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Claremont,
Cape Town
Tel: (021) 674 0509
E-mail: info@edpsychmelissa.co.za
Individual Psychotherapy
Melissa offers guidance and therapeutic services to adults, adolescents and children in the context of learning and development, so as to assist clients in dealing with problems and in facilitating optimal adjustments, growth and maturity at any stage of life.
Adults
Melissa provides assistance in the diagnosis, treatment and management of the following psychological concerns:
- Anger management
- Anxiety
- Bereavement / loss
- Career & vocational guidance
- Depression
- Divorce adjustment difficulties
- Personal Identity
- Relationship difficulties
- Sexual health, education / therapy
- Stress
Cognitive behavioural therapy is most often utilized or integrated in therapy sessions. This type of therapy seeks to identify maladaptive cognition, appraisal, beliefs and reactions with the aim of influencing destructive negative emotions and problematic dysfunctional behaviours. The link between a person's unique core beliefs, thoughts, feelings and behaviours are examined.
Adolescents
Melissa provides assistance in the diagnosis, treatment and management of the following psychological concerns:
- Adjustment difficulties
- Anger management difficulties
- Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders
- Behavioural problems
- Bereavement / loss
- Bullying
- Identity related concerns
- Intellectual difficulties
- Mood Disorders (Depression & Anxiety)
- Peer &/ parental conflict
- Self-esteem concerns
- Self harm / Mutilation
- Sexual health, education / therapy
- Shyness & Loneliness
- Suicidal concerns
- Trauma
An integrated approach to therapy is used with adolescents in order to address individual needs and problems. Therapy may involve behavioural therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and gestalt therapy.
Children
Melissa provides assistance in the diagnosis, treatment and management of the following psychological concerns:
- Separation anxiety
- Attention Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorders
- Behavioural / conduct concerns
- Bereavement / loss
- Bullying
- Developmental disorders
- Learning difficulties
- Mood Disorders (Depression & Anxiety)
- Oppositional Defiant behaviour
- Poor self-esteem
- Reading disorder (Dyslexia)
- Shyness & Loneliness
- Trauma
An integrated model for therapy with children is utilized, namely the Seqentially Planned Integrative Counselling for Children (SPICC) model. This model includes child-centred therapy, gestalt play therapy, narrative therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and behavioural therapy.
