Anxiety Therapists in Pretoria
My approach to therapy is rooted in empathy ,compassion, recognising, and appreciating the complexities of the human functioning. Access to psychotherapy is an investment not only for ourselves but for our loved ones. I am HPCSA registered and licensed Clinical Psychologist with the ability to build rapport to facilitate client insight and growth. I am a multilingual and skilled to work within a multicultural context, with individuals, groups, couples and families.
My approach to therapy is rooted in empathy ,compassion, recognising, and appreciating the complexities of the human functioning. Access to psychotherapy is an investment not only for ourselves but for our loved ones. I am HPCSA registered and licensed Clinical Psychologist with the ability to build rapport to facilitate client insight and growth. I am a multilingual and skilled to work within a multicultural context, with individuals, groups, couples and families.
Pretoria Psychologists (Pty) Ltd boats more than 40 years of combined experience in mental health services. The practice was established in the 1990s by Dr. Elaine Bing and Jacqui van Staden. Currently, this dynamic practice is managed by Nkateko Ndala-Magoro. We are a multidisciplinary team who offer a range of services within our expertise and speak all 11 South African languages.
Pretoria Psychologists (Pty) Ltd boats more than 40 years of combined experience in mental health services. The practice was established in the 1990s by Dr. Elaine Bing and Jacqui van Staden. Currently, this dynamic practice is managed by Nkateko Ndala-Magoro. We are a multidisciplinary team who offer a range of services within our expertise and speak all 11 South African languages.
My approach is holistic and systemic: we won't just focus on what's happening internally, but also on the external factors contributing to your stress, anxiety, or emotional pain.
I specialize in helping individuals who feel overwhelmed by major life transitions, career stress, or relational conflict. Using a trauma-informed lens, I help you identify the patterns and resources within your environment that are either holding you back or propelling you forward.
My approach is holistic and systemic: we won't just focus on what's happening internally, but also on the external factors contributing to your stress, anxiety, or emotional pain.
I specialize in helping individuals who feel overwhelmed by major life transitions, career stress, or relational conflict. Using a trauma-informed lens, I help you identify the patterns and resources within your environment that are either holding you back or propelling you forward.
Shaminah Ketelo Shaai
General Counsellor, ASCHP Specialist Wellness Counsellor
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Whether you are dealing with anxiety, stress, personal transitions, or emotional distress, I am here for you and with you.
I offer counselling in English, Xitsonga, and Sepedi. I am also conversational in IsiZulu, Setswana, and Tshivenda.
Whether you are dealing with anxiety, stress, personal transitions, or emotional distress, I am here for you and with you.
I offer counselling in English, Xitsonga, and Sepedi. I am also conversational in IsiZulu, Setswana, and Tshivenda.
If you struggle with difficult emotions, anxiety, depression, or relationship issues, know that you're not alone.
Raised Muslim, I empathize with cultural barriers to mental health. Most of my clientele are adults and teens, particularly people of color (black, colored, indian, etc.) and marginalized communities (LGBTQIA+). My international experience(USA, Canada, RSA) makes me a common choice for South Africans living abroad.
If you struggle with difficult emotions, anxiety, depression, or relationship issues, know that you're not alone.
Raised Muslim, I empathize with cultural barriers to mental health. Most of my clientele are adults and teens, particularly people of color (black, colored, indian, etc.) and marginalized communities (LGBTQIA+). My international experience(USA, Canada, RSA) makes me a common choice for South Africans living abroad.
Providing comprehensive mental healthcare and therapeutic support clients through life changes utilising best practice and innovative evidence based psychotherapeutic techniques in all phases of life, with the purpose of enhancing their interaction and thereby enabling them to thrive.
Providing comprehensive mental healthcare and therapeutic support clients through life changes utilising best practice and innovative evidence based psychotherapeutic techniques in all phases of life, with the purpose of enhancing their interaction and thereby enabling them to thrive.
I assist with feelings of depression, anxiety, stress, bereavement and do trauma debriefing.
I am a passionate, bilingual Wellness Counsellor, animal lover and mom of young adults with lived experience in many areas. If you’re navigating personal struggles or relationship challenges or just need a listening ear, know that I’m here to support you. I urge you to take that brave step toward a brighter tomorrow and connect with me today. Let’s embark on this transformative journey together. I am available after hours and on Saturdays at a rate of R450 per 50 minute session for individual online sessions. Couples online sessions at R590. I hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the UNISA and registered with the ASCHP.
