Wonique

Ms Wonique Dreyer, MPsych

Counseling Psychologist

“A psychotherapist working with adults and young adults focussing on personal development, building insight and strengthening self knowledge.”

About Me

I work with adults and young adults seeking to understand themselves more fully. Getting to know oneself - body and mind - takes time. I offer long-term, high frequency psychotherapy, as well as psychoanalysis. This approach fosters a space for genuine discovery of the self and how you relate to yourself and others. I explore identity, body experience, family echoes and the practical stresses around life transitions. My aim is to help you navigate life's challenges with greater clarity, having gotten to know yourself better through psychotherapy or psychoanalysis.

Approach

Sessions focus on gently untangling recurring patterns so you begin to recognise ways of relating to the self and others that perhaps prove challenging or cause suffering. Through a fuller understanding of the self, old patterns and ways of being that no longer serve, can be changed. It is by recognising, experiencing and understanding what unconsciously drives us, motivates us, hinders us, etc., that lasting change can occur.. With psychotherapy, I mainly work with the individual in twice or thrice weekly sessions. With psychoanalysis, individuals are required to lie on the couch. Higher frequency of sessions per week helps facilitate a deeper, fuller understanding of the self.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

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Services

Psychotherapy or psychoanalysis offered to adults who are suffering as a result of relationships, family histories, traumatic experiences, anxiety or depression.

Services Offered:

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

    A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.

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  • Supervision

    Professional oversight for therapists and counsellors, providing guidance, ethical support, and reflective space for their clinical work.

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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.

  • Online Therapy

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

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  • Psychoanalysis

    An in-depth therapy that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts to produce lasting psychological change, typically involving frequent sessions.

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Works With:

  • Adults
  • Individuals
  • Elderly

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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  • Identity Issues

    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.

  • Women's Issues

    Psychological challenges more commonly experienced by women, including gender-based stress, reproductive health concerns, body image, caregiving burden, and societal expectations.

  • 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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  • Grief, Loss & Bereavement

    The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss, varying widely in duration and expression.

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  • 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.

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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Professional Title:

  • Counseling Psychologist

    A psychologist who helps people with everyday life challenges (relationships, work stress, adjustment) as well as mental health conditions.

Credentials

Registrations

Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

Counselling Psychologist (PRC)

Registration: PS0084204

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Qualifications

Master of Psychology (Counselling) (MPsych (Couns))

University of the Western Cape

Year: 2003

Memberships

South African Psychoanalytical Association (SAPA)

Candidate Member

Service Areas

Private Practice

In-person & Online

Claremont

Cape Town, Western Cape

South Africa

Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa