I am a registered Educational Psychologist using Mindfulness and Compassion-based psychotherapy with individuals for stress, anxiety, overwhelm, self-criticism, perfectionism, low self worth, body-shame, fear of failure, life decisions and empathy fatigue. In addition, I have training and experience in psychodynamic psychotherapy and Transactional Analysis for working with anxiety and depression, grief and anger. I have been in private practice since 1990 in Constantia. My focus for decades has been working with adults in long term therapy using an integrative approach and meditation tools. Mindfulness combined with Self-Compassion uses powerful tools for developing emotional resilience. Mindfulness is the first step in emotional healing. We learn to turn toward and greet our challenges with openness, curiosity and self-kindness. If we can begin to perceive these challenges as opportunities for personal spiritual practice then we can befriend them, resolve them and begin to enjoy life again. Our life satisfaction will increase, as will our happiness, self-confidence, optimism, creativity and gratitude. I facilitate 8 week courses in Mindful Self-Compassion which teaches skills to handle challenging emotions with self-kindness. These courses are based in Constantia and focus on small groups. I am a certified mindful self-compassion teacher through the University of California, San Diego, Center for Mindfulness, Mindfulness-Based Professional Training Institute. Kristin Neff, Chris Germer trained me as a MSC teacher in the Netherlands. An 8 month course in MSC further deepened my practice and experience. In addition I have further training in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy at Bangor University, Wales. Compassion and meditation have always played a significant role in my life and I am enthusiastic about teaching the benefits of meditation, combined with compassion skills and energy work such as Emotional Freedom Technique. I enjoy Nature, silence, simplicity, spaciousness and a lightness of Being. Practice Number: 8616248 HPCSA Number: 0027871