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 had a curiosity about and interest in people. Along with my desire to help others, this passionate quest of mine took me in two directions.
First, it led me to journalism and publishing in NGOs and then, secondly, to the field of psychology. I started my private practice in 2000, after training at Wits and completing two six month internships at Tara.
My journey to psychology took turns I really value now. Before I trained as a clinical psychologist, and while working in NGOs, I was a volunteer counsellor for five years. I strongly believe help should be available to all, even those of us who cannot afford private practice fees. It is why I’m involved in the South African Psychoanalytic Association’s steadily-growing low fee service project in Johannesburg since its inception in 2016.
Another pro bono project I participated in recently was the Life Esidimeni family interviews. Twenty colleagues took part in a thoughtful process of preparing psychological evidence for the Section 27 legal team who appeared at the arbitration led by former Deputy Chief Justice …
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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.
