Dialectical Behaviour (DBT) Therapists in Randpark Ridge
As a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Wellness Consultant, and Trainer, I offer comprehensive mental and behavioural health care to individuals, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds. With experience in both public and private institutions, I utilise psychodynamic therapeutic techniques to create a non-judgmental, supportive, and empowering therapy atmosphere. Additionally, I design customised wellness programs for organisations to enhance well-being, productivity, and satisfaction. Take the first step and schedule an appointment to begin the process of exploration and healing.
As a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Wellness Consultant, and Trainer, I offer comprehensive mental and behavioural health care to individuals, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds. With experience in both public and private institutions, I utilise psychodynamic therapeutic techniques to create a non-judgmental, supportive, and empowering therapy atmosphere. Additionally, I design customised wellness programs for organisations to enhance well-being, productivity, and satisfaction. Take the first step and schedule an appointment to begin the process of exploration and healing.
I received training in different psychological modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Psychodynamic therapy.
I have a special interest in working with attachment, infant & child mental health, relational trauma, relationship difficulties, loss, personality and mood disorders.I assist and support people through their greatest suffering and the most painful moments of their lives through psychotherapy. I am passionate about assisting people, through the therapeutic journey to recognize their strength and resilience, and to step forward with grace and courage. I have found great fulfillment in my role as a psychotherapist, as I am permitted to carry in my heart and mind the stories of other people’s love, hurt, trauma, struggles and growth.
I received training in different psychological modalities, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behavioural Therapy and Psychodynamic therapy.
I have a special interest in working with attachment, infant & child mental health, relational trauma, relationship difficulties, loss, personality and mood disorders.I assist and support people through their greatest suffering and the most painful moments of their lives through psychotherapy. I am passionate about assisting people, through the therapeutic journey to recognize their strength and resilience, and to step forward with grace and courage. I have found great fulfillment in my role as a psychotherapist, as I am permitted to carry in my heart and mind the stories of other people’s love, hurt, trauma, struggles and growth.
Life has a way of throwing us off balance, whether through the challenges of childhood, the weight of a loss, or the quiet exhaustion of professional burnout. If you are a parent worried about your child’s emotional wellbeing, or an individual navigating a difficult life transition, I am here to help you find your footing. My goal is to provide a safe, grounded space where you can move from feeling overwhelmed to feeling empowered.
Life has a way of throwing us off balance, whether through the challenges of childhood, the weight of a loss, or the quiet exhaustion of professional burnout. If you are a parent worried about your child’s emotional wellbeing, or an individual navigating a difficult life transition, I am here to help you find your footing. My goal is to provide a safe, grounded space where you can move from feeling overwhelmed to feeling empowered.
You’ve been through experiences that have left lasting scars—pain that’s difficult to understand and express, perhaps, feelings of shame, isolation, or a sense of being stuck. Or you’ve faced trauma or other difficult life experiences, and it’s affecting your relationships, self-worth, or ability to move forward in life. Maybe you are finding day-to-day life difficult. You’re searching for a safe space where your story is heard without judgment, where your pain is acknowledged, and where you can begin to rediscover and reclaim your sense of self. Mainly, you’re seeking healing, understanding, and a way to rebuild your life.
You’ve been through experiences that have left lasting scars—pain that’s difficult to understand and express, perhaps, feelings of shame, isolation, or a sense of being stuck. Or you’ve faced trauma or other difficult life experiences, and it’s affecting your relationships, self-worth, or ability to move forward in life. Maybe you are finding day-to-day life difficult. You’re searching for a safe space where your story is heard without judgment, where your pain is acknowledged, and where you can begin to rediscover and reclaim your sense of self. Mainly, you’re seeking healing, understanding, and a way to rebuild your life.
Along this life journey we may get thrown a curve ball and may be facing difficulties that feel overwhelming and our usual coping mechanisms fail us. A soldier can only run so far on a wounded limb, until they pay attention to it and dress it up for healing. So it is with life. We may need to tend to, dress, and heal the wounds. Therapy can be a powerful mechanism of healing, growth and restoration. I work with children, adolescents, adults, and families who may be experiencing a wide range of including emotional, relational, psychiatric and health-related difficulties.
Along this life journey we may get thrown a curve ball and may be facing difficulties that feel overwhelming and our usual coping mechanisms fail us. A soldier can only run so far on a wounded limb, until they pay attention to it and dress it up for healing. So it is with life. We may need to tend to, dress, and heal the wounds. Therapy can be a powerful mechanism of healing, growth and restoration. I work with children, adolescents, adults, and families who may be experiencing a wide range of including emotional, relational, psychiatric and health-related difficulties.
