“I believe that growth and transformation are always possible. I strive to provide a safe and compassionate interpersonal space where clients can explore challenges and create the life that they want.”
WORK
- Clear Counselling
- Medical Doctor: Family Practice, Psychiatry Experience, and Cancer Treatment Experience
EDUCATION
- Registered Clinical Counsellor
- Canadian Certified Counsellor
- Adlerian Counsellor
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology: Adler University, Vancouver, Canada
- Doctor of Medicine: University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 1
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
- Afrikaans
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Anger Management Issues
- Anxiety and Depression
- Cancer Care and Support
- Career Issues
- Creativity
- Cross-Cultural Issues
- Death and Dying
- Depression
- Divorce and Separation
- Dreams
- Family Conflict
- Family of Origin Issues
- Grief and Loss
- Immigration
- Life Changes
- Life-Balance
- LGBTQ
- Loneliness
- Marriage Counselling
- Parenting
- Performance Enhancement
- Personal Growth
- Procrastination
- Professional Burnout
- Relationship Concerns
- Self-Actualization
- Self-Esteem Issues
- Senior Related Life Concerns
- Sex and Gender Issues
- Sleep Difficulties
- Spirituality
- Sport Psychology
- Stress and Trauma
- Suicide
APPROACHES USED
- Adlerian Depth Psychology
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Feminist approach
- Gestalt
- Humanistic approach
- Mindfulness approach
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution Based Therapy
ABOUT
Alita is an Adlerian Psychotherapist providing Individual and Couples Counselling. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Canadian Certified Counsellor, and Adler University Alumni.
After working as a medical doctor for over 15 years in different specialties and different countries, Alita made a career change to counselling as this is where she feels she can best apply herself to make a difference in the lives of others. Coming from South Africa, she understands the challenges of immigration, career change, parenting and relationships.
In addition, Alita has a diverse clientele from different cultures, abilities, ages, sexual orientations, and gender identities. It is her belief that “resilience is not only an integral part of oneself and one’s relationships, but also a contribution to society.”
INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING
From a positive Adlerian Psychology approach, she focuses on thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, and works with clients to develop a plan to remove obstacles, find pathways that are forward moving, and help clients obtain their goals that are self-respecting and cooperative to their own identity.
With patience and guidance, her approach is to assist clients to:
- find their strengths
- explore the root causes of their concerns
- navigate through tough times
- find a new way of expressing themselves fully
- develop their sense of empowerment and clarity
- increase their sense of competence and capability in finding creative solutions, and
- develop better interpersonal relationships.
She helps support clients facing
- unexpected challenges
- difficult life transitions
- changes in direction
- lack of self-esteem
- loss of identity
- relationship difficulties, and
- a variety of other issues that life presents.
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING
Relationship counselling includes Pre-Commitment Counselling, Relationship Counselling, and Amicable Separation.
Pre-Commitment Counselling is focused to help couples build a skill set to help ensure satisfying long-term relationships based on shared meaning.
Couples Counselling is to help couples struggling with difficult issues in their relationship such as communication problems, conflict, lack of emotional or sexual intimacy, drifting apart, infidelity, and loss of trust.
Amicable Separation is one without regret, with the aim of rebuilding individual identities, addressing co-parenting successfully, while helping each partner to maintain their sense of dignity and respect.
Alita continues to grow and develop her counselling skills by attending professional development workshops and conferences. It is her mission to help clients achieve wellness, harmony, and balance.
WORK
- Clear Counselling
- Medical Doctor: Family Practice, Psychiatry Experience, and Cancer Treatment Experience
EDUCATION
- Registered Clinical Counsellor
- Canadian Certified Counsellor
- Adlerian Counsellor
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology: Adler University, Vancouver, Canada
- Doctor of Medicine: University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 1
ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE
- Afrikaans
AREAS OF PRACTICE
- Anger Management Issues
- Anxiety and Depression
- Cancer Care and Support
- Career Issues
- Creativity
- Cross-Cultural Issues
- Death and Dying
- Depression
- Divorce and Separation
- Dreams
- Family Conflict
- Family of Origin Issues
- Grief and Loss
- Immigration
- Life Changes
- Life-Balance
- LGBTQ
- Loneliness
- Marriage Counselling
- Parenting
- Performance Enhancement
- Personal Growth
- Procrastination
- Professional Burnout
- Relationship Concerns
- Self-Actualization
- Self-Esteem Issues
- Senior Related Life Concerns
- Sex and Gender Issues
- Sleep Difficulties
- Spirituality
- Sport Psychology
- Stress and Trauma
- Suicide
APPROACHES USED
- Adlerian Depth Psychology
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Feminist approach
- Gestalt
- Humanistic approach
- Mindfulness approach
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution Based Therapy
ABOUT
Alita is an Adlerian Psychotherapist providing Individual and Couples Counselling. She is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Canadian Certified Counsellor, and Adler University Alumni.
After working as a medical doctor for over 15 years in different specialties and different countries, Alita made a career change to counselling as this is where she feels she can best apply herself to make a difference in the lives of others. Coming from South Africa, she understands the challenges of immigration, career change, parenting and relationships.
In addition, Alita has a diverse clientele from different cultures, abilities, ages, sexual orientations, and gender identities. It is her belief that “resilience is not only an integral part of oneself and one’s relationships, but also a contribution to society.”
INDIVIDUAL COUNSELLING
From a positive Adlerian Psychology approach, she focuses on thoughts, feelings, and behaviours, and works with clients to develop a plan to remove obstacles, find pathways that are forward moving, and help clients obtain their goals that are self-respecting and cooperative to their own identity.
With patience and guidance, her approach is to assist clients to:
- find their strengths
- explore the root causes of their concerns
- navigate through tough times
- find a new way of expressing themselves fully
- develop their sense of empowerment and clarity
- increase their sense of competence and capability in finding creative solutions, and
- develop better interpersonal relationships.
She helps support clients facing
- unexpected challenges
- difficult life transitions
- changes in direction
- lack of self-esteem
- loss of identity
- relationship difficulties, and
- a variety of other issues that life presents.
RELATIONSHIP COUNSELLING
Relationship counselling includes Pre-Commitment Counselling, Relationship Counselling, and Amicable Separation.
Pre-Commitment Counselling is focused to help couples build a skill set to help ensure satisfying long-term relationships based on shared meaning.
Couples Counselling is to help couples struggling with difficult issues in their relationship such as communication problems, conflict, lack of emotional or sexual intimacy, drifting apart, infidelity, and loss of trust.
Amicable Separation is one without regret, with the aim of rebuilding individual identities, addressing co-parenting successfully, while helping each partner to maintain their sense of dignity and respect.
Alita continues to grow and develop her counselling skills by attending professional development workshops and conferences. It is her mission to help clients achieve wellness, harmony, and balance.