Inner Health Centre

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

Inner Health Centre is

04/06/2024

An early start at Inner Health Centre

*Anticipating Life's Twists: A Strategic Approach to Well-being*

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated," Confucius once said. His words echo profoundly today as we navigate an increasingly complex world. Instead of passively awaiting the next challenge, why not meet it on our terms? By anticipating and preparing for life's inevitable twists, we assert control over our journey, crafting a proactive narrative of resilience and readiness.

Envisioning potential challenges is not about casting shadows on the present but about illuminating the path ahead. It’s like setting chess pieces on the board, not merely to react to an opponent’s moves but to strategically influence the game’s outcome. This proactive stance requires a blend of self-awareness and foresight—a mental mapping of where we are and where potential hurdles might arise.

Let’s draw inspiration from the philosophy of stoicism, which teaches us not just to endure but to turn adversity into advantage. By preemptively addressing the whispers of concern that flutter through our minds, we transform them into stepping stones rather than stumbling blocks. This is the essence of proactive living—engaging life with intention and strategy, ensuring that when challenges arise, we meet them with prepared minds and robust hearts.

By adopting this proactive mindset, we do more than navigate life; we sculpt it actively, embracing its complexity with the confidence of those who have their hands firmly on the tiller. Let this be our approach: thoughtful, anticipatory, and ever dynamic, as we chart our course through the unpredictable seas of life.

19/05/2024

11/05/2024

In the dance of the bamboo palm with the wind lies a lesson: flexibility in thoughts and actions can sustain growth through the harshest conditions.

11/05/2024

Inner Health Centre is excited to present a unique associate opportunity tailored specifically for newly qualified psychologists or those transitioning into private practice, available exclusively for mornings-only during the contracted year. This 12-month initiative offers an unparalleled chance to establish your sole-proprietary practice, supported by our state-of-the-art therapeutic facilities, comprehensive administrative assistance, and a robust referral network.

This carefully structured opportunity is designed to cultivate both your clinical and business management skills, ensuring you build a strong foundation for your private practice in a supportive environment. Benefiting from our cohesive practice model, you will merge high clinical standards with effective business strategies, all while leveraging the reputation of Inner Health Centre.

We are seeking a suitable dedicated clinical or counselling psychologist who are eager to establish a self-sustaining practice and enhance their careers in a half-day format as a start. If you are prepared to take this significant step towards establishing and growing your own practice, please contact Dave Swart at dave@swartpsychologists.com to learn more about this mornings-only associate opportunity.

Join us at Inner Health Centre, where your path to a successful and independent practice begins, optimized for your morning availability.

19/04/2024

Consultation office available at uniquely mental health orientated and tranquil Inner Health Centre, in Newton Park, Port Elizabeth.

For more information, contact practice manager Frankie Cameron on info@innerhealthcentre.co.za or 0410040048.

31/01/2024

“Our past pains, much like crumbling ruins, offer us a choice: to dwell within their decay or to step out and rebuild. Healing is not just about constructing a new shelter; it’s about deciding the fate of these ruins. Do we let them stand as a perpetual reminder of our wounds, or do we transform them into monuments of our resilience and growth? This echoes the words of Carl Jung: ‘I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.’ Our choice in dealing with these ruins shapes not just our present, but the legacy we leave behind.”