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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.
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®)
Trauma and life crises are gateways to prior experiences which were never pressing enough to deal with, but the precipitating event has now brought it into the spotlight. My clients are extremely vulnerable during sessions, as most of their defence mechanisms have been disarmed by the event. It is an incredible privilege to be trusted, allowed to hold space and to facilitate a client through the aftermath of the event, incorporating the meaning-making thereof into their life. My lived experience adds another dimension to my connection with my clients.
I work from a person-centred basis, using positive psychology, CBT and strength-based techniques during the session and moving on towards existentialism in the final stages of incorporating the trauma into the client's life.
I'll provide a safe, empathetic and non-judgmental space for you when you believe that no one else would want to, not even yourself. I'll provide a safe space for you during your anger, your grief, your humiliation and your pain.
