel some confusion. In our work we will clarify the problem and see what is most challenging for you at the present time. We will discover where this confusion arises in the body and mind and be able to see what started it. Perhaps this has been triggered in the past: by an environment, people, a person, upbringing etc. The work we do is non-judgemental and my purpose is to help you find your way out of the confusion and suffering, so you can find success, purpose and meaning in your life. I will be with you all the way
Do you experience body shaming, anxiety, fear, experience bullying, low esteem, loneliness, Gender based violence, Self-harm and stress? Are you finding it difficult to manage your everyday life and reach your goals? Would you also wish to begin leading a happy life that is supported and has a purpose? If any of the above questions resonate with you, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me to discuss how I can help you accomplish your objectives and strengthen your bonds with your loved ones, parents, co-workers, and friends. As a professional social worker, I specialise in helping individuals, couples with counselling.
Do you experience body shaming, anxiety, fear, experience bullying, low esteem, loneliness, Gender based violence, Self-harm and stress? Are you finding it difficult to manage your everyday life and reach your goals? Would you also wish to begin leading a happy life that is supported and has a purpose? If any of the above questions resonate with you, please don't hesitate to get in touch with me to discuss how I can help you accomplish your objectives and strengthen your bonds with your loved ones, parents, co-workers, and friends. As a professional social worker, I specialise in helping individuals, couples with counselling.
Working with children through to adulthood, I enjoy working with a variety of issues. Ideally, clients wanting to work on emotional (or behavioral) difficulties, personal development, self-insight & improving their general emotional well-being - in other words, being invested in their process - yields the best therapeutic results. Change is a process & through a collaborative therapeutic process, clients can benefit from my experience & education as I guide them through understanding their past experiences, & impact on present life, clients can gain insight, learn skills & grow from therapy at any age.
Working with children through to adulthood, I enjoy working with a variety of issues. Ideally, clients wanting to work on emotional (or behavioral) difficulties, personal development, self-insight & improving their general emotional well-being - in other words, being invested in their process - yields the best therapeutic results. Change is a process & through a collaborative therapeutic process, clients can benefit from my experience & education as I guide them through understanding their past experiences, & impact on present life, clients can gain insight, learn skills & grow from therapy at any age.
I help people who are stuck, in their heads or in undigested emotions, or in difficult life circumstances, relationships and families. I teach that the only person you can change is yourself, but when you do, the ripple effect is massive. Be the change you want to see, never mind what trauma has led to your anxiety, depression etc. We're all addicts: we all have devoted habits or coping mechanisms. After a while these harm us. Find another way. I use a Transpersonal approach because it's v effective. This means I remind you you are connected to something greater than yourself, however you define that - and how to employ that daily.
I help people who are stuck, in their heads or in undigested emotions, or in difficult life circumstances, relationships and families. I teach that the only person you can change is yourself, but when you do, the ripple effect is massive. Be the change you want to see, never mind what trauma has led to your anxiety, depression etc. We're all addicts: we all have devoted habits or coping mechanisms. After a while these harm us. Find another way. I use a Transpersonal approach because it's v effective. This means I remind you you are connected to something greater than yourself, however you define that - and how to employ that daily.
My ideal clients are children, adolescents and adults seeking support for anxiety, depression, stress, life transitions, relationship challenges, identity issues, self-esteem, or neurodiversity-related concerns. They come to therapy looking for greater understanding, practical coping strategies, and meaningful change. Together, we create a collaborative, evidence-based, and compassionate space to explore challenges, build on strengths, and develop the skills and confidence to move forward.
My ideal clients are children, adolescents and adults seeking support for anxiety, depression, stress, life transitions, relationship challenges, identity issues, self-esteem, or neurodiversity-related concerns. They come to therapy looking for greater understanding, practical coping strategies, and meaningful change. Together, we create a collaborative, evidence-based, and compassionate space to explore challenges, build on strengths, and develop the skills and confidence to move forward.
Terri Harford
General Counsellor, ASCHP Specialist Wellness Counsellor
Serves Area
Not accepting new clients
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 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.
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