Counselling may be helpful for you if you are feeling anxious, unhappy, or unfulfilled or when you have experienced personal trauma in your life. You may have tried to cope with your problems on your own but have found it difficult. Our trained counsellors and therapists can help you develop skills to improve your life and/or relationships and help give guidance that is needed to make the best possible decisions. Our Counselling is offered at affordable rates.

Counselling

Face to Face | Telephonic | Email
Monday – Friday
9:00am – 4:00pm

Focus on the Family Office
32 Old main road, Hillcrest, Durban

Tel: +27 (0)31 716 3300
E-mail: counselling@fotf.co.za

Just a couple of things
before you start:

1. We are not a crisis line and work office hours only (08:30 – 16:30 SA time), so, if your need is urgent, and you are in South Africa, please contact your local police station or one of the following crisis lines.

LIFE LINE: 0861 322 322
RAPE CRISIS: 0800 150 150
CHILDLINE: 0800 055 555
AIDS HELPLINE: 0800 012 322
SUICIDE CRISIS LINE: 0800 567 567 or
SMS to 31393

Or for more help and emergency numbers visit: Grace Counselling www.gracecounselling.org.za or
SADAG www.sadag.org

2. Our own telephone counsellors are available on Tuesdays and Thursdays between 09:00 & 16:00. For marriage and parenting related questions.

3. Your e-mails are confidential. You can tell us anything. However, there are three exceptions to our assurances of confidentiality:

•   Any suspicion of risk of child or other abuse, based on the beliefs of the counsellor, must be reported to welfare or law enforcement authorities.

•   If your email is of or could have anything construed as something of a criminal nature or if you are involved in a court case in which your email may somehow be relevant, courts have the power to subpoena our records.

•   If someone’s life is in danger, the counsellor may choose to report it. This applies to all potential cases of suicide or homicide.

4. We will endeavour to respond to your email enquiry within a week.

5. Your email will be given to the first available and appropriately trained counsellor and will be checked by a supervisor before being sent out.

6. We are NOT doctors, psychologists, or psychiatrists, but trained counsellors. For medical problems, please refer to the medical experts.

7. Focus on the Family is not liable for any act or omission taken by any user or third party in response to any information provided by the email service.

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We specialize in counselling

  • Marriage / Relationships
  • Parenting
  • Couples & Families
  • Children / Adolescents / Adults
  • Career Testing
  • Emotional Problems
  • Grief
  • Trauma
  • HIV/AIDS

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Carol-Ann Dixon – Cowies Hill

Qualifications:

  • M.A. (Couns. Psych.) Cum laude – RAU 1999
  • Certified Imago Therapist
  • Certified Imago Workshop Presenter
  • Imago Africa Board Chair

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James Sharratt – Durban North

I am a Clinical psychologist and graduated from Stellenbosch University in 1997. Since 2001 I have worked in private practice in Durban North. Previously, I have worked in one of Europe’s leading Mental Health Hospitals in London for 18 months, as well as at Riverview Manor, a private mental health facility in Kwazulu Natal, which specializes in the treatment of addiction and eating disorders. I work with: children 9 years and older; adolescents and adults and my areas of interest are: addiction; eating disorders; relationship and marital therapy; divorce; depression and bipolar mood disorders; anxiety and panic disorder; OCD; stress; anger management; trauma; grief; sexual abuse and mediation. I see myself as a Christian and my relationship with God is an important part of my life.

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Sinette G. van Rooy Booysen – Durban

I am a registered Clinical Psychologist practicing in Durban. My profession was chosen based on a sincere interest in the mental well-being of those around me. During sessions I aim to empower my clients to flourish. I work with children, adolescents and adults through individual, marital or family therapy.

Therapy is seen as collaboration between client and therapist. A technical eclectic and integrative approach is followed, by considering which therapeutic approach will work best for a particular client, in a particular situation, with a particular problem. I run my practice based on a firm ethical foundation and only use scientifically sound approaches.

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Gad Avon – Greytown

Registered Counsellor
Interests: Specialises in Substance Use Disorder counselling for those who are in addiction, their families and other significant people in the life of the S.U.D sufferers. Treatment approach includes: A.C.T, C.R.A.F.T, C.B.T, D.B.T. and Client Centred.
Outpatient and private counselling sessions are available.Both are partially covered by medical aids.
Assessments: Children assessments; Educational/ Scholastic; Career/ Vocational Guidance; Intelligence and Personality Assessments.

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Anneke Viljoen –

Pastoral Counsellor
General Christian Counselling

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Krysten Balshaw – Umhlanga, Durban

Registered Counsellor

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Christoffel Johannes Viljoen – Pinetown, Durban

Pastoral counsellor
Christian Counselling

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Arianne Hayes-Hill – Durban North

Pastoral – Lay Counsellor
General Counselling

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Tammy Styles – Hillcrest, Durban

Qualifications: Educational Psychologist. M Soc. Sci. UKZN (1994). Certified Child and Family Mediator. Imago Relationship Therapist.
Specialisation: Sees children, adolescents, parents, couples and families with a focus on growing people into their God-given potential, character and relational wellness. She has worked in a variety of contexts including the educational and non-government sectors as well as private practice.
Assessments: Conducts psycho-educational assessment, including assessment of learning difficulties; School Readiness Assessment and Career Assessment; Emotional Assessment for a range of emotional, adjustment and psychological difficulties.

