MB ChB (UFS) Pr. No. 0681652

Psychotherapist in Muizenberg, Southern Suburbs, Cape Town. I am a registered medical doctor practicing as a psychotherapist. I offer individual psychotherapy to adults. My approach is informed by the work of Dr. Carl Jung, the Swiss psychiatrist. Dreams and creative work are welcome. I find this often very helpful, for it provides guidance from your own psychic roots; this is especially true when dealing with early trauma.

Should you choose to work with me, it would be good to meet once a week, but it is negotiable. My sessions are 50 minutes in duration. Zoom consultations can be arranged. If you want to make an appointment or require more information, please follow this link.

Perhaps you feel as if your back is against the wall today, that life has become difficult, impossible even. I would like to share Jung’s thoughts about this.

C.G. Jung, Dream Seminars

“Often we are led to a wall, it is too high, we cannot get over it and we stand there and stare at it. Rationalism says, ‘There is no getting over it, just go away.’ Yet, natural development has led the patient up to an almost impossible situation to show him that this is the end of his rational solutions. It is meant that he should get there, and perhaps stay there, make roots and grow like a tree, in time overcome the obstacle and grow over the wall. There are things … that cannot be answered today.”

What to expect

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” ~ Jung

Our session will be a secure and safe space. Here we can meet and allow our relationship to develop. It will take a while for us to adjust to each other; it is a natural process. We would work with what you feel comfortable in bringing. It may be content from your everyday life or memories from the past, your thoughts and emotions. Or perhaps you would like to bring your dreams or creative work.

We will pay attention to what happens between us in the session and we will allow this natural process to unfold. Old outdated patterns which may be interfering with the process will need our attention. Together we will undertake this journey of self-discovery.

The world of imagining, creativity and dreams speaks in its own unique language of images. Our inner world is based on images, and there are different ways of gaining access to this world. It is true that creative work can be particularly helpful in dealing with the early trauma which often continues to disrupt one’s life in later years, but it is your choice.

The tree

The tree represents the manifestation of the life-force, of our ability to grow towards greater maturity. Growing is a slow process. Only swamp plants shoot up overnight. A strong mature tree can weather the storms of life. If it learns how to go with the wind, it can be flexible.

One’s tree grows from the deep structure of one’s personality; it grounds us. The roots stretch away into the darkness of the earth, into the shadow. Like the fountain, the tree may draw water from deep beneath the earth, from the well-springs of life, when the roots have grown deep enough.

Our lives circle continuously through periods of spring, summer, autumn, winter. After the death-like feeling of winter, stripping away the old, new life returns, blossoming, ripening our fruit. Animals and birds may be fed and sheltered. When the time comes again, we shed our beautiful autumn colors so that it may become compost for new life.