Nicci Cloete

metta365 enhances modern coaching and mentoring methods with mindfulness practices, focusing on executive leadership, transition and personal growth. Individuals and organisations benefit from my coaching interventions, whether focusing on developing self-awareness and self-management in moving towards personal excellence or a greater sense of ease, negotiating culture mergers within corporates, reassessing one’s boundaries within an NGO environment, or dealing with burnout in one’s personal or professional life.

The word metta means lovingkindness, and the enso that is the symbol of my practice are both nods to a more gentle approach to coaching. Years of practicing with Sue as well as the deep honour of having been invited to offer yoga on her retreats, have helped to shape my immense respect for each individual, my belief in everybody’s capacity to rise above their circumstances, and fostered a deep sense of empathy for all.  It has also cemented my belief that mindful movement, meditation and breath work are essential tools in any coaching or mentoring intervention, allowing one to achieve a greater and more grounded sense of self, as well as calm and safe place from which to navigate the world and all its challenges and joys.

Nicci Cloete
+27 (0)78 563 8152
nicci@metta365.com
www.metta365.com

Catarina Peterson

Catarina Peterson, M.Ed. is a pedagogue, children’s author and mindfulness educator. Catarina supports both teachers and students foster mental and emotional wellbeing through mindfulness practices. Her award-winning book “Golden Sparkles an Introduction to Mindfulness” has helped parents, educators and mental health professionals worldwide. Catarina provided valuable feedback in the creation of The Mindfulness Meditation Deck for Children, which Sue greatly appreciated.

Catarina Peterson
info@catpeterson.co.uk
www.catpeterson.co.uk

Lisa Jeannes

I am a clinical psychologist specializing in couple therapy. I also offer individual therapy.

Lisa Jeannes, Clinical Psychologist 
083 564 5838
lisa@lisajeannes.co.za
www.lisajeannes.co.za

Carol Cheesman

I have worked in Cape Town for the last 30 years as a Clinical Psychologist in a range of settings – including a parent/infant community programme, addiction centres, teaching counselling, in a Hospice, and in private practice. My framework is psychodynamic, and I work with adolescents, adults and couples. I also embrace mindfulness and creative techniques in  group work related to loss and bereavement.

Carol Cheesman, Clinical Psychologist
079 427 5217
cheez1mail@gmail.com
www.therapyroute.com/therapist/carol-cheesman-cape-town-za

Mary Hartley

I am a clinical psychologist based in Woodstock, offering psychotherapy for adults. Therapy can help to alleviate distress, to enhance the way in which we relate to ourselves and others, and to support choices that move one closer toward a rich and fulfilling life. I work predominantly from a psychodynamic and relational foundation. This means that therapy is a process of exploring one’s inner world and relational world (both conscious and more unconscious) in order to build and strengthen patterns that serve us, and to break with old patterns that no longer do.

Mary Hartley
073 053 6877
therapy@maryhartley.co.za
www.maryhartley.co.za

Charity Mkone

I am a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and with the Board of Health Care Funders (BHF). I completed my BA (Hons) Psychology and Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology degree at the University Witwatersrand. My interventions are client centred in that they are geared towards meeting the needs and expectations of the client. My aim is to exercise flexibility in the various psychotherapeutic approaches. This allows me to assist the clients in the most appropriate way.

Charity Mkone, Clinical Psychologist
charitymkone@gmail.com
www.charitymkone-psychology.com

Dr. Ursula Froschauer

Dr. Ursula Froschauer is a Counselling Psychologist in Modderfontein, Johannesburg, who works with adolescents, adults and couples. Her interests focus on exploring relationship challenges, the intersection of health and psychological well-being (especially auto-immune diseases), anxiety, bereavement and depression. Ursula also supervises psychologists in practice.

Dr. Ursula Froschauer
082 481 1609
ursula.froschauer@gmail.com

Alexia Montanari

Alexia Montanari is a mother of two and is a clinical psychologist. She is deeply connected to the practice of mindfulness and the contemplative tradition from which it comes. Her work in this field, incorporates both a personal journey and a professional one. She is one of four clinicians in South Africa to be trained to facilitate the work of Dr. Brené Brown’s Daring Way (TM). She describes the journey to be “one of the greatest gifts one could afford oneself as a statement of worthiness”.

Her mindfulness training forms the backdrop to her approach to Dr. Brown’s work which she feels allows her to offer it in a way that creates gentle spaces to land and explore the central focus on vulnerability, courage, shame, and wholeheartedness with kindness and authenticity.

Alexia currently runs groups drawn from The Daring way (™). She also offers individual sessions for those preferring to work at their own pace. She has studied and practiced the intersection between psychotherapy and Buddhism for nearly two decades now. She is passionate about dispelling the myths surrounding the teachings and making mindfulness accessible to all.

