A clinical psychologist working predominately from a psychodynamics/psychoanalytic framework. I have extensive experience working with individuals and couples both in psychotherapies as well as with assessments.

I have had the privilege to work in various sectors. I have operated in state hospital settings and spent many years managing the psychology team in a ward specifically catering to inpatient adolescents. My role at the hospital required clinical work, teaching and supervisory duties as well as ward management and program development. I have worked in academic settings in a teaching, supervising and examining role. I have also been fortunate to present workshops in various settings that have included educational talks as well as more therapeutic workshops.

Since qualifying I have worked in a private practice catering to longer-term psychodynamic therapy as well as supervision with colleagues.  In recent years I have been consulting with a private inpatient day program working with patients in a case management role from a dialectical behavioural therapy stance. In this setting I also conduct Rorschach assessments which includes administering of the assessment, compiling feedback and writing reports on patients admitted. 

My personal theoretical journey has found me drawn to contemporary psychoanalytic thinking that falls under the bracket of intersubjective or relational psychoanalytic framing. This framework puts value both on our internal drives as well as relational dynamics that shape us throughout our lives, bringing about unconscious patterns and dynamics.  

My research interests include masculinity, couple dynamics, sexuality and alternative forms of configuring one’s relationships. I have a passion for couples therapy, individual therapy and career assessment.

I was trained as a Clinical Psychologist at Wits. My undergraduate and first two post graduated qualifications (psychology and education) were done between Nelson Mandela University and Rhodes.