What are the opening hours?

Monday 08:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 08:00 - 17:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 18:00 Thursday 08:00 - 17:00 Friday 08:00 - 17:00 Saturday 08:00 - 12:00

Salome Demetriou

Home
South Africa
Benoni Ext 20
Salome Demetriou

Clinical Psychologist – a public diary –perspectives & learnings.Not intended for treatment purposes.

10/06/2025

Just to remember that, our cups can easily be emptied when they are in the hands of those who don’t understand or appreciate that special blend 🫖

05/06/2025

This is how I like to work 🪡

02/03/2025

A play on words & constructivism

🎭 📖

21/01/2025

Some food for thought 💭

25/11/2024

There are so many of us professionals speaking about this ; personally for me it is a frustrating matter. Why? Well the amount of people I witness being dismissed by others for how they feel - can really derail a process of healing.
The compassion inside of me is battling with this. It seems to me that within our current times, so many people are just not okay - and perhaps don’t have the means or resources to deal with it. As a result, the above snapshots is the narrative we are seeing. In my opinion, what we see is those who can’t deal with it and so they dismiss others’ emotions; others who are struggling to deal and just want to be heard; and those who are indeed dealing. Rest assured, I do believe we all have a deep need to be heard and understood. However, there is fear, shame, disconnection, and guilt involved, which may result in these different groups of people.

I wonder if we just took the non-judgemental and compassionate stance of understanding that our feelings are emotional messages - what could this mean for the narrative?

We have decades and decades and decades to maintain this stance over.

We all have an amygdala in our brains for a reason - so in my opinion it causes more harm to dismiss our emotional processing.

Of course this is a multifaceted issue; perhaps also linked to how we relay emotions .

But can we try to take the gentle step to process? To pause?

10/09/2024

Acceptance🌿

Acceptance is a difficult thing. But often what makes it more difficult is our tendency to conflate it with approval.

Acceptance is letting something be; it is acknowledging it & allowing it to be - despite how we feel or think about something. No one wants to feel anxious, depressed, sad, tired, angry and lonely (for example). But truth be told we do, we all do, most just focus more on sharing the “positive emotions” - stigma is a factor but that’s a conversation for another day.

We all have experiences of these emotions and/or emotional states; the same where we should have experiences of happiness, laughter, excitement, love, peace, and joy for example. Feelings do change, they come and go - and even when they are pervasive or chronic (due to other environmental and medical factors) - they still do change in intensity.

Acceptance is a powerful tool, especially with uncomfortable emotions such as anxiety.

Why does it work? Well there are many scientific articles one can refer to. But to simplify it - I’ll use the example of anxiety.

When I am anxious, the more I fight the emotion and tell myself “ I must calm down; I have to be okay - I can’t panic right now” - the more this is not acceptance. The more you will notice you are perhaps more distressed.

Denying anxiety and fighting it, the more this is likely to increase the anxiety - as you are communicating to an already anxious physical state that this is not okay, this is not allowed. So what does an anxious body tend to do? Become more anxious as a means to protect, even if you’re not in actual danger.

Acceptance with anxiety can look like

“I am feeling very anxious, it scares me, but I will ride this feeling, I can endure it - as hard as it can be - I will let it be.”

“Hello anxiety my old friend, you are surfacing right now. I see and definitely feel you”

“Anxiety , I guess I have no choice here but to feel you a little”

Most our fellow Dialectical Behavioural Therapy practitioners will understand this.

It’s not an easy thing to do; but perhaps to practice it over time. 🌿🌿

03/09/2024

So let us fall - let us be human , as we strive to rise again 💛

02/07/2024

Often self worth can be defined by how others treat us, or perhaps what others think of us. When we feel worthless; of course it is an empty - diminished - isolating pain. But if one just takes a gentle step back and remembers that opinion is subjective , it allows us to remember that subjectivity is not always the truth. It reminds us that self worth can be defined from within - it is in fact a more intrinsic process. It doesn’t have to only be defined by the extrinsic process of our interactions.

12/04/2024

The Unspoken Narrative. Our choices in our interactions - are exactly that - they are our responsibility. Be okay with your choices - or if not change your interactive stance. I don’t think one should make others responsible for how one chooses to engage 🤍

06/04/2024

Your worth should not be determined by how others treat you – it must come from within 🌿

Address

3 Pretoria Road
Benoni Ext 20
1501

Opening Hours

Monday	08:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	08:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 18:00
Thursday	08:00 - 17:00
Friday	08:00 - 17:00
Saturday	08:00 - 12:00

Website

https://www.salomedemetriouclinpsych.com/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Salome Demetriou posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Contact The Practice

Send a message to Salome Demetriou:

Shortcuts

Address
Opening Hours
Alerts
Contact The Practice
Claim ownership or report listing
Want your practice to be the top-listed Clinic in Benoni Ext 20?

Country:

City: