About

I am a Clinical Psychologist, lecturer, researcher, and speaker with a deep commitment to understanding the emotional lives of people within the complexity of their relationships, identities, and social worlds. My work has evolved beyond symptom reduction toward a more relational, reflective, and deeply human approach to psychological well-being.

I completed my Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology at the University of Cape Town and have worked across psychiatric hospitals, correctional services, and private practice. Alongside my clinical work, I lecture, facilitate public workshops, present at conferences, and conduct research.

My interests include psychotherapy, identity, race, culture, intersubjectivity, and psychological meaning-making. I am particularly interested in what happens between people, especially in moments when language fails, difference emerges, and emotional experiences become difficult to name.

Whether working with individuals, teaching students, or facilitating workshops, my aim is to make psychology thoughtful, accessible, and relevant to everyday life.

Therapeutic Approach

Therapy with me is thoughtful, relational, engaged, and deeply human.

I do not see myself as a distant expert observing you from afar. I believe healing happens through authentic human connection, and I bring presence, curiosity, warmth, honesty, and reflection into the therapy room.

My approach is rooted primarily in psychodynamic, relational, and intersubjective psychotherapy. Rather than focusing only on symptoms, I am interested in the deeper emotional patterns, relational experiences, and unconscious meanings that shape our lives.

As a Black African therapist, I am deeply aware of the ways race, culture, history, belonging, and intersectionality shape our emotional worlds. I believe psychological distress cannot be understood apart from the relationships and social contexts in which we live.

Together, we become curious about your experiences rather than judging them. I aim to create a therapeutic space where you feel emotionally held, psychologically safe, and genuinely seen.

There is also space for laughter here. Therapy can be painful and vulnerable, but it can also be connective, hopeful, and deeply meaningful.

My Professional Values

• Compassion – Holding people with care while remaining curious about how life has shaped both suffering and resilience.

• Complexity – Honouring the influence of identity, culture, race, history, and relationships in psychological work.

• Authenticity – Bringing presence, honesty, and humanity into the therapeutic relationship.

• Reflection – Creating spaces where vulnerability, insight, growth, and even laughter can coexist.