About Esther
I am a Registered Counsellor based in Victory Park, Johannesburg.
My counselling work focuses on short-term, supportive therapy for individuals, couples, and families. I work with people navigating relationship difficulties, trauma, bereavement, anxiety, depression, adolescent issues, behavioural problems, and parenting challenges. I have extensive experience in the use of play therapy, which I use with children as a way for them to explore and express what they are experiencing in a safe, non-threatening environment.
With over 30 years of experience as a speech therapist and audiologist across private practice, schools, rehabilitation centres, children's homes, and community organisations, I started my private counselling practice as a Registered Counsellor in 2009.
I completed my counselling internship at the Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling Centre (JPCCC) and went on to work for 13 years at FAMSA's Family Life Centre in Johannesburg, providing individual and couples counselling. I have also served as a counsellor at Acres of Love Children's Home since 2011, working with children in residential care as well as the house parents. Between 2020 and 2021 I provided online counselling through Chai FM's counselling service.
I am also a qualified Community Art Counsellor, trained through Lefika La Phodisa - South Africa's first psychoanalytically informed community art counselling training centre. I incorporate art as a therapeutic medium with clients who find it difficult to express themselves verbally.
I am registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
How Esther can help
Counselling provides a safe, confidential space to explore and understand your difficulties, and to develop the coping skills needed to move forward.
Short-term, supportive counselling for children, adolescents, and adults dealing with relationship difficulties, trauma, anxiety, depression, bereavement, behavioural problems, bullying, self-esteem issues, crisis intervention, and parental guidance.
Specialised support for individuals and families who have experienced highly stressful or life-threatening situations. Trauma counselling helps clients process what has happened, regain a sense of safety, and begin to heal.
Practical skills-based workshops for parents covering positive parenting, effective discipline, sibling rivalry, and normal developmental stages, including speech and language development.
A therapeutic approach for children that uses play, art, and creative expression as a natural language for working through emotional difficulties. Play therapy offers children a safe space to explore what is bothering them and to put feelings into words.
Get in touch
Send a confidential enquiry or reach out directly to arrange a session.