Vossie Goosen
Clinical Psychologist
“ I strongly believe people can only change
if they are willing to change themselves.
Therapy is an endeavour where two parties
work together to effect change. “
I’ve always been curious about and interested in people. Together with my desire to help others, my quest took me in two directions: journalism and publishing in NGOs and, then also, to counselling and therapy.
I trained as a clinical psychologist at Wits in the late nineties, completing two six-month internships at Tara, and opened my private practice in 2000.
My journey to and in psychology had taken turns I value more and more. As I integrate my interests in writing and therapy, I realise I’ve been enriched in these solitary endeavours through constant organisational and group involvement.
In the NGO world I had worked in organisations that made information available to youth and to women. At the same time, I had also volunteered as a counsellor in what was then called Martindale Counselling Centre which offered clients individual and couple sessions and counsellors supervision and in-service training in small and bigger groups.
Services
I am a clinical psychologist trained to deal with:
– mental illness
– situations that induce stress
– depression
– trauma
– relationship problems
– issues of abuse
– LGBTQIA+ issues
I do psychoanalytic psychotherapy which focuses on creating awareness about why we repeat patterns that do not serve us and make us suffer.
I strongly believe people can only change if they are willing to change themselves. Therapy is an endeavour where two parties work together to effect change.
I trained in working with children and adults. That means I work with individuals, couples, families, parents, and children.
