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Psychotherapy.co.za : Welcome

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Latest psychology articles

Taming the mad mind

Taming the mad monkey mind

"There is no doubt that while the mind is infinitely capable of producing great beauty through its capacity to create and relate, when left to it’s own devices it has a tendency to gorge itself. Whether it be on repetitive rumination, projecting itself ceaselessly into the future, or into the past, the result is that many minds are incapable of being present in the present" writes Clinical Psychologist Jamie Elkon. Read the full text of Taming the mad monkey mind here.


Addictive substances

Metaphors of addiction: The cat that got the dancing fiddle

Lana Levin is a Clinical Psychologist practising in Highlands North, Johannesburg. She describes the physiological and behavioural process of addiction, through the use of metaphor. She highlights the interplay between neurological and behavioural process, such that addiction is an everyday, undiscriminating struggle. Medical professionals are as much at risk as anyone else. View Lana Levin’s profile here and read her article Metaphors of addiction: The cat that got the dancing fiddle here


Brain

Psychotherapy and Psychiatry - Mind and Body: Dualism or a Dynamic Synthesis

Johannesburg clinical psychologist David Wilson writes "My initial idea was to present a seemingly simple set of arguments and basic ideas for an article to illustrate the challenges of integrating psychological practises with advancing medical and biological technologies. Between this idea and the process of writing this article, I soon realised, with some trepidation, that many complexities and paradoxes exist and need to be identified and tolerated, rather than being reduced to simplistic polemical platitudes." Read Psychotherapy and Psychiatry - Mind and Body here.


A person

A theory of personhood

Cheryl Pruss is a clinical psychologist in Randburg. Here she offers us a critical and evaluative account of her view of personhood and how it impacts her understanding of optimal functioning and the process of psychotherapy. Read A theory of personhood here.


Suicide

Suicide - The final say

Jenny Perkel, Cape Town Clinical Psychologist and author of Babies in Mind and Streets of Jewels, provides insight into suicide. She writes -.Carmen was 30 years old. She was beautiful, intelligent and successful and surrounded by people who loved her. But a few months ago she took a fatal overdose that left her friends, colleagues and family reeling with shock. “Why did she do it?” they all asked. Well, she’s not around to answer their question. By ending her life she had the final say. And those who knew her and cared about her are left behind with their unanswered questions, and a large dose of confusion, pain, regret, guilt and anger. Read the full article here or visit Jenny Perkels web site.


Depression

The Beast that purred like a kitten - There is hope in depression

Cape Town counselling Psychologist Jacques Taylor has a special interest in working with depression. He writes, " why not start by looking at what our bodies are trying to tell us amidst the stressor that impacts on our life. What can you learn about yourself amidst this stressful time? How can you grow as a person despite what life is throwing at you? You need to seriously ask yourself these challenging questions. These aren’t easy questions to answer, not by a long yard." Read The beast the purred like a kitten: There is hope in depression here or read more about Jacques Taylor.


Depression

The Black Dog of Depression

Regular contributor Jamie Elkon presents a layman's guide to depression, how to assess it and what therapeutic treatment options are available. Jamie is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Cape Town. His practice is in the CBD. Read The Black Dog of Depression here.


Couple therapy

Love's great Service: Thoughts and a case vignette of couple therapy

David van der Want is a Clinical Psychologist with a special interest in couple and marriage therapy. He writes, "Very often pain that is being experienced in a marriage is the smarting of an earlier wound, perhaps a wound we acquired as a child in the marriage that created us. And where this is the case a similar process is usually happening for our partner – the pain that he or she is experiencing is the activation of an old wound, a long-ago experience that happened to another person, to the children that we once were." Read Love's great Service: Thoughts and a case vignette of Couple Therapy here.


core

What is Core Process Psychotherapy? And what does it mean to me?

Susan Groves is a Social Worker in private practice in Plumstead, Cape Town. Susan has a special interest and training in Core Process Therapy. Here she introduces Core Process PSychotherapy and writes about her personal feeling about this work. She writes "I was drawn to Core Process Psychotherapy as it rests on a contemplative foundation. While the training is long and rigorous, what is being cultivated is a sense of rest and being in the therapist. From this state of presence/being knowing naturally arises in the mutual field created between client and therapist." Read What is Core Process Psychotherapy? here or visit Susan's website here.


Play Therapy in CApe Town

How does Play Therapy work?A guide for parents

Dr Jana Lazarus and Miranda Wannenburgh of Change Matters (a psychotherapeutic practice in Kalk Bay) write "Few parents know what the inside of a play therapy room looks like during a session – what is happening, what is the therapist doing, and, most importantly, what is your child doing?! Also, how does what happens there work therapeutically, to make your child better? View their profile here or read "How does play therapy work? A guide for parents" here.


Group therapy

Group Therapy

Vincenzo Sinisi, a Clinical Psychologist in Kenilworth Cape Town writes, "There are many reasons why people seek psychotherapy, beginning with the quest for personal growth and discovery and ending with a desire to seek help with emotional concerns." This article explores the option of group-analytic therapy. Visit Vincenzo Sinisi's profile or read the article "Group Therapy" here.
relaxing in response to stress

Effective management of stress and burnout

Dr Adelbert Scholtz, Counselling Psychologist in Belville Cape Town shares his view on stress and burnout. He looks at sources of stress, causes of burnout and provides techniques for managing burnout. Visit Dr Adelbert Scholtz's profile or read Effective management of stress and burnout here.