Alexia Montanari
076 990 9808
alexianeo@icloud.com
www.mindfulcompassion.co.za

Tayla Ressel

Talya Ressel, Social Worker and Family Therapist has spent the past 15 years working with individuals, couples, and families to assist in managing anxiety and distress and to develop tools to cope with those experiences.  While her clients range in ages, she has a particular interest in working with adolescents and young adults.  She is an experienced social worker with her private practice based in Cape Town, although consulted extensively online and is often providing useful resources through her TV and radio appearances and blog posts.

Talya Ressel
0826647465
info@talyaressel.co.za
www.talyaressel.co.za

Helen Ludwig

I offer private classes and courses using yoga, breathwork and guided visualisation to bring embodied mindfulness into life and work. Through these practices we can expand our potential, build resilience and foster conscious connection to self and others. I also consult with businesses to help them embed mind-body practices into their workplace culture to foster conscious leadership and thriving teams.

Helen Ludwig
helen@budhana.co.za
www.budhana.co.za

Pippa Shaper

Pippa is Professional Certified Coach, who enjoys working with both corporate and private clients. Pippa offers personal and executive coaching, including personal development, resilience, transition, leadership and strengths-based coaching. Pippa co-authored The Ten R’s of Authentic Resilience model and facilitates courses, retreats and workshops to corporate clients as well as individuals. She is a Director of The Resilience Factory and Trustee of several NPOs and consults in the NPO space. With a wealth of life and leadership experience to impart, she works with a variety of individuals and organisations that are looking for clarity, purpose and most of all positive, long lasting change.

To connect with Pippa through The Resilience Factory: www.theresiliencefactory.com

Pippa Shaper
083 259 6186
info@pippashaper.com
www.pippashaper.com

Bryony Niemann

I am a clinical psychologist in private practice in Stellenbosch. My worked is shaped by three big elements – a psychodynamic thinking style, helpful CBT techniques and mindfulness skills. I believe in gaining perspective and understanding the deeper, underlying root causes and then using specific techniques to resolve problematic thoughts, behaviours or feelings. Mindfulness is a wonderful bridge between these two and provides a wonderful space to pause and process.

I’m a big fan of gentle, kind, guided work. I believe in advocating for mental wellbeing and that every person should have access to support, particularly during the naturally more challenging phases of life. While I work with serious mental health issues, I also enjoy connecting with individuals around life’s normal transition points – births, deaths, marriages, divorces, changes, moving etc.

Bryony Niemann
084 468 0468
bryonyniemann@gmail.com
www.bryonyniemann.co.za

Charl Hattingh

Charl Hattingh offers brief and long-term psychotherapy for adults and partners, using an approach that is grounded in mindfulness and psychodynamic psychotherapy. He also offers self-development work for those who want to mature toward a more fulfilling experience of their lives, with a deepened sense of meaning, purpose and connectedness to others.

Skype/Zoom/Facetime/Whatsapp video sessions are available.

Charl Hattingh
083 457 9526
charl@charlhattingh.com
www.charlhattingh.com

Stephen Laverack

As a registered Counselling Psychologist based in Johannesburg, I believe the aim of counselling and psychotherapy is to find ways to maximise psychological well-being, quality of life, and self-fulfilment. From my practice, I have created a safe space where we can comfortably explore any difficulties or issues you may be facing, to assist in emotional and personal growth.

Stephen Laverack, Counselling Psychologist
076 051 0647
stephenlavpsych@gmail.com
www.stephenlaverack.co.za

Penny Stopforth

Penny Stopforth is a Clinical Psychologist, who offers weekly therapy. She has a special interest in mind-body practices, and working with anxiety, depression and relational difficulties.

Penny Stopforth, Clinical Psychologist
061 5821096
penny@capetowntherapy.co.za
www.capetowntherapy.co.za

Byron Schwartz

I offer short and long-term psychotherapy, informed by psychodynamic principles, and practiced in a person-centred way that is deeply respectful of individuality. I have a special interest in working with adolescents and young adults. My office is in Claremont.

Byron Schwartz
MA Clinical Psychology (UCT)
073 858 9657
info@byronschwartz.co.za
www.byronschwartz.co.za

Gabi Lowe

Gabi is a certified Integral Life and Business Executive Coach; founder and owner of The Coaching Nest, who has coached many individuals and corporates through challenge, change, complexity and uncertainty to step into potential, possibility, inner resourcefulness and their ultimate capacity for Authentic Resilience. She co-authored The Ten R’s of Authentic Resilience model and facilitates courses, retreats and workshops to corporate clients as well as individuals. She deepens conscious awareness and connection to choice, and empowers clients to find ways to make meaning and navigate their way through challenge, change and complexity accessing their deepest creative resilience.