Most people just want to be happy. While that can certainly be achieved through counselling, I believe happiness is an emotion, like others, that comes and goes. Instead I work with you to create more peace, joy and fulfilment in your life. These are deeper long-lasting goals that are the foundation of life satisfaction. Over and above the specific concern you wish to work on, I aim to help you connect with who you really are as a person and facilitate the path to who you would like to be.
Most people just want to be happy. While that can certainly be achieved through counselling, I believe happiness is an emotion, like others, that comes and goes. Instead I work with you to create more peace, joy and fulfilment in your life. These are deeper long-lasting goals that are the foundation of life satisfaction. Over and above the specific concern you wish to work on, I aim to help you connect with who you really are as a person and facilitate the path to who you would like to be.
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.” – David Richo.
I believe that while emotional pain can deeply affect our wellbeing, relationships, and relationship with ourselves, it can also create opportunities for healing, growth, and self-discovery. I respect each person’s unique history and context and the courage it takes to seek support. I strive to provide a safe, accepting and collaborative space where we can build awareness, develop skills and work towards a life worth living. My approach is flexible and tailored to each client’s needs. I look forward to supporting your journey of healing.
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.” – David Richo.
I believe that while emotional pain can deeply affect our wellbeing, relationships, and relationship with ourselves, it can also create opportunities for healing, growth, and self-discovery. I respect each person’s unique history and context and the courage it takes to seek support. I strive to provide a safe, accepting and collaborative space where we can build awareness, develop skills and work towards a life worth living. My approach is flexible and tailored to each client’s needs. I look forward to supporting your journey of healing.
My name is Sybrand Hagan. I am a clinical psychologist based in Blairgowrie, Johannesburg. I offer psychotherapy for adolescents and adults who experience a range of psychological difficulties. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process and I tailor my therapeutic approach to suit the specific needs of each person. My aim is to offer a safe and non-judgemental space where you are able to explore the difficulties in your life, whether these are difficulties that you are currently facing or a pattern in your thoughts and behaviours that have caused a lack of satisfaction in your life.
My name is Sybrand Hagan. I am a clinical psychologist based in Blairgowrie, Johannesburg. I offer psychotherapy for adolescents and adults who experience a range of psychological difficulties. I believe that therapy is a collaborative process and I tailor my therapeutic approach to suit the specific needs of each person. My aim is to offer a safe and non-judgemental space where you are able to explore the difficulties in your life, whether these are difficulties that you are currently facing or a pattern in your thoughts and behaviours that have caused a lack of satisfaction in your life.
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I am passionate about counselling in a non-judgmental, empathetic, warm and trusting environment, as through my own journey I have learnt the absolute importance of a truly genuine counselling sphere.
My goal through counselling is to enable my clients to access their true selves and through awareness live congruent lifestyles. My role in counselling is to facilitate my clients' growth process, through the activation of their own toolboxes.
My scope of counselling interest is vast, whereby I aspire to give my all to my clients, by providing a safe, secure space to unlock their innermost challenges and make positive life choices.
I am passionate about counselling in a non-judgmental, empathetic, warm and trusting environment, as through my own journey I have learnt the absolute importance of a truly genuine counselling sphere.
My goal through counselling is to enable my clients to access their true selves and through awareness live congruent lifestyles. My role in counselling is to facilitate my clients' growth process, through the activation of their own toolboxes.
My scope of counselling interest is vast, whereby I aspire to give my all to my clients, by providing a safe, secure space to unlock their innermost challenges and make positive life choices.
My ideal clients are children, adolescents and adults seeking support for anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, 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, trauma, 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.
I offer Individual therapy to adolescents from age 12years as well as adults. I specialize in areas such as depression, complex trauma, anxiety, panic disorder, personality difficulties, grief counselling. I also provide trauma counselling and therapy for those individuals who have experienced different kinds of traumas. One of the techniques I use is EMDR - eye movement desensitization reprocessing which is a powerful technique to address trauma. Other techniques are utilized depending on the presenting issues.
I work with neuropsychological difficulties as well such as brain injuries, spinal difficulties, strokes, chronic pain.
I offer Individual therapy to adolescents from age 12years as well as adults. I specialize in areas such as depression, complex trauma, anxiety, panic disorder, personality difficulties, grief counselling. I also provide trauma counselling and therapy for those individuals who have experienced different kinds of traumas. One of the techniques I use is EMDR - eye movement desensitization reprocessing which is a powerful technique to address trauma. Other techniques are utilized depending on the presenting issues.
I work with neuropsychological difficulties as well such as brain injuries, spinal difficulties, strokes, chronic pain.
I use an integrative approach: I am a relational therapist with experience in CBT, mindfulness, and particular interest in dialectical behaviour therapy.
I work with adolescents and adults, individuals and couples, facing a range of life problems, from trauma to family and relationship issues, anxiety to loss. Whether you have a short-term concern that you'd like help addressing, or you are interested in more long-term personal growth, I provide a welcoming space and a thoughtful, empathic partner in walking your journey to a more fulfilled and functional life.
I use an integrative approach: I am a relational therapist with experience in CBT, mindfulness, and particular interest in dialectical behaviour therapy.
I work with adolescents and adults, individuals and couples, facing a range of life problems, from trauma to family and relationship issues, anxiety to loss. Whether you have a short-term concern that you'd like help addressing, or you are interested in more long-term personal growth, I provide a welcoming space and a thoughtful, empathic partner in walking your journey to a more fulfilled and functional life.
We work from an evidence-based therapeutic modalities to address a myriad of psychological disorders.
We work from an evidence-based therapeutic modalities to address a myriad of psychological disorders.
From birth, we are faced with moments that have a profound impact on the ways in which we relate with ourselves, others, and our surroundings. Our many moments of nurture, and the varying painful lived experiences leave us with overwhelming emotions that shift the ways we show up in our lives. Sometimes these pockets of our lived experiences are made sense of with the adequate care and support, and sometimes they are left in the corners of our mind, not seen, but are felt as we carry the unconscious weight of parts of who we are. Psychotherapy is a space where we may find empathic understanding of who we are, in all our intricacies.
From birth, we are faced with moments that have a profound impact on the ways in which we relate with ourselves, others, and our surroundings. Our many moments of nurture, and the varying painful lived experiences leave us with overwhelming emotions that shift the ways we show up in our lives. Sometimes these pockets of our lived experiences are made sense of with the adequate care and support, and sometimes they are left in the corners of our mind, not seen, but are felt as we carry the unconscious weight of parts of who we are. Psychotherapy is a space where we may find empathic understanding of who we are, in all our intricacies.
I am DBT-trained, a PGAP provider and a Sensory Intelligence licensee.
I work as an occupational therapist, with a special focus on mental health and vocational rehabilitation. I like Arthur Ashe's quote: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." This is the heart of what we do: we walk alongside people of all ages, helping them to re-engage with the roles and activities that bring meaning to their lives. It’s an incredible privilege to witness someone reclaim their confidence—especially when they return to work and start doing things they once thought were out of reach. In many ways, I see my role as a professional cheerleader—backed by science, strategy, and heart.
I am DBT-trained, a PGAP provider and a Sensory Intelligence licensee.
I work as an occupational therapist, with a special focus on mental health and vocational rehabilitation. I like Arthur Ashe's quote: "Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." This is the heart of what we do: we walk alongside people of all ages, helping them to re-engage with the roles and activities that bring meaning to their lives. It’s an incredible privilege to witness someone reclaim their confidence—especially when they return to work and start doing things they once thought were out of reach. In many ways, I see my role as a professional cheerleader—backed by science, strategy, and heart.
I have many years of experience in helping people of all ages and cultures. My deep respect for others, acceptance, open-mindedness and being authentic have always been a priority in maintaining good relationships. In this way I am able to create and maintain a safe, supportive and containing environment to anyone who is looking for a space to explore and gain insight into the way they are functioning so that they can better themselves and achieve a healthier quality of life and wellbeing.
I have many years of experience in helping people of all ages and cultures. My deep respect for others, acceptance, open-mindedness and being authentic have always been a priority in maintaining good relationships. In this way I am able to create and maintain a safe, supportive and containing environment to anyone who is looking for a space to explore and gain insight into the way they are functioning so that they can better themselves and achieve a healthier quality of life and wellbeing.
Hi, I'm Bianca.
I know that seeking support is not always an easy decision. Whether you are facing a specific challenge or finding yourself stuck in familiar patterns, therapy can provide a space to explore, understand and work towards meaningful change.
I work with adolescents and adults experiencing difficulties such as anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, grief and life transitions. My approach is informed by Schema Therapy, CBT and DBT. It is tailored to each individual's needs.
I offer both in-person and online therapy, and am fluent in English and Afrikaans.
Hi, I'm Bianca.
I know that seeking support is not always an easy decision. Whether you are facing a specific challenge or finding yourself stuck in familiar patterns, therapy can provide a space to explore, understand and work towards meaningful change.
I work with adolescents and adults experiencing difficulties such as anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, grief and life transitions. My approach is informed by Schema Therapy, CBT and DBT. It is tailored to each individual's needs.
I offer both in-person and online therapy, and am fluent in English and Afrikaans.
I am a licensed Independent Clinical Psychologist who renders psychological services and individualized therapy to children, adolescents and adults. I also enjoy working with couples, families and groups with psychological, emotional and behavioral challenges using an integrative evidence based approach. The therapeutic relationship is the most significant element of therapy and it is formed based on acceptance, authenticity, empathy and a non-judgemental stance for the client and their challenges.
I am a licensed Independent Clinical Psychologist who renders psychological services and individualized therapy to children, adolescents and adults. I also enjoy working with couples, families and groups with psychological, emotional and behavioral challenges using an integrative evidence based approach. The therapeutic relationship is the most significant element of therapy and it is formed based on acceptance, authenticity, empathy and a non-judgemental stance for the client and their challenges.
I am a licensed psychologist dedicated to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for individuals from all backgrounds. I believe that a strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation of meaningful and effective therapy. Building trust, safety and rapport is central to my work with every client.
My formal training is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). However, I recognize that each individual’s experiences and goals are unique. For this reason, I tailor my therapeutic approach to meet the specific needs of each client, integrating evidence-based strategies that best support their personal growth.
I am a licensed psychologist dedicated to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for individuals from all backgrounds. I believe that a strong therapeutic relationship is the foundation of meaningful and effective therapy. Building trust, safety and rapport is central to my work with every client.
My formal training is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). However, I recognize that each individual’s experiences and goals are unique. For this reason, I tailor my therapeutic approach to meet the specific needs of each client, integrating evidence-based strategies that best support their personal growth.
Hi my name is Thami and I am a qualified Clinical Psychologist based in South Africa. I have come to realise that most of the time, "people's feelings are influenced by their thoughts "( Aaron Beck). In order to achieve your goals, you need to work on the meaning you attach to different circumstances you find yourself in.
Hi my name is Thami and I am a qualified Clinical Psychologist based in South Africa. I have come to realise that most of the time, "people's feelings are influenced by their thoughts "( Aaron Beck). In order to achieve your goals, you need to work on the meaning you attach to different circumstances you find yourself in.
Nearby Dialectical Behaviour (DBT) Counsellors Searches for Randpark Ridge
- Blairgowrie
- Bryanston
- Douglasdale
- Ferndale
- Fourways
- Fourways North
- Linden
- Morningside
- Olivedale
- Parkhurst
- Randburg
- Sandton
Dialectical Behaviour (DBT) Counsellors
Who is DBT for?
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) is designed for people who experience extreme emotional suffering because they lack the skills of emotion regulation and distress tolerance. The basic affliction can underlie a wide range of conditions, from borderline and other personality disorders to PTSD and treatment-resistant anxiety and depression. The therapy is helpful to those whose emotional reactivity is so intense it is disruptive to everyday functioning and leads to frequent crises.
Why do people need DBT?
The ability to regulate emotions is a core psychological skill that enables people to function in life and pay attention to the world outside themselves; it is consistently associated with well-being. DBT is designed to help people learn how to manage and regulate their emotions. Originally developed to treat people with borderline personality disorder whose extreme emotional suffering led to self-harming behaviour and suicide attempts, the therapy is now applied to other conditions involving emotion dysregulation, particularly when other treatments have failed.
What happens in DBT?
Individuals meet weekly with their therapist to discuss their experiences relating to moods, behaviour, and skills. Using checklists they maintain, they review emotional experiences and positive practices they engage in. The diaries help individuals discern what led up to a specific problem encountered, this is followed by discussion of the consequences of their actions. In addition, individuals may meet in class-like small groups to learn skills such as mindfulness, emotion regulation and distress tolerance.
How long does DBT last?
Because it is intended to establish long-lasting behavioural change among those with persistent problems, DBT is designed to last six months to a year. DBT includes both weekly sessions of individual therapy and weekly skills-training sessions conducted in small groups. Studies of DBT have documented improvement within a year of treatment, particularly in controlling self-harmful behaviour; nevertheless, individuals may require therapy for several years.