Jonathan Bosworth (Counselling Psychologist)
Children in Johannesburg

I am a passionate and professional counselling psychologist practicing at the multidisciplinary Family and Child Therapy Centre in Melville, Johannesburg.  I offer the following therapy and counselling services:Parent Infant Psychotherapy (PIP) for parentsexpecting children and with infantsPlay Therapy for childrenIndividual Therapy for adolescents (teenagers)and adultsCouples CounsellingFamily TherapyCareer CounsellingI also provide a variety of assessment services:DevelopmentalSchool ReadinessIntellectualEmotional CareerPlease visit my website for more information and to contact me.

My fees are in accordance with the National Health Reference Price List and most current medical aid rates. Payments can be made per session or on a monthly basis. Healthcare professions often play an integral part in a transgender person's transitioning. This may include aiding the individual in better understanding their gender identity, planning what a transition will mean for that individual, dealing with the adjustments that are inherent to a transition or providing medical care (such as hormones or surgery). Frequently, healthcare professionals also provide a supportive role, such as through check-ups or through counselling and psychotherapy. In addition to the assistance provided by healthcare professionals the support and resources contributed by other trans people is becoming more and more evident in transitionings. There are certain things for which the opinion and guidance of the healthcare professional cannot be substituted). However, despite the empowering boom in trans resources by trans persons many trans people still find it hard to find and meet with other trans people in safe spaces. It is based at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg but is by no means limited to Wits students/staff. Beyond that the group functions to challenge cissexism within the university and the community at large. We have identified a need for more collaboration and support for mental healthcare professionals working with transgender, intersex and gender-variant individuals. We would like to invite interested parties to our upcoming meeting to: better establish the needs of healthcare professionals working with gender-variant clients\. problem solve on ways to better meet the needs of healthcare professionals and their gender-variant clients; and. Babies have a rich mental life, and just like children and adults they can also experience psychological difficulties. Babies' foundational way of knowing and experiencing the world is through their primary caregiver/s. The bond between the infant and their primary caregiver/s (commonly referred to as attachment ) plays a huge role in an infant's mental and physical health. This bond can be disrupted for various reasons: due to difficulties within the infant (such as medical problems), difficulties within the primary caregiver/s (for example depression or loss) or in the dynamics between infant and caregiver (for instance a baby with a difficult temperament and a mother with low internal resources due to stressful circumstances). Due to the importance of this bond and the baby not being able to experience psychotherapy by themselves, a strategic intervention for difficulties in infant (and sometimes parental) mental health is parent infant psychotherapy (PIP). In PIP both infant and parent/s are present in the room. The therapist particularly focuses on the relationship between the infant and their caregiver/s to help manage stress and work through psychological tensions in and between the baby and their caregiver/s. The therapist also provides the dyad (or triad) with support and guidance. Columbia University's Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research describes what parent infant psychotherapy is a different way and provides a useful case example to better understand what PIP may entail. This content may also be useful for potential clients as well as other people interested in psychology and self development.