Psych Tips - PsychMatters

What are your child’s rights in South Africa

What are your child’s rights in South Africa, your Children’s Rights are those rights found in Section 28 in the Bill of Rights in the Constitution of South Africa and they form the basis for the best interest of the child in all matters affecting children.

Helping heal a child’s broken heart

Children

Helping heal a child’s broken heart, being human means that you will experience sorrow and grief at some point in your life. No one can escape this cycle and fact of life. This reality does not take away the pain and suffering it manifests. The opposite... read more

The Marshmallow Effect –Mastering Self-control

Newsletters, Parenting

By Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist & founder of PsychMatters™ In the late 1960’s a Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel performed “The Marshmallow Experiment” on pre-schoolers to demonstrate the importance of delayed gratification. These children... read more

Exam Stress: A Guide for your Child

Career Guidance, Children, Events, Parenting, Teens

Facilitator Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist Many teenagers are at odds as to how best they can help themselves manage stress and do their best in exams in order to reach their full potential. It often is an anxious, overwhelming and daunting time for all.... read more

Deal with Divorce: Mastering the experience

Events, Parenting

Separated? Divorced? Co-Parenting? Stuck in the pain, anger and bitterness?

Are you committed to empowering yourself and your child to master this life-changing event? Would you love to learn how to:
Tell your child about your divorce in the most effective way; Understand how you & your child experience divorce; Assist you to identify & address potential problems early; View divorce in a new light in order to destigmatise & facilitate the healing process; best communicate & deal with the effect the divorce will have on your child; Gain some tips for Divorcing Parents; Address Co-Parenting & Address Blended families (step-families)

Ages: any adult for 2 hours (individuals, parents, teachers)
Venue: PsychMatters Family Therapy Centre, 9 Park Str, Bedfordview, Jhb
Fee: R500, Early Bird R450

First Aid Certificate: Dealing with Childhood Illness & Emergency

Events, Media, Toddlers

Facilitator: Melanie Hamaty, Clinical Psychologist & Mother Being responsible for the care and survival of your baby can be very overwhelming for first time parents & caretakers. Would you like to be an empowered parent or caretaker equipped with skills to... read more

Auditory Integration Training (Solisten Sound Therapy)

Teens, Trauma

Solisten Sound Therapy (The Tomatis Method) SOLISTEN is a sound training therapy providing pre-programmed selected and processed music to stimulate the Auditory Processing System. This stimulation enables a precise integration of acoustic information and allows the... read more

Workshops

Children

1. LIVING LEGENDS TEEN EMPOWERMENT Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou (Clinical Psychologist) A legend is said to be one that inspires; an inspirational and extra-ordinary human being living life with purpose. Your Teen will gain: Self-insightEmotional control &... read more

Psychological Assessments

Career Guidance, Children, Parenting, Teens

The aim of an Assessment is to utilise a combination of objective, standardised psychological tests and the expertise of the psychologist, that can identify and establish: where you or your child excels or is gifted in where you or your child is having difficulties... read more

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing

Teens, Trauma

What is EMDR Therapy Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a tool used in Psychotherapy that was developed by Francine Shapiro to resolve trauma caused by exposure to distressing life events such as military combat or rape. It is used to treat PTSD... read more

Parental Guidance

Relationship Matters

Many parents believe that asking for help around parenting issues, is a reflection of “bad” parenting, as the lopsided belief of merely being a parent should be a natural and instinctive skill that occurs with ease and know-how. Parenting is an enormous... read more

Trauma Counselling & Debriefing

Children, Teens, Toddlers, Trauma

Trauma is defined as a unique individual experience triggered by a sudden, external overwhelming event or of persistent overwhelming conditions in which one’s ability to cope is compromised, as one experiences a real or perceived threat to his/her life, bodily... read more

What are your child’s rights in South Africa

Helping heal a child’s broken heart

The Marshmallow Effect –Mastering Self-control

Exam Stress: A Guide for your Child

Deal with Divorce: Mastering the experience

First Aid Certificate: Dealing with Childhood Illness & Emergency

Auditory Integration Training (Solisten Sound Therapy)

Workshops

Psychological Assessments

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing

Parental Guidance

Trauma Counselling & Debriefing

subscribe

Posts

Partners

Contact

Quick Links

Latest News

Pin It on Pinterest