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Team Psychology

 

 

Elzabe Olivier

 

 

Life can be challenging and even problematic at times, leaving us overwhelmed and unable to cope. However, all circumstances, no matter how bleak, contain resources and all people possess strengths that can be advanced / uncovered to improve one’s quality of life. One way of doing just that is by working through your problems with a psychologist. This process normally involves identifying and exploring the problem, verbalizing thoughts and feelings regarding the problem, and ultimately through a process of cooperation between the client and the psychologist, finding meaningful solutions to problems by focusing on one’s strengths.

 

BSoc.Sc in Pschology at the University of the Free State. Honours Degree in Psychology at the University of Port Elizabeth. Masters Degree in Counselling Psychology at the University of Port Elizabeth. Completed internship at the Hunters Craig Psychiatric Hospital, Port Elizabeth. Registered Counselling Psychologist with the Health Professions Council of SA

 

 

 

 

Dave Swart

 

Dave completed his undergraduate training in psychology and education at the University of Pretoria. Upon completion he spent a year lecturing at UP in Health Psychology, Research, Critical Psychology and Abnormal Child Psychology. As a programme coordinator at the university's Centre for the Study of AIDS, he made valuable contributions to the inclusiveness of the university's academic programmes and supervised numerous community level projects.

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Dave holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology from the University of the Free State. Since then, Dave​​ expanded his experience by working in various primary, secondary, tertiary and corporate environments, including the Free State Psychiatric Complex, Uitenhage Provincial Hospital and a private maximum security prison. Dave favors of a person-centered eclectic approach to therapy, which derives from a combination of Rogerian and Transtheoretical theories. This is a flexible approach, which allows a psychologist to apply and combine different methods of psychotherapy, suited to the needs of a specific individual.

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