Cape Town psychologist

Samuel Waumsley

M.A. Clin. Psych. (UCT)

Registered Clinical Psychologist

Psychotherapy sessions in Cape Town.

50 min. session. | Central Observatory /online.

Enquiries: samuelwaumsley@gmail.com

Phone: 084 350 2102

R850 | Monday - Friday 8am - 5pm

Areas of work:

Anxiety
Depression
Panic
Esteem
Life narrative
Existential reflection
Calm assertiveness
Dream interpretation

Psychotherapy:

Sessions are psychodynamic in orientation, also drawing on relational, existential, narrative and gestalt therapy perspectives. In-session techniques employed include Socratic dialogue, free-association, intersubjectivity/ transference reflection, as well as dream interpretation.

Well-being and mental health:

Below the surface is depth in our human experience. How can we listen to this more? Maybe being more aware of one's needs and feelings; next to others' around us, with calm assertiveness and positivity, centered in warm-hearted values -is one way, as much as we can?

Talk therapy sessions- 50 minute conversations focused on the patient - work to allow pertinent issues to surface in the therapeutic space. We focus on listening to and 'trouble-shooting' relevant responses, associations and intentions for the person in-session. How does one respond to human existential experience? Perhaps if we can remember to we should respond meaningfully, kindly, within a sense of equality, dignity.

Personal well-being is our natural equilibrium, but things can sometimes go awry. A broken-heart; existence itself in the strained, exploited world we live in today; or an absent, or stressed parent for example when we are children can defeat or damage one. To cope and find our true selves one needs to offer oneself the space to heal. Therapy is a place of hearing personal stories that people carry, and finding ways to answer these wounds and pinch-points authentically.