How to keep the love, by Joanna Kleovoulou (Clinical Psychologist and Director) Once upon a time... lived Snow White with her seven dwarfs. Fast forward... And the prince found Snow White sleeping comatose for decades. He bent down on one knee, caressed her cheek and...

The ending of another year often leaves us feeling frantic to get to complete our over-extended to-do-lists, "wrapping" up of not only a long list of presents but also work responsibilities and family commitments. Before we can blink our eyelids, the festive holidays...

Single parenting is not a new phenomenon, but rates are increasing worldwide. South Africa has the world’s highest rate of single parent households (over 60%). Single parents are the norm, not the exception. Typically, a SA child has a living, but absent, father, and...

Let's start of by undertanding what self-esteem is - it's the collection of beliefs and feelings that we have about ourselves which influences our motivations, attitudes, actions and affects how we adjust in the world. Patterns of self-esteem start very early in life....

By Dr. Debbie Norval from Skin Renewal, locoated on 9 Park Street,Bedfordview, Jhb. We’ve all heard the saying “beauty is not skin deep” and that if you feel good on the inside you will look good on the outside. But it’s not as simple as that in real life. In fact if...

By: Melanie Hamaty, Clinical Psychologist While the birth of a baby brings great joy into a couple’s life, it is also taxing on any relationship. The first few weeks can be overwhelming, especially for new parents. The world revolves around coping with little sleep,...

By Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist Discovering what you really want in life, or how indeed to achieve it, is not always easy. It may even evade you.  As the year sets in to the next half, dreams and goals have been put aside in order to just get through the...

By Chael Nel, Clinical Psychologist In relationships, when couples say they can’t understand why their partners think in a specific way, they often refer to the fact that they disagree with how their partners think. ‘Disagreeing’ and ‘Misunderstanding’ are two...

By Tamarin Epstein, Educational Psychologist, PsychMatters We all suffer disappointment, at various times in our lives. How we cope with these experiences depends not only on the nature of the event, but also on our psychology. Psychological factors include our...

By Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist Be it Mother's Day in a few days, or your birthday pending, or perhaps no specific celebration, but just someone giving you a nice compliment. How easy and open are you to receiving? Think back on a time someone gave you a...

by Sandra Roberts, Edu-Feedback Play Attention Practitioner and Registered Counsellor “I am the dreamy kid sitting in a quiet corner of the classroom. This is the kid whose mind wandered off between steps three and six of the maths lesson. I am also the one whose...

By Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist How many of you including myself, have heard yourselves postponing your sense of happiness, contentment and joy to a time when you would have achieved your next goal, reached your ideal weight, got your dream job, or got...