As caretakers we tend to view the world of our children as fun-filled and carefree, as they don’t have debts to worry about, school fees to pay, a demanding boss, or difficult in-laws to contend with! The truth is that children today do feel stress and many are...
By Sheethal Behari, Clinical Psychologist at PsychMatters Centre People expect one to grieve following the death of a loved one, however grief occurs in other circumstances as well. Loss can be defined in so many ways. Sometimes an event occurs and is not recognised...
By Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist & Founder So it’s a new year a new beginning, January 2016, the mantra month that offers great aspirations and goals, pledging a potential for you to make things happen – to set last year’s record straight. Right? Well,...
by Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist (as featured in the Sowetan Newspaper) The Department of Justice estimates that 1 out of every 4 South African women are survivors of domestic violence. According to POWA, 1 in every 6 women who die in Gauteng are killed by...
by Sarit Swisa, Clinical Psychologist What is more powerful than a negative judgement? Think about it…. You might have had the most productive, creative day, checking all the boxes off your list. But it seems that that one moment of failure or disappointment...
by Tamarin Epstein, Educational Psychologist Research in the field of psychology indicates that our children are actually smarter than us! Since before 1930, studies conducted in over 30 countries found that, with every passing decade, people are becoming more...