Associate Therapists
Gabi ArensonGabi is a counselling psychologist. She aims to facilitate growth in her clients as they work through life's obstacles. Her areas of interest include: personal growth and well-being, life adjustments and transitions, relationship difficulties, parenting support, depression and anxiety, bereavement and infertility.
Darren Bessarabie
Darren is a psychologist who sees teens and adults, families and couples. He works with grief, trauma, anxiety and anything else that would come up.
Arlene BernsteinArlene has a Clinical Masters in Mental Health. She has a private practice consulting to individuals, couples and young adults to enhance relationships and build self-awareness. She also fellow professionals for supervision and consults to various counselling organisations and NGOs in the field of people management, education, resilience, trauma and debriefing, life-skills training courses and management of volunteers.
Lior blumenthalLior Blumenthal is an Educational Psychologist. She works with individuals of all ages and also administers psycho-educational assessments. Her special interest lies in maximizing strengths and learning to navigate challenges
Aliza Bilman
Dr. Aliza Bilman is a qualified clinical psychologist, with a Doctor of Psychology degree (PsyD) from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology in the United States. Aliza’s passion is EMDR, an internationally recognized and empirically supported psychothera-peutic approach, which she uses to help her clients strengthen their coping resources and treat trauma, anxiety, and other mental health issues.
Hila Chalmers Hila is a social worker in private practice with over 18 years of experience working with individuals and families. She has a special interest in working with people going through divorce and co-parenting after divorce.
Vanessa FeldmanVanessa is an educational psychologist in private practice. Vanessa trained at UNISA and Wits and lectured at Boston City Campus for 14 years . She has worked at various schools throughout the years and has years of experience working with adolescents. She sees children for play therapy , teens , and adults, using dynamic psychotherapy as one of her therapeutic models. She also does trauma debriefing
ILANIT GERSON
Ilanit is an educational psychologist who has worked in schools for the last 20 years. Her current interests are working with anxiety and developing self-awareness and coping strategies.
Shira GutnikShira's passion for people drew her to pursuing a career in organizational psychology. She has a specific interest in understanding the mind, understanding individuals and understanding how each person can be optimized. She went on to pursue training through the Neuroleadership Institute, where she obtained the title of Brain Based Coach. This combination of psychology and neuroscience, with a specific focus on creating positive change for people, offered the perfect merge of both worlds.
WENDY HARTSMAN Wendy is an educational psychologist specialising in working with children (play therapy), adolescents, young adults, and parents. In addition, she also does psycho-educational assessments.
LARRY HIRSCHOWITZ Larry is an educational psychologist who does psychotherapy and assessments.
JAYDON IMMERMANJaydon is a clinical psychologist who has been practicing for 20 years. He specialises in CBT and works with individuals and couples.
Melissa JanetMelissa is a social worker with 28 years of experience, both locally and in the United Kingdom. She has worked across many different sectors including with children, adults, disability, parenting, addiction and family interventions. Melissa's passion lies in assisting clients to return to their own unique and optimal levels of functioning, by using their inbuilt strengths and innate skills. Melissa offers a safe and compassionate therapeutic space to enhance healing and growth in her clients
Liane Lurie
Liane Lurie is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice. She works with adults, adolescents and families. She has contributed towards articles in Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health magazines and spoken regularly on TV and Radio. She runs school based programmes focusing on areas such as bullying, self harm and eating disorders.
Mandy Magid
Mandy Magid is a clinical psychologist practising in Fairmount, Johannesburg. She works with adolescents and adults dealing with many different challenges. She focuses on depression, anxiety, personality difficulties, trauma and neuropsychological difficulties amongst others. She uses EMDR- Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing, DBT, CBT and ego states theory.
Raylene PokroyRaylene is a psychologist in private practice, working with adolescents and adults. She assists patients with issues such as anxiety, mood-disorders, and relationship challenges. Her experience includes work in schools and with individual private patients.
Esti MedalieEsti Medalie is a social worker in private and a certified clinical Imago Relationship Therapist. Esti is passionate about working with individuals and couples in therapy.
ROMY MICHAELSONRomy has an MA in Drama therapy. Her work uses creative mediums to invite exploration into people’s internal worlds. The bulk of her work is with children and parents, with the aim of empowering them to bring out the best in their families.
Yochi RessYochi is a Clinical Psychologist and mindfulness/resilience specialist (neuroscience based), with 20 years of working experience. He also speaks, consults and facilitates workshops in leadership.
YAEL O' REILLYYael is a clinical psychologist who works with adults over the age of 18. She has a special interest in women’s health including pre and post natal depression and anxiety, and female sexual difficulties / dysfunction. She is passionate about working with couples as well as helping singles navigate the dating terrain. She has founded and launched Shalhevet, an organisation who’s mission it is to bring the knowledge of professionals to single and married religious women with an aim to educate and empower.
PINCHAS SHIEL Pinchas is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psycho-therapist providing individual therapy covering all aspects of growth.
Julie ShillJulie is a registered counselor specializing in trauma debriefing. She uses specific trauma informed, evidence based research techniques such as EMDR and TMR which offer short-term therapy outcomes.
SArit sifrisSarit is a social worker with Hons in psychology. She has been in private practice for twenty years. She worked at both King David Linksfield primary and high schools. She currently works at Charlotte Maxeke Cystic fibris clinic in paediatric pulmonology alongside her private practice
HAYLEY SWARTZHaley Swartz is an Educational Psychologist. She has worked at a school for 8 years and has since been in private practice. Haley sees children, adolescents and adults for therapy. Psycho educational assessments are also offered. She works from more of a Brain Wiring Recursive Therapy approach (BWRT).
Julie ShillJulie is a registered counselor specializing in trauma debriefing. She uses specific trauma informed, evidence based research techniques such as EMDR and TMR which offer short-term therapy outcomes.
Arielle Susman
Arielle is a social worker with special interests in the field of trauma containment and debriefing as well as grief counselling. She works with individuals, couples, groups and families.
Sharoni TsarafiSharoni is a Clinical Psychologist in private practice. She see's adolescents and adults for psychotherapy at her practice in Craighall Park and I also offer online sessions.
Sharoni has a special interest in treating complex trauma, mood, eating disorder and anxiety symptoms. She cares about the uniqueness of each human being and story behind the symptoms they hold. Sharoni uses tenets from Psychodynamic, Attachment Theory, Internal Family Systems, and other trauma focused approaches to inform her process.
Jacqui Yates
Jacqui is a Registered Trauma Therapist who has been practicing for 17 years. She works with children, adolescents and adults. Her special interests are : Crisis intervention and trauma debriefing; Gender-based Violence and Stress Management. She aims to empower her clients with skills and facilitate them in their healing journey.
Ariella WolfAriella Wolf is a Registered Counsellor and Certified Life Coach who is passionate about assisting women in their growth to discover their authentic voice and become in touch with their intuition. Specialised areas of interest are Marriage Counselling and dealing with drug and alcohol addiction in the family.
Doron ZarDoron is a clinical psychologist who works predominantly from a psychodynamic perspective (in-depth feelings and experiences). The aim of which is to develop a capacity to be self-reflective and insightful about one’s thoughts, feelings, and actions so as to lead a more meaningful and effective life and to have healthier and more fulfilling relationships. He offers individual therapy and couples counselling.
Rabbi Daniel Beider, Shaun Zagnoev, Tamara Assness and Maria Beider
