Hello & Welcome

I’m Sam & I’m a Cape Town Based Counselling Psychologist. My hope is that by taking a look around and acquainting yourself with some basic information regarding the running of my practice and the services offered, you can make an informed decision regarding your potential engagement with my services.

About Me

Immediately after completing my schooling in Port Elizabeth, I embarked on my psychology studies and fell in love with the discipline from the word go. I obtained my BPsych (Counselling) and MA (Counselling Psych), both cum laude, from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth.

I conducted my first thesis in the area of adopted child-parent attachments and completed my initial internship at a special needs school.

During my postgraduate studies, I worked with children and adults at the NMMU Community Psychology Clinic and my research focused on developmental and scholastic assessment in a special needs population of children. I was then placed at two of the university’s Student Counselling and Career Centres where I worked with young adults.

The next few years saw me moving to Cape Town and becoming involved in a variety of related activities with a focus on counselling, supervising and lecturing in the higher education sector. The desire to get back into the school environment was very strong and after a few years of working in tertiary education, I made the move back to working with children and their families as the psychologist at two of the United Herzlia Schools, Weizmann Primary and then Alon Ashel Pre-Primary.

While still working at Herzlia, I embarked on a small private practice and as of the end of 2019, I left Herzlia to focus on my private clients. I also continued my work in higher education in the form of lecturing, supervision, academic material development, and the like.

In 2021, when the pandemic hit, I started working less with young children and more with older adolescents, university students and young adults. While I initially went into psychology to work with young children, I found myself drawn to this older population and now work almost exclusively with them. Towards the end of 2021, I made alterations to my home to allow me to work from home and I now have a home-based practice, with a separate, private entrance for my clients.

On a more personal note, I have been married for a decade and have two young children aged 6 and 2.

I enjoy nothing more than being with loved ones, particularly outside, enjoying the beautiful city I now call home. In my spare time, you are likely to find me reading a good psychological thriller, enjoying a meal at a restaurant or going for a walk. Oh, and some may say I drink too much coffee and have a problem saying no to chocolate.