To connect with Gabi through The Resilience Factory: www.theresiliencefactory.com

To read about and purchase Gabi’s book, Get Me to 21: www.jennalowe.org

Gabi Lowe
083 455 4774
gabi@thecoachingnest.co.za
www.thecoachingnest.co.za

Sarah Lamond

Sarah Lamond is a qualified Integral Coach and Enneagram Practitioner. Starting out with studies in psychology and marketing communication she spent 15 years working in Brand building and strategic development both locally and internationally. She is passionate about the transition points in the journey of development and what motivates us to come alive to the whole human experience; Specifically, the cultivation of discipline, the ability to surrender and the "exquisite tension" of the space between. Sarah combines principles of the Integral+ Practise of Leadership and Coaching, offering her clients a robust coaching process that integrates the art and science of self-discovery and transformation. Inspiring organisation through chaos, developing self-management tools that are truly effective and creating clear next steps through uncertainty, is where her focus lies. She works with her clients attentively, to find signal through the noise, whilst supporting them restore their perfect pace at which to navigate their life.

Sarah Lamond
083 736 3063
sarah@thesignal.co.za
www.thesignal.co.za

Dr. Kate J. Leinberger

Life is humbling. Therapy can be a life-saver. Other times it can help you be a better person. I’m often blown-away and inspired by clients’ profound growth and change.

Therapy allows this by providing an understanding of how underlying patterns contribute to ‘stuckness’ or problems.  It identifies ways to change current behaviour and make healthy choices. That said, I also encourage getting out the mind, allowing wisdom to surface.  In a space of relative anonymity and safety, therapy can facilitate heightened awareness and a sense of accountability that can add meaning and a sense of purpose to everyday life.

I’m drawn to mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and insight-oriented approaches as they allow present moment change. Mindfulness allows one to see ‘the bigger picture’ while in the heat of the moment, so to speak. The time-sensitive results facilitated by CBT allow for a more flexible client who can then pay attention to understanding deeper behavioural emotional patterns. My approach is engaging and direct. Laughter is allowed!

8 week Intro to Mindfulness & Meditation

I'm a licensed psychologist and love teaching this work.  Magic happens in a group, especially when engaging with mindfulness type content. While the essence of this course is the same as the standardized Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, the content and flow is my own. I'm reminded of how potent the material is when course participants describe the experience as "life changing". It's often said, why isn't this stuff taught at school? It's vital to being human.

Learning how to get out one's mind is essential to lasting growth and healing. It compliments psychotherapy well. I keep the group small, max 10, to encourage sharing. That said, no one is forced to share.

Dr Kate J. Leinberger, Psychologist
076 328 7130
info@whitelotus.co.za
www.whitelotus.co.za

Melanie Horwitz

Melanie Horwitz has practised as a clinician for 25 years doing psychotherapy with adults, children and teens, as well as parent support work. She teaches in the field of child and adolescent psychotherapy and has an interest in the intersection of meditation and psychotherapy.

Melanie Horwitz
Clinical Social Worker (M Soc Sc Clinical Social Work UCT)
Post Graduate Diploma in therapeutic studies with children and adolescents (IPCP under the auspices of the Tavistock Institute)
083 304 9557
melanie.horwitz03@gmail.com

The Yoga Kitchen

The Yoga Kitchen offers:

• Nutritional Therapy & Meal Plans - to guide you to your best, radiant health.
• Vegan Frozen Meals - delivered to your door
• Plant-based Catering - for small functions

Marlien Wright
076 508 7188
yogakitchen@icloud.com
www.yogakitchen.co.za

Katherine Porter

Katherine is an Integral Life Coach who has been studying how people learn for over twenty years. Her work is shaped around the idea that if we can really get to know ourselves we can create the space to move more freely in the world.

portskath@gmail.com
www.changeable.co.za

Katja Hamilton Health Copywriter

Need someone to write regular blog posts? Copy for your website? Press releases for a special event? I worked for many years as Commercial Features Writer for the Cape Argus and Cape Times, I was a contract journalist for Atlantic Sun and the Southern Suburbs Tatler and a specialist writer for PR firm, HWB Communications.

Katja Hamilton
072 442 4527
katja.hamilton@gmail.com

Dr. Brenda van Rooyen

Dr Brenda van Rooyen (Educational Psychologist): I offer assessment for children and adolescents who are experiencing learning difficulties. I also offer therapy for children and adolescents experiencing social or emotional distress, as well as support of parents. My co-therapist  is Layla, a golden retriever, who specializes in anxiety-relieving cuddles and play.

Dr. Brenda van Rooyen
021 557 1977 or 082 448 3638
brendavanrooyen@telkomsa.net
brendavanrooyenedpsych.com

Dr. Linda Price

I am a registered organisational psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa and a SIOPSA Coaching Practitioner. I work with individuals and groups to explore
life purpose, relationships and career. I have completed a doctorate in narrative psychology and am trained in narrative therapy.

Dr. Linda Price
lindaprice@mweb.co.za
www.pricelinda.com