Anneke

Ms Anneke KIRSTEN

Certified Psychologist

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“I specialise in childhood trauma and addiction, with a focus on understanding and addressing the deeper causes that underlie symptoms, patterns, and ongoing difficulties. My work goes beyond symptom management, supporting clients in exploring the emotional, relational, and developmental roots of their experiences. ”

About Me

I am a counselling psychologist with 23 years of experience in private practice. I am also an Accredited Integrative Enneagram Practitioner, utilising this developmental map to facilitate a deeper understanding of Self, as well as personal growth and integration. I am also a Certified Mindfulness and Compassionate Inquiry Instructor.

Approach

Therapy is oriented toward long-term growth, insight, and resolution, with meaning-making at the centre of the process. Through developing greater self-understanding and psychological depth, clients are supported to make more conscious life choices and to meet challenges in constructive and sustainable ways.
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Services

Individual adult and adolescent psychotherapy.

Services Offered:

  • Addiction Counselling

    Counselling specifically focused on substance use or behavioural addictions, addressing the psychological drivers and patterns of dependence.

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  • Adolescent Therapy

    Therapy designed for teenagers, using age-appropriate methods to address issues like anxiety, identity, peer pressure, and family conflict.

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  • Family Therapy

    A form of therapy that works with family members together to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships within the family system.

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  • Individual Psychotherapy

    In-depth one-on-one therapy that explores the deeper roots of a person's difficulties, often drawing on psychodynamic or psychoanalytic models.

  • Integrative Psychotherapy

    An approach that draws on multiple therapeutic models, tailored to the individual, rather than following a single method.

  • Mindfulness

    The practice of paying deliberate attention to the present moment without judgement, used to reduce stress and increase awareness of automatic reactions.

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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • Trauma Counselling

    Counselling specifically for people affected by traumatic events, focused on processing what happened and reducing symptoms like flashbacks and hypervigilance.

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Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Families
  • Parents

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Abuse

    Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.

  • Addiction

    A compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour, such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling, that causes harmful consequences to health, relationships, or daily life.

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  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Depression

    A mood disorder marked by persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, and changes in energy, sleep, or appetite that impair daily functioning.

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  • Family Issues

    Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.

  • Identity & Self-Image

    A person's sense of who they are, including their values, beliefs, roles, and self-perception, and the distress that arises when this sense is unclear, fragmented, or negative.

  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

  • PTSD

    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, a condition that develops after a traumatic event, causing flashbacks, nightmares, hypervigilance, and emotional numbness.

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  • Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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  • Stress / Burnout

    The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).

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Professional Title:

  • Certified Psychologist

    A psychologist who holds professional certification to assess and treat mental health conditions.

Credentials

Registrations

Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

Counselling Psychologist (PRC)

Registration: PS0083755

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Qualifications

Masters in Counseling Psychology

Nelson Mandela Metropole University

Year: 2003

Certificate in Mindfulness-Based Interventions

University of Stellenbosch

Year: 2018

Integrative Enneagram Accredited Practitioner

iEQ9

Year: 2019

Compassionate Inquiry Course Certificate

Gabor Maté

Year: 2023

Service Areas

Anneke Kirsten

In-person

Claremont

Cape Town, Western Cape 7735

South Africa

Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa