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Monday 09:00 - 17:00 Tuesday 09:00 - 17:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 17:00 Thursday 09:00 - 17:00 Friday 09:00 - 17:00

Dr Bruce Bradfield, 1 Cambridge Road, Observatory, Cape Town (2025)

I am qualified as a clinical psychologist in South Africa, where I completed my Masters and doctoral studies. I have worked in this field for over twelve years, & I love the work that I do. I’m fascinated by people and am constantly amazed by how people grow and evolve in the face of difficult and painful realities.

17/07/2025

What If You Didn’t Have to Do It Alone?
The quiet strength of open, interpersonal group therapy

Sometimes, healing begins in the presence of others — not because they offer advice, but because they stay present, curious, and human.

Open interpersonal group therapy is a space for people who want to explore themselves through real, honest connection with others. This isn’t a structured program. There’s no fixed “goal,” no workbook, no pressure to perform. The group unfolds slowly, over time. People come as they are — and that’s enough.

Each session lasts 80 minutes and includes 6 to 9 people. That size allows space for real relationships to form: close enough to feel safe, broad enough to hold many different perspectives. Over time, group members begin to notice how they relate, connect, hold back, or reach out — and what those patterns mean in their lives outside the group.

There’s quiet power in being seen and accepted as you are. In speaking freely. In discovering you’re not alone — and maybe never were.

If this speaks to you, or you’re simply curious, get in touch:
📧 bc.bradfield@gmail.com
No pressure — just a conversation.

08/07/2025

How does They see me?

As a therapist, I try to meet every client with openness, presence, and respect. I do my best to create a space where people can be fully themselves. But I also know that when a genderqueer person walks into my office for the first time, they might be carrying a weight that I can’t see right away. It makes me wonder, how do they see me? Who do they expect me to be? How do they expect me to see them? Are they looking for clues in my body language, my choice of words, my intake form? Are they bracing for assumptions? Bracing for that moment when I misgender them, or ask something that makes them feel like a curiosity instead of a person? I think about how many times they might’ve had to explain themselves in spaces that weren’t built with them in mind. How often they’ve had to educate, correct, and smile through it. And I wonder if they’re already wondering about me. Do I seem like someone who gets it? Am I another therapist who’s going to ask “What does genderqueer mean?” in a way that puts the weight of explanation on them, again? Will they leave the session feeling seen, or just tolerated?

Even when my intentions are good, whatever that means, I have to ask myself: How might I be experienced? I might think of my curiosity as warm, human, even essential to the therapeutic relationship. But what if it lands as something else? What if it feels, to them, like being examined or interpreted — like having to hand over the tools for their own visibility? What if they’re sitting across from me, already tired of being interesting?

These are things I can’t know unless I’m paying very close attention — not just to their words, but to what’s not being said. To the subtle shifts. To see how quickly they respond to certain questions. Whether they seem to relax into the space, or hold themselves just slightly apart. And it’s not about performing perfect allyship or having all the right language. It’s about being attuned. Being honest. Being willing to hold space for the discomfort that might already be in the room — even if I didn’t put it there. I don’t need my clients to teach me how to be a better therapist. That’s my work. But I do want to be someone they don’t have to brace against. So when a genderqueer person walks through my door, I try to remember: I might be the first therapist who really sees them, or just the next in a long line of people who said they did.

23/06/2025

Coming home to Cape Town

After three enriching years living and working in Copenhagen, Denmark, I’m excited to return to my home city of Cape Town and reopen my psychology practice from 1 August.

During my time in Denmark, I had the privilege of working in a diverse, international context, supporting individuals from all over the world who had made Denmark their temporary or permanent home. This experience deepened my understanding of the emotional complexities that come with transition, belonging, identity, and adaptation.

Now, I look forward to bringing this experience home—back to the vibrant, resilient South African community that shaped me. I’m passionate about reconnecting with the people, the place, and the stories that make Cape Town so unique.

If you’re looking for psychological support or are curious about how therapy might be helpful in your life, I’d love to connect.

Address

1 Cambridge Road, Observatory
Cape Town
7925

Opening Hours

Monday	09:00 - 17:00
Tuesday	09:00 - 17:00
Wednesday	09:00 - 17:00
Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00

Telephone

+4553707877

Website

https://brucebradfield.com/

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