Nick Groll - Clinical Psychologist

02/11/2025

"What matters more than theory is a strong working alliance between therapist and patient."

From psychoanalysis to existential therapy, there’s a bewildering variety of approaches – with one thing in common

24/07/2024

After several years in Sea Point, I am now working from a psychotherapy practice at 14a Hastings Street, Tamboerskloof.

16/06/2024

My Sea Point practice has now closed, I will be re-opening in Tamboerskloof in mid-July 2024.

22/06/2023

The breathing brain directly affects electrical signals that communicate with memory and emotional processing centers.

22/06/2023

Join The South African Depression and Anxiety Group's 'Ask The Expert' tomorrow, as they discuss "The Impact Of Alcoholism Families" as part of Substance Abuse Awareness Day 2023.

Join us on Friday the 23rd of June with Dr Leverne Mountany (Psychiatrist) and Al-Anon Family Group of South Africa, chatting about “The Impact of Alcoholism on Families. Tune in and spend time with us and our experts as we learn about this topic. Join us on our page at 1PM

09/03/2023

In this piece for The Guardian, Dr Sanah Ahsan considers the dangerous effect of pathologising, labelling and "depoliticising" in our understanding of mental illness, which often results in over-diagnosis of women (and men) trying to adjust to life in an unjust and traumatising world.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/08/women-mentally-ill-men-mental-problems

04/01/2023

"Setting a goal will not change you. Achieving (or even failing to achieve) a goal will not really change you. It’s the thousands of moments in between those two points in time when the real magic happens. Make the decision to spend them with intention. Commit to being consistent in your pursuit, even (and especially) when you don’t feel like it. Find joy and meaning in the mundane. It’s as simple and as hard as that." - Mario Fraioli

11/08/2022

Struggling to sleep?

This post from Mindful.org offers 5 steps to help wind down and fall asleep. You can even close your eyes and follow the instructions via the 3 minute sound clip on the page:
https://www.mindful.org/5-steps-to-wind-down-and-fall-asleep/

Hope that helps! 🥱😴🛏️

How to stop tossing and turning and get some quality shut-eye.

23/05/2022

In this thoughtful and thought-provoking blog post, David Cain of Raptitude asks "Why Do We Want Problems to Be Someone’s Fault?" with some astute and meaningful observations.

The mind demands a perpetrator for every problem -- and not because there is one.

03/05/2022

I thought this was an interesting reflection (and meaning-making) in the face of life's major existential truth - that nobody is immortal:

“Confronting death makes you acutely aware of what is important in this life, and what isn’t. It is a grand peeling back, and in my rawness I see—life was never about chasing insoluble dreams, but living them in each simple moment.”

—Steph Catudal