Next egg - a visual metaphor

Metaphors in psychotherapy

Dr Aharon Segal, Clinical Psychologist in Craighall Park Johannesburg describes the use of metaphor in psychotherapy. This article defines metaphor, explores it's use as a tool of indirect communication and the potential for the positive use of metaphor in psychotherapeutic relationships. View Dr Segal's profile here or read Metaphor in psychotherapy. (And there's no prize for getting the visual metaphor of the accompanying picture)


Fresh vegetables

Cholesterol levels linked to depression in the elderly

Betty Doyle from the blog Depression Pills.net draws our attention to the link between diet and mental health by reporting on research linking high levels of cholesterol with depression in the elderly. Read Cholesterol linked to depression in the elderly here.


Shadow work with men

The Return of the King :Psychological work with men

Jamie Elkon is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice in Cape Town. Here's an excerpt from his latest article about shadow work with men. "As men we are particularly prone to the construction of fragile (though often quite stupendous) narcissistic defenses, which wait in ambush for unsuspecting travelers upon our life’s journey. Whether conscious or not, we maneuver others onto the traps we have laid and when they snap shut, we puff up with righteous indignation at the injustice of it all, thereby inexorably repeating and reinforcing the alienation with ourselves and particularly with those we claim to love." Read the full article here.


Shadow work with men

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, whose body is the most beautiful of them all? Body image and self esteem

Liane Lurie is a Clinical Psychologist in Johannesburg's northern suburbs. She writes for psychotherapy.co.za about our relationship with our bodies Read the full article here.


What else is new on psychotherapy.co.za?

What is a person? An introduction to 4 major schools of psychological thinking.

by Sue Randall.

The answer to the question ‘What is a person?’ depends largely on who you ask. In this article we will have a look at some of the answers which psychologists might give. There are many different branches within psychology, and people will answer differently based on what school of thought they follow. We will look at ideas from four of the main branches of psychological thinking, the psychoanalytic school, the humanists, systems theory and the cognitive behavioural approach, This is a good article for the layman interested to find out a little more about the theoretical assumptions from which many psychologists proceed. Read the full article.

Chaos theory and eldership

by Yaro Starak

YARO STARAK MSW trained as a Psychologist, Social Work Educator, and Gestalt Therapist in Canada. He established and directed the Brisbane Gestalt Centre in 1979. He is a visiting trainer for several Australian Gestalt Therapy Institutes, as well as in Europe and Canada and worked for many years lecturing in the School of Social Work & Social Policy at the University of Queensland. In this offering Yaro draws on chaos theory, quantum psychology and the shamanic tradition and writes about eldership development. Read the full article


Other notable articles

The difference between psychologists and psychiatrists by Lucille Zwemstra

An informative article detailing the differences in training and expertise of psychiatrists and psychologists. Read the full article

Couple Counselling and Marriage Therapy

A brief introduction for people wanting to take their relationship to a couple counsellor or a marriage therapist. Read more

Metaphors for selected psychological concepts

Dr Coert Mommsen writes about metaphors and their use in psychology. Read the full article

Psychodynamic Orientation to Psychotherapy: A personal account

Recently qualified counselling psychologist Natasha Govender describes her understanding of the psychodynamic perspective of psychotherapy and her journey towards this viewpoint. Read the full article


Other resources for South African psychologists and the public on this site


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  Posted By DavidvdW - 2012 April 10 - 5:37pm - 0 comments - Edit
POSITION FOR PSYCHOLOGIST

A position exists for a Clinical or Counselling psychologist at the Student Wellness Centre at the University of Cape Town.

The closing date for applications is 13 April 2012.

Pleace click through to www.uct.ac.za and select Vacancies.
Ref: SR283/12
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  Posted By DavidvdW - 2012 March 19 - 11:46am - 0 comments - Edit
The Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of cape Town of offering a POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN PSYCHOTHERAPY.

Applications are invited for a post graduate dimploma in psychotherapy.

Download the covering letter and the course information sheet.

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  Posted By DavidvdW - 2012 February 13 - 2:15pm - 0 comments - Edit


A position is available for a Clinical psychologist at a psychotherapy centre in the Northern suburbs (Bryanston/Sandton).

Experience is essential.

A psychodynamic orientation is preferable.

Send cv to bryanwood@bryanwood.co.za

www.bryanwood.co.za
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  Posted By DavidvdW - 2012 January 24 - 9:29pm - 0 comments - Edit

Registered Counsellors:

 2 exciting full-time posts available in Auckland Park, Johannesburg. 

Form part of a multidisciplinary physical rehabilitation team, doing the challenging and purposeful work of supporting patients and their families following traumatic injury and illness.

Previous experience, especially with trauma and family work, is preferable.  Interested candidates to send CV’s and a brief story about yourself to jasontross@mweb.co.za.

Only suitable candidates will be contacted for interviews.  Posts available late February, apply now for a great new career opportunity. 
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