Inner Health Centre

08/11/2025

Emotional stability is the new leadership skill. Dr. Dave Swart explores how it drives success in today’s world.

21/10/2025

We’re proud to share that our co-founder and clinical psychologist Dave Swart has released his new book Holding the Centre: A Therapist’s Notes on Finding Self in Times of Fracture.

Drawn from years in the therapy room, Dave explores what it means to stay grounded amid the psychological noise of modern life — a theme that lies at the heart of our work at Inner Health Centre.

Holding the Centre is both mirror and map: a guide for anyone trying to remain whole in a world that keeps demanding pieces.

📗 Available now on Amazon (ebook & paperback): https://a.co/d/0Agi9rb

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04/03/2025

When you love your job, stepping into the office feels like arriving home!

10/10/2024

World Mental Health Day

12/09/2024

Welcome to Inner Health Centre, Dr. Clarise Weimers-Willard MD. Your wealth of clinical experience will be an invaluable complement to our existing multi-disciplinary team.

Inner Health has been over a decade in the making, and we are thrilled to share with PE and the broader SA healthcare industry our comprehensive approach to healthcare, which covers the entire mental healthcare scope of practice under one roof.

17/07/2024

Warm welcome to our visiting expert co-therapist at Inner Health Centre

06/07/2024

Have you heard the one about a couple of shrinks who walk into a bar?

**Group Therapy with a Twist: A Couple of Shrinks walk into a Bar**

You know you're a psychologist when even a dinner date turns into a session, and a bland chickpea springroll looks like it needs a holistic therapy plan. Last night, my wife and I—yes, both shrinks—decided to swap our usual roles for a seat at a GQ Comedy show. And, let's be honest, if laughter was a therapy technique, last night's comedians would even have a Freudian slip.

Here's the thing: a dinner with two therapists can feel a lot like a chess match, where 'pass the salt' somehow dives into childhood memories of mashed potatoes. Honestly, it's exhausting being this introspective all the time. So, hitting up a comedy club felt like a cheat day for our brains.

As the comedians took the stage at the Roof Garden Bar, single file, it struck me—this was no ordinary night out. Here we were, a room full of strangers, finding common ground in our quirks and missteps. Each joke was like a mini-session, revealing more about ourselves than some of our actual therapy sessions. And let me tell you, nothing makes you reevaluate your life choices quite like relating a little too much to a joke about bladder control.

The laughter that filled the room wasn't just about amusement; it was therapeutic, a collective exhale of all the things we're too polite to say during the day. For a moment, we were all in this together, laughing not just at the jokes but at ourselves. And as a psychologist who spends days unpacking other people's baggage, there's something wonderfully freeing about just laughing at your own (that’s another story altogether).

So, hats off to the healing power of a good laugh! Remember, it's okay to take life a little less seriously sometimes. After all, if we can't laugh at our own complexities, we're missing the punchline of being human.

Last night reminded me that sometimes, the best therapy doesn't always happen on a couch—it happens in shared laughter, where the only tools you need is a sense of humor and an ability to breathe through your pain. Here’s to more laughter, less analysis, and remembering that we're all just perfectly imperfect. 🎭😂

29/06/2024

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