I assist with feelings of depression, anxiety, stress, bereavement and do trauma debriefing.
I am a passionate, bilingual Wellness Counsellor, animal lover and mom of young adults with lived experience in many areas. If you’re navigating personal struggles or relationship challenges or just need a listening ear, know that I’m here to support you. I urge you to take that brave step toward a brighter tomorrow and connect with me today. Let’s embark on this transformative journey together. I am available after hours and on Saturdays at a rate of R450 per 50 minute session for individual online sessions. Couples online sessions at R590. I hold a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from the UNISA and registered with the ASCHP.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT is a proven, effective approach that has been widely researched and shown to be beneficial for a variety of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, stress, and more.
The way we see ourselves, often shaped by past experiences, can become the biggest obstacle to our growth. To move forward, we must challenge these self-imposed limits and reshape our mindset to welcome new possibilities. One of life’s most incredible realisations is that we are not bound by who we’ve been - we have the ability to change.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy CBT is a proven, effective approach that has been widely researched and shown to be beneficial for a variety of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, stress, and more.
The way we see ourselves, often shaped by past experiences, can become the biggest obstacle to our growth. To move forward, we must challenge these self-imposed limits and reshape our mindset to welcome new possibilities. One of life’s most incredible realisations is that we are not bound by who we’ve been - we have the ability to change.
You may be wondering about or struggling with life issues, chronic illness, anxiety, mood disorders or even with others in your life.
I deliver bespoke therapeutic intervention based on the reason for contacting me. I have been in practice for 20 years and bring to the session vast experience. I continue learning everyday and aim to engage with my clients on an deep professional level to help address their identified needs. I have vast experience as part of multidisciplinary teams in med
You may be wondering about or struggling with life issues, chronic illness, anxiety, mood disorders or even with others in your life.
I deliver bespoke therapeutic intervention based on the reason for contacting me. I have been in practice for 20 years and bring to the session vast experience. I continue learning everyday and aim to engage with my clients on an deep professional level to help address their identified needs. I have vast experience as part of multidisciplinary teams in med
As a Clinical Psychologist, I feel passionate about helping individuals discover their strengths, cope with daily challenges, and assist them in coping with or working through emotional distress in a safe environment. I offer play therapy to children 4-12 years of age and psychotherapy to adolescents and adults.
As a Clinical Psychologist, I feel passionate about helping individuals discover their strengths, cope with daily challenges, and assist them in coping with or working through emotional distress in a safe environment. I offer play therapy to children 4-12 years of age and psychotherapy to adolescents and adults.
I am a registered counselling psychologist in private practice serving the greater Tshwane region (Pretoria, Pretoria North, Rayton, Cullinan, Bronkhorstspruit). I believe that each individual has the inherent ability and resourcefulness to find solutions for the challenges that life may present. I follow an integrative approach with a focus on developing psychological flexibility. I work with adolescents, adults, and couples and offer both short term and long term counselling/therapy.
I am a registered counselling psychologist in private practice serving the greater Tshwane region (Pretoria, Pretoria North, Rayton, Cullinan, Bronkhorstspruit). I believe that each individual has the inherent ability and resourcefulness to find solutions for the challenges that life may present. I follow an integrative approach with a focus on developing psychological flexibility. I work with adolescents, adults, and couples and offer both short term and long term counselling/therapy.
I support clients facing a wide range of challenges, including academic and school-related stress, relationship and premarital concerns, career guidance, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, childhood trauma, and gender-based violence.
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to walk this journey alone. I am a registered Specialist Wellness Counsellor who offers a compassionate, non-judgmental space where individuals, couples, and families can feel heard, supported, and empowered to heal. My work is grounded in wellness, trauma-informed care, and addiction support, with a strong focus on helping clients regain balance, resilience, and emotional well-being. I provide both in-person and online therapy, offering accessible counselling services to clients across South Africa.
I support clients facing a wide range of challenges, including academic and school-related stress, relationship and premarital concerns, career guidance, trauma, stress, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, childhood trauma, and gender-based violence.
Taking the first step toward therapy can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to walk this journey alone. I am a registered Specialist Wellness Counsellor who offers a compassionate, non-judgmental space where individuals, couples, and families can feel heard, supported, and empowered to heal. My work is grounded in wellness, trauma-informed care, and addiction support, with a strong focus on helping clients regain balance, resilience, and emotional well-being. I provide both in-person and online therapy, offering accessible counselling services to clients across South Africa.
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.
My areas of interest include: Interpersonal/Relational Difficulties, Mood (Depression/ Anxiety/Bipolar), Trauma, Eating Disorders, Bariatric Patients, Challenges specific to Adolescence, Stress and Burnout, LGBTQI+ Challenges, Personality, and Addiction.
I am a Clinical Psychologist registered as an independent practitioner with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). I have been in full time private practice since 2019. In private practice, I predominantly offer individual therapy to adults and teenagers (from 12+ years) who struggle with their mental well-being. In addition, I offer a range of psychological assessments covering emotional and personality functioning, as well as psychopathology.
My areas of interest include: Interpersonal/Relational Difficulties, Mood (Depression/ Anxiety/Bipolar), Trauma, Eating Disorders, Bariatric Patients, Challenges specific to Adolescence, Stress and Burnout, LGBTQI+ Challenges, Personality, and Addiction.
I am a Clinical Psychologist registered as an independent practitioner with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). I have been in full time private practice since 2019. In private practice, I predominantly offer individual therapy to adults and teenagers (from 12+ years) who struggle with their mental well-being. In addition, I offer a range of psychological assessments covering emotional and personality functioning, as well as psychopathology.
Clients come for therapy due to unresolved trauma presenting with symptoms such as anxiety, stress, insomnia, irritability and frustration.
Dr Albé Fourie is trained in hypnosis, somatic experiencing, soma, TRE and brainspotting. Her therapeutic approach is primarily from a body-based psychotherapeutic perspective, using Somatic Experiencing and Brainspotting as means to heal trauma locked within the body. She also does individual and group work within the context of the horse herd (See website)
Clients come for therapy due to unresolved trauma presenting with symptoms such as anxiety, stress, insomnia, irritability and frustration.
Dr Albé Fourie is trained in hypnosis, somatic experiencing, soma, TRE and brainspotting. Her therapeutic approach is primarily from a body-based psychotherapeutic perspective, using Somatic Experiencing and Brainspotting as means to heal trauma locked within the body. She also does individual and group work within the context of the horse herd (See website)
Marésa Kolesky is a counselling psychologist who offers in-person and online therapy for individuals and couples. She works with adolescents, adults, and older adults facing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties — from stress, adjustment challenges, and relationship concerns to more complex presentations such as trauma, mood, and anxiety disorders.
Her approach is integrative and person-centred, grounded in empathy, collaboration, and evidence-based practice. Drawing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and humanistic frameworks, Marésa helps clients make sense of their experiences, develop effective coping str
Marésa Kolesky is a counselling psychologist who offers in-person and online therapy for individuals and couples. She works with adolescents, adults, and older adults facing a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties — from stress, adjustment challenges, and relationship concerns to more complex presentations such as trauma, mood, and anxiety disorders.
Her approach is integrative and person-centred, grounded in empathy, collaboration, and evidence-based practice. Drawing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and humanistic frameworks, Marésa helps clients make sense of their experiences, develop effective coping str
I am a qualified modern therapist, academic and social researcher who believes in holistic counselling and healing. I am able to combine African spirituality with Western therapeutic approaches to ensure that my clients benefit from a combination of the two. I thrive in individual counselling, couple's counselling, divorce counselling, trauma counselling and family counselling, life coaching as well as corporate training, executive coaching, conflict resolution and mediation, change management and facilitation. I firmly believe that therapy should empower one to make decisions, develop new behavioural patterns and value systems.
I am a qualified modern therapist, academic and social researcher who believes in holistic counselling and healing. I am able to combine African spirituality with Western therapeutic approaches to ensure that my clients benefit from a combination of the two. I thrive in individual counselling, couple's counselling, divorce counselling, trauma counselling and family counselling, life coaching as well as corporate training, executive coaching, conflict resolution and mediation, change management and facilitation. I firmly believe that therapy should empower one to make decisions, develop new behavioural patterns and value systems.
