The Connection Focused Therapist

08/09/2026

Spent my morning with the parents of , speaking on parent well-being, parental modelling and healthy coping. 🤍

As an academic, I’m always dissecting words, and this topic kept bringing me back to one: capacity. And so I titled my talk:

“Expanding our Capacity: what our children learn from the way we cope”

What if healthy parenting isn’t about removing stress, but expanding our capacity to hold stress, emotion, imperfection and repair?

We explored five capacities: the capacity to notice, regulate, co-regulate, be imperfect and repair, and hold both.

Because our children learn not only from what we tell them, but from what they watch us do when life gets hard.

Perhaps as we expand our own capacity, we help our children expand theirs too. 🤍

Thank you for a beautiful morning ❤️

01/09/2026

For the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of being entrusted with facilitating a human-rights-centred Master’s intensive that runs over four consecutive days.

Today is Day 2 💻 and intensive really is the word. 😮‍💨

This year, I have my largest cohort yet, 33 Master’s students, all mental health professionals across different fields.

Yesterday, every one of them presented their individual casework. A FULL Day 1.

I structure these four days more as a seminar than traditional lectures. At this level, I’m engaging with professionals and critical thinkers. My role is to create space for rigorous critical thinking, dialogue, questioning and application. A huge part of that is bringing people into the room who are doing this work in the real world.

And so, I’m incredibly excited about the programme I’ve curated this year:

⚖️ Magistrate Janine Boltman — Regional Court
⚖️ Harsha Gihwala & Nasreen Solomon — High Court attorneys & researchers, UCT Gender, Health & Justice Research Unit — who joined us yesterday and will be back again today
🌱 Danielle Moosajie — Director of Arise Family SA, an NPO working to strengthen and support families in vulnerable and resource-poor communities
🏳️‍🌈 Liberty Matthyse — Director of Gender Dynamix & a giant in LGBTQI+ advocacy space
⚖️ Yolanda Pretorius — Senior Prosecutor in Sexual Offences Regional Court

All this alongside the students’ own critical engagement, individual presentations and a major group project culminating in presentations on Day 4.

I’m incredibly grateful to every person who has agreed to bring their expertise into this space, and really proud of what these four days hold. ❤️

33 presentations down. Day 2 almost down. Two more to go. 😮‍💨

May God be with me and with the WiFi, Teams and every other virtual technicality between now and Thursday. 😂🙏🏽💻

27/08/2026

A few weeks ago, I found out that I had been nominated for the Health & Wellness Award leading up to the inaugural Heart FM Women at Heart Awards.

This evening, I had the incredible honour of receiving it. 🥹❤️

Still taking it all in, and receiving this moment with such a full and grateful heart. To be recognised for work that carries such deep meaning and purpose for me is something I hold with immense gratitude.

I believe I’m called to go beneath the surface of things, and to create spaces where people can feel seen, heard and connected. At the heart of it all is this philosophy that we are created and wired for connection. ❤️

Thank you, Heart FM , and to the individuals who saw fit to nominate me thank you for seeing the work. ❤️

To every woman nominated and every award recipient, congratulations. What a privilege to be counted amongst you. 😌❤️

23/07/2026

A few upcoming events where I’ve had the honour of being invited as a keynote speaker. I’m looking forward to sharing more about each one as they draw closer. ❤️

If you’re looking to book a keynote speaker for a mental health related topic, please don’t hesitate to reach out. I’d love to be part of your next event.

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Thank you KRC ❤️

18/07/2026

I’m honoured to be one of the keynote speakers at this Women’s Day event, taking place at the Blaauwberg Beach Hotel on 29 August 2026.

All funds raised will go towards the maintenance and restoration of the SOS Children’s Village, making this an opportunity to invest in a meaningful cause while celebrating the strength and resilience of women.

If you’d like to join us, tickets are available on Quicket and they’re selling fast. ❤️🎫

18/07/2026

A few weeks ago, Exclusive Books V&A Waterfront hosted a book event for my book, Reparenting the Inner Child, as part of welcoming my book into their stores.

I finally received these beautiful photos from Vision of Photography and thought I’d share a few moments from an evening filled with meaningful conversation, led by Clinical Psychologist Kevin Henderson .

Almost three years since its release, it’s beautiful to see people are still finding meaning in its pages. That is something I’ll never take for granted.

Thank you to Exclusive Books for hosting, Kintsukuroi Consulting for coming alongside me and to everyone who joined us, I appreciate you 🤍