Mr James van der Walt

Licensed Clinical Psychologists

“A clinical psychologist working from a predominately relational psychoanalytic paradigm”

About Me

I offer a space to explore your inner world. We can work together to understand how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape your present. This approach helps you make sense of recurring feelings or behaviours that might feel stuck. It suits those seeking lasting change by addressing underlying dynamics. You can gain profound self-awareness and find new ways forward.

Approach

I attend relationally, using reflective noticing to trace how earlier attachments surface in current relationships and choices. Sessions are steady and exploratory — online or in my Johannesburg consulting room, in English — where we slow moments of tension, name bodily and emotional reactions, and follow the patterns that emerge between us. I invite small, manageable experiments between meetings and bring careful clinical observation into our shared map of what's changing. This way of working often fits adolescents, young adults and men seeking clearer understanding of relational difficulties.

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Basic Information

Johannesburg, South Africa

In-person & Online

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Services

Services Offered:

Psych & Diagnostic Assessment
Formal psychological testing to identify conditions, understand cognitive and emotional functioning, and guide treatment planning.
Assessment
A structured evaluation of mental health, cognitive functioning, or emotional well-being used to guide diagnosis and treatment planning.
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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Psychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
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Therapy
Professional treatment for mental health concerns, providing a structured space for insight, emotional processing, and behavioural change.
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Works With:

Adolescents
Adults
Couples

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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 Issues
Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.
Men's Issues
Psychological challenges commonly experienced by men, including difficulty expressing emotions, anger, relationship struggles, fatherhood pressures, and societal expectations of masculinity.
LGBTQI+ Support
The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.
Young Adult Issues
The unique psychological challenges of emerging adulthood (18–25), including identity formation, independence, relationship navigation, and finding direction.
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