Career summary

My early studies were in the arts, initiated by a love for working with clay. I graduated with a master’s degree in fine art from UCT in 2005 and worked as a visual designer and lecturer in art and digital media in the years that followed.

My undergraduate psychology studies were through UNISA, with an honour’s degree at UCT. I qualified with an MA degree in clinical psychology through Stellenbosch University in 2022, following a 1-year internship at Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital and Strand Community Health Clinic. My community service year was served at Mitchells Plain District Hospital.

My clinical experience started with an addiction counselling internship at the Cape Town Drug Counselling Centre in 2018, where I fulfilled the clinical hours of a postgraduate diploma in addictions, obtained through UCT. I did further training in compassionate inquiry, Gabor Maté's trauma and addiction-focused therapeutic approach; the Trauma Research Foundation’s certificate programme in traumatic stress studies, led by Bessel van der Kolk; and brainspotting, through Brainspotting UK. I am currently engaged in Peter Levine's somatic experiencing practitioner training while working at an inpatient addiction treatment clinic and seeing private clients.