Joanne Macgregor - Counselling Psychologist

23/08/2022

I'm delighted to announce that I have relocated my practice to Plettenberg Bay,, and will now resume seeing clients in-person, as well as continuing with online sessions.

I work with adults, couples and teenagers (high school and up), and have a pragmatic, skill-based and solution-focused approach to therapy. We are all meant to live our best lives!

𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞.

06/06/2022

07/02/2022

07/02/2022

Hi, I am a counselling psychologist with twenty-five years' clinical experience. I work online and in-person (at my practice in Plettenberg Bay) with adults, couples and teenagers in a wide spectrum of therapeutic areas, including:

- Trauma debriefing and counselling
- Mood disorders (depression, anxiety, OCD, etc.)
- Bereavement and loss
- Life challenges and transitions
- Relationship difficulties
- Couples' counselling and premarital guidance
- Parental guidance
- Difficulties with self-esteem, confidence and assertiveness
- Skills training (communication and conflict resolution skills, assertiveness, parenting, etc.)
- Life coaching and mentoring

My Master’s thesis was on the victim’s experience of hijacking, and I have a special interest in trauma (old and recent). I'm an accredited practitioner of EMDR, BWRT and hypnotherapy, and incorporate these powerful approaches where appropriate in my therapeutic process.

My integrative approach to psychotherapy incorporates the theory and practices of approaches such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), reality therapy, Gestalt psychology, and phenomenology, and I have a keen interest in mind-body work and chronic pain conditions. I also love to incorporate fables and stories in my therapy, and I've published a collection of these in a non-fiction book entitled Self Help Stories: A therapist’s stories to teach, heal
and inspire change.

I am also available to do corporate training in change management and soft skills, and public talks.

*For more information or to book an appointment, please send a message via the blue button above, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.*