Many high-functioning women live in constant emotional survival mode: overthinking, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, anxiety cycles, or repeating unhealthy relationship patterns.
A focused 4–5 session private therapeutic process designed to help you:
Interrupt anxiety and emotional overwhelm at the nervous-system level
Clear subconscious trauma patterns without rehashing painful memories
Break cycles of self-sabotage, emotional shutdown, or people-pleasing
Restore inner stability, emotional regulation, and grounded confidence
Many high-functioning women live in constant emotional survival mode: overthinking, people-pleasing, emotional shutdown, anxiety cycles, or repeating unhealthy relationship patterns.
A focused 4–5 session private therapeutic process designed to help you:
Interrupt anxiety and emotional overwhelm at the nervous-system level
Clear subconscious trauma patterns without rehashing painful memories
Break cycles of self-sabotage, emotional shutdown, or people-pleasing
Restore inner stability, emotional regulation, and grounded confidence
Her expertise includes working with relationship conflicts, anxiety, mood disorders such as depression, bipolar, adjustment disorders, postnatal depression, family-related challenges, grief, acute post-traumatic stress, workplace-related stress, and conflict management.
Offer face-to-face and online sessions
Her expertise includes working with relationship conflicts, anxiety, mood disorders such as depression, bipolar, adjustment disorders, postnatal depression, family-related challenges, grief, acute post-traumatic stress, workplace-related stress, and conflict management.
Offer face-to-face and online sessions
Counselling Psychologist in Private Practice & Consultant. CEO & Founder of Mind&Soul-Psychological Services.
At Mind&Soul-Psychological Services, we provide compassionate and evidence-based interventions to help individuals navigate life’s challenges. Our expertise, allows us to offer tailored interventions based on the individual's needs. Approaches designed to promote mental well-being and optimize functioning.
The journey can be overwhelming initially; however, the process can be filled with rich learnings of individual, interpersonal, and professional development. Acquiring effective coping skills to deal with challenges.
Counselling Psychologist in Private Practice & Consultant. CEO & Founder of Mind&Soul-Psychological Services.
At Mind&Soul-Psychological Services, we provide compassionate and evidence-based interventions to help individuals navigate life’s challenges. Our expertise, allows us to offer tailored interventions based on the individual's needs. Approaches designed to promote mental well-being and optimize functioning.
The journey can be overwhelming initially; however, the process can be filled with rich learnings of individual, interpersonal, and professional development. Acquiring effective coping skills to deal with challenges.
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Anxiety Counsellors
When should I seek treatment for anxiety?
Everyone feels anxious at times, but when anxiety causes disruption to your daily life, it may be time to seek help. Such disruption can be mental, physical, or both: having fear dominate your thoughts, avoiding situations or objects that bring on feelings of anxiety, or experiencing shortness of breath, sweating, dizziness, or panic attacks. When these symptoms are recurrent and distressing, it may be time to talk to someone.
What are the most common types of treatment for anxiety?
Talk therapy, particularly cognitive behavioural therapy, is the most common treatment for anxiety. Studies have shown it is equally effective as medication. Other forms of therapy are popular, depending on a patient’s experience. Exposure therapy, for instance, can be useful for people dealing with fears and phobias, or who have experienced traumatic events. Dialectical Behavioural Therapy may be useful for patients who need help with emotion regulation. Anxiolytic medications, like benzodiazepines, can also help with calming a person enough to focus on the skills they’ve learned, and physical exercise has been shown to help symptoms of anxiety across the board.
How long does therapy for anxiety take to work?
The amount of time needed to alleviate symptoms depends on the severity of a person’s condition. Some therapies may take 5-20 weekly sessions to show results. Anti-depressant medications typically take two to four weeks before a benefit is felt. Anti-anxiety medications are felt typically within 20-30 minutes. Medications are best used to offer a patient a better headspace in which to work on techniques learned in therapy. Exercise, improved sleep habits, and meditation are effective, but takes weeks or months to show results.
How effective is treatment for anxiety?
Treatment for anxiety has been shown to be moderately to highly effective, according to a large body of psychology studies and analyses. For some people, treatment using CBT or exposure therapy alone is effective. Others respond best to a combination of medication and therapy.