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Rev Joani Jenkins – Glenwood, Durban

Qualifications: MTh Specialised Pastoral Counselling/Marriage Guidance (UNISA)
Specialisation: Marriage and Family; Teens; Depression; Relational Issues, Trauma, Personal Development; Personality Potential; Balance in Body, Mind and Spirit; Ministry Challenges: Roles, Expectations, Self-Nurture; Healing of Memories; Faith Issues; Dream-work

 

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Wendy Greyvensteyn – Pretoria

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Amorie Burns – Pretoria

Qualifications: Counselling Psychologist
Specialisation: Marriage counselling

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Gugu Makhubu – Mamelodi, Pretoria

Qualifications: Social worker
Specialisation:  Counseling services: Marriage counseling, HIV/AIDS Counselling, Educational counselling, and Substance abuse counselling Programs: Youth programs, Rehabilitation programs, early prevention programs.Trainings: Parenting skills, Life skills, HIV/AIDS

 

 

Lizette Grobler – Parktown, Pretoria

Interests: Individual, Couple & Marriage Therapy; Substance abuse; Depression; Work Stress; Trauma Counselling; Adolescent & Child therapy; Eating Disorders

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Leon Grove – Bellville, Cape Town

Qualifications: Clinical Psychologist
Specialisation: Marriage Counselling; Anxiety; Communication; Depression; Divorce Recovery; Marriage Counselling; Grief Counselling; Suicide; Career Counselling; Parenting; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Conflict Management; Rape Recovery; Learning Disabilities; Sexual Problems. Also Conducts Assessments/ Testing.
Assessments: Educational/ Scholastic; Career/ Vocational Guidance; Intelligence; Personality; and Employment assessments.

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Bernhardt Crous – Plattekloof, Cape Town

Qualifications: Counselling Psychologist
Specialisation: Psychotherapy; Psychometric Assessment; Stress Management; Debriefing; Change Management; Marriage Counselling; Child And Family Counselling; Learning Disabilities; and Life Skills.
Assessments: Educational/ Scholastic; Career/ Vocational Guidance; Intelligence and Personality assessments.

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Nina Toohey – Pinelands, Cape Town

Qualifications: Registered Counsellor
Specialisation: Trauma; Anxiety; ADD; Substance Abuse; Child Abuse; Communication; Co-Dependency; Depression; Divorce Recovery; Marriage Counselling; Grief Counselling; Career Counselling; Suicide; PTSD; OCD; Parenting; Conflict Management; Abuse Of Women; Rape Recovery; Post Abortion Counselling; HIV/Aids; Eating Disorders; and Phobias.
Assessments: Educational/ Scholastic Assessments, Career Assessments, and Personality Assessments.

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Tammy Bruni – Bloubergstrand, Cape Town

Qualifications: Registered Counsellor
Specialisation: Marriage; ADD; Child Abuse; Communication; Depression; Divorce; Grief; Suicide; Parenting; PTSD; Conflict; HIV/AIDS; and Play Therapy.
Assessments: Educational/ Scholastic Assessments, Career Assessments, Intelligence (Aptitude) and Personality Assessments.

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Arnfried Klein-Werner – Tygerberg, Cape Town

Lay Counsellor
Interests: Pornography and Sexual Addictions; Same-sex attractions; Gender Identity Confusion.

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Mimi Hewett – Brackenfell, Cape Town

REGISTERED COUNSELLOR

Relationship and Family Counselling

Counselling services presented in English and Afrikaans

  • Individual counselling / Individuele berading
  • Couples counselling / Berading met paartjies
  • Family counselling / Gesinsberading
  • Parenting advice / Ouerskapsadvies
  • Divorce counselling / Egskeidingsberading
  • Trauma debriefing and counselling / Trauma ontlonting en berading
  • Grief/Bereavement counselling / Doodsbegeleiding
  • Stress Management and Relaxation / Streshantering en ontspanning
  • Addictions: assessments, referrals and aftercare. / Verslawing en afhanklikheid: assessering, verwysings en nasorg.

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Annezka Magalhaes – Pretoria

Registered Counsellor
Interests: Obsessive/Compulsive disorder; Substance Abuse; Parenting; Anxiety; Codependency; Depression; Divorce Recovery; Marriage Counselling; Grief Counselling; Bi-Polar; Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; Personality Disorders; Phobias; Conflict Management; Abuse of Women; Rape Recovery; Eating Disorders; Sexual Problems; Post Abortion Counselling; Play therapy

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Yvonne Chilimanzi – Hilton, Pietermaritzburg.

Qualifications: Counselling Psychologist
Specialisation: Anxiety; Co-Dependency;  Communication; Depression; Divorce Recovery; Marriage Counselling; Grief; Suicide; Career Counselling; Parenting; Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Abuse Of Women; Rape Recovery; HIV/AIDS and Post Abortion Counselling.
Assessments: Educational/ Scholastic (Adolescents only) and Career Assessments.

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Michelle Chetty – Morningside, Durban

Lay Counsellor
General Counselling

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Tamzen Smith – Umhlanga, Durban

Pastoral Counsellor
Interests: Play therapy. Adolescents and children.

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Gizelle Wardle – Pinetown, Durban

Lay Counsellor
Interest: ADHD Support Group

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