We are six psychologists in a practice in Sunnyside, Pretoria.  We each have different interests and areas of expertise.

Hannie Belsten (hannieb@telkomsa.net) registered as a counselling psychologist during l979 and for the next 18 years worked in Psychological Services of the Department of Labour, where she gained valuable experience and exposure.  She was responsible for the training of intern psychologists for 13 years of her service at the Department.

During 1995 she took early retirement and has since then been in private practice in Sunnyside, Pretoria. She has an interest in the supervision of junior psychologists and has contributed to the development of an outcomes based adult education training programme for the training of supervisors.

Her interests include working with a variety of relationship problems.  She is also interested in working in groups, the development of interpersonal skills, assisting in weight loss and teaching skills to cope with work pressure.  She is trained to work in the fields of trauma, depression and substance abuse.  She approaches relationship problems interactionally and uses a variety of techniques, for example Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) as dictated by the nature of the problem.  She also deals with sleeping problems and is a member of the South African Society of Sleep Medicine. She works in English and Afrikaans.

Elaine Bing (egbing@global.co.za) registered as a counselling psychologist in 1989. She gained experience at the Department of Labour in career counselling and the development of psycho-education programmes. She started practicing in Sunnyside in 1993.

Her interests include trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety disorders. She works mainly with adults and is interested in the effects of childhood emotional, physical and sexual abuse on adults. She is also interested in working with relationship problems, as well as self-esteem and identity issues. She has a doctorate in psychology. The title of her thesis was “Unmaking the torturer: Re-establishing meaning and identity after committing atrocities”. She has presented on perpetration nationally and internationally. She has recently published a book with a colleague Erica de Lange titled: Practice success: A practical guide for the psychologist. She, Erica and Ken Pettey are currently working on a similar book for veterinarians.

She often uses cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) as well EMDR and when necessary hypnotherapy.  She works in English and Afrikaans.

Jacqui van Staden (javast@mweb.co.za) has been registered as a clinical psychologist since 1976.  She initially worked at as the principal psychologist in the Child and Family Unit at the Transvaal Memorial Hospital for Children.  She was part of the team which initiated the first Child Abuse Unit in South Africa.  She has trained interns in clinical psychology and has been involved in the training of fifth year medical students.  She has been in private practice since 1979 and has been involved in the full spectrum of psychological interventions for children, adolescents and adults.

Her interests include assessments of babies from one month of age.  She is also interested in behavioural problems, anxiety and ADHD in childhood.  She works with emotional, sexual and physical abuse of women and children, posttraumatic stress disorder and depression.  She is trained in EMDR.  She is also available for psycho-legal assessments and reports.  She works in English and Afrikaans.

Zuleikha Ahmed (zuleikha@telkomsa.net) has been registered as a counselling psychologist since 2006.

She interested in working with depression, anxiety and trauma.  She enjoys working with children and adolescents and is interested in working with self-esteem problems and anxiety in children.  She works with substance abuse, relationship problems and self-esteem issues.  She does both individual and group career assessments and study method courses.  She works in English.

Ramodungoane Tabane (dungoane@gmail.com) has been registered as an educational psychologist since 2004. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Pretoria and as a student counsellor at the University of Johannesburg before moving into private practice.

He works in Sepedi, Setswana, Sesotho, Isizulu and Isixhosa.  He does assessments from five years old.  He is interested in behavioural problems, anxiety, ADD/ADHD and depression.  He does career counselling.  He is also interested in assisting people in living positively with HIV/AIDS and does pre-/post-test counselling.  He is trained in the use of EMDR.  He does psycho-legal evaluations.  He is a qualified and registered assessor and moderator for various SETAs.

Juanita du Preez (ptapsych@gmail.com) is our office / accounts manager.  She will generally be your first contact with the practice and will assist you in making appointments and regarding payments.