Amanda Rykaart Counselling

Amanda is a Registered Counsellor (Trauma) in private practice, an internationally certified practitioner of Brain Working Recursive Therapy® (BWRT), registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and Board of Healthcare Funders of Southern Africa (BHF); Psychological Society of South Africa (PSYSSA), Association for Registered Counsellors of South Africa (ARCSA) and The British Brainworking Research Society Ltd.

In addition to private practice, she has been teaching at the tertiary level in crisis and trauma, counselling skills and methodology in loss and grief, critical thinking and community psychology, whilst preparing students for practice in the field.

For the past 20 plus years Amanda has been volunteering and working in various organisations, military, special forces, police, psychiatric hospitals, NPO’s and first responder organisations. Through this she has gained valuable experience in trauma, crises, Critical Incident Stress Management and the training of trauma counsellors, which has enhanced her academic qualifications and led to further qualifications in Victim Empowerment and Brain Working Recursive Therapy.

Scope of Practice includes:

• Counselling for individuals, groups, private, and corporate clients

• Assessment, containment, and management of current situations

• Facilitation and support for clients in crisis

• Crisis and trauma intervention, support, defusing, debriefing, and counselling

• Grief and loss counselling

• Victim empowerment

• Critical incident stress debriefing

• Multiple stressor debriefings

• Biopsychosocial assessments

• General psychological screening

• Short-term supportive counselling

• Guidance and advice on mental health issues

• Promotion of mental health and well-being

• Psycho-education and training

• Assessment and application of Brain Working Recursive Therapy (BWRT®)

Life can fracture suddenly through violence, loss, relationship rupture, or overwhelming events. In those moments, people do not need theory. They need grounding, clarity, and skilled support to stabilise and regain control.

I am an HPCSA-registered counsellor with 26 years’ experience supporting adults and helpers through acute trauma, crisis, and post-incident recovery.

I work with individuals and organisations who need structured, practical intervention after disruptive life events.