Stephen Laverack Counselling Psychologist
Training and Development in Johannesburg

I offer individual and couple psychotherapy to adults and adolescents (teenagers) facing a wide range of difficulties and challenges. I graduated with a Masters Degree in Community-Based Counselling Psychology (MACC) at the University of Witwatersrand. I offer brief and long term psychotherapy depending on the presenting problem/s that the client brings to therapy in a confidential, safe, non-judgemental, comfortable environment.
I am a Counselling Psychologist in Private Practice based in Fairland and Bryanston. Done through the process of psychotherapy aiming to assist people achieve greater emotional and personal growth, or gain deeper self-insight and awareness. I help people deal with life challenges and developmental problems to optimise their psychological well-being. A registered member of the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and the Board of Health Care Funders of South Africa (BHF), and a member of the Psychological Society of South Africa (PSYSSA).

Continuous Professional Development courses and reading groups: Ethics workshops. The psychodynamic and biomedical reasons for sexual dysfunction: problems in humans and treatment. Co-author and poster presenter at the 18th World AIDS Conference in Vienna 2010 for the topic: 'Compulsory health information sessions coupled with a comprehensive wellness program and proactive follow-up demonstrates high voluntary HIV test and disease management uptake in a large South African mining company'. What students should look for in a productive gap year and how it is advisable to spend the year away from studying. It is about getting to know yourself better, so that you can feel compassion for the feelings and experiences that made you who you are. It is about discovering, facing, and learning to love parts of us that might be difficult, painful, or scary. It is about taking personal responsibility without feeling shame. Adjustments (adjusting to university, marriage, divorce, bereavements etc. When it comes to counselling and psychotherapy you have a number of options to fit your budget, the length of time you wish to be in therapy and the issues that you wish to work through. This type of therapy gives you the opportunity to uncover and work with issues that are holding you back in an intensive manner. It focuses on understanding yourself and your relationships in order to help you to move forward with your life. Over 16 sessions you will work together with your therapist in a 'no-holds-barred' approach to really understanding and working through your difficulties. Counselling will help you to understand your emotions and why you’re feeling them, as well as support you in the course of action you choose. Counselling is suitable if you are currently experiencing a difficulty that is fairly new to you, or you are dealing with a change in your life circumstances, such as a relationship break up, move, or are coping with a loss. Lastly, long-term psychotherapy is suitable for you if you would like to gain an in-depth understanding of yourself and your relationships, but at a gentler pace than is found in short-term psychotherapy. Please note that the following is NOT currently offered by the practice Work with children below the age of This led to the development of wide ranging talks and workshops aimed at audiences from diverse backgrounds. Additional psychological talks or workshops can be arranged on request. My interest in the field began in 1995 while working as an intern at an HIV charity in London. Sex therapy, whether for individuals or couples, aims to address a host of psycho-sexual issues that many people experience at varying stages of their sexual development. Through sex therapy, you can explore concerns about your sexual functioning or dysfunction, sexual feelings and intimacy. Sex therapy can be effective for adults of any age, gender, or sexual orientation. It is a strategy for the treatment of a sexual dysfunction that has no medical physiological reason or it can work as a complement to medical treatment. Problems commonly caused by stress, tiredness, and other environmental and relationship factors. It is a delicate developmental stage filled with difficulties and this is when many young people can start to experience mental health issues. However, with help and support and having their stories 'heard', many students are able to overcome these hardships and achieve their goals.