Your best life starts right here.
Counselling services in Cape Town & Online.
Specialists in recovery journeys, holistic mental health modalities, couples-, family- and teen mental health growth.
We believe in doing it differently.
Our results prove it.
Personal message from the founder and CEO, Christiaan Stroebel
We are in the new wave of psychology. What does that mean? To me that means we are moving into a brave new world where the way we treat our clients are more than supportive. It means that we follow their lead by guiding them most humanely and giving them the pinnacle of quality treatment, whether this is from a harm reduction approach, non-judgemental or unconditional positive regard for them to make the best progress and breakthroughs needed to get healthy and to get their lives back and to pack their toolboxes full of life skills, qualities, purpose, strength and meaning..
Harm reduction. Not life reduction
We are highly passionate about including Harm Reduction as part of an individual’s recovery journey from substance use & abuse and trauma. We are committed to your recovery with a solution-focussed approach, tailor-made to give you the best chance to complete recovery.
We aim to integrate Harm Reduction into our values and treatment protocols in a holistic manner as we believe that recovery, healing and learning is a longitudinal process with many ups and downs. We do this by incorporating various, sometimes controversial, new wave psychology models into our programme which includes an extensive…
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Outpatient programme, Outreach Programme, Volunteering, Team Building, Identity, Character and Value Transformation, Psychedelic Assisted Therapy, Ketamine Treatment, Methadone Maintenance, Ibogaine Treatment, Music and Sound Therapy, Vipassana and Mindfulness Meditation, CaCao Ceremonies, Ayahuasca Ceremonies, Upskilling, Psychoeducation, Long Term Programme Involvement Incentives and Reintegration into Society.
We will try and help you as much as we possibly can. Not only with treatment but resources, life skills, CV’s, employment and to embark on a normal life again.
Personal programme fluidity to fit YOU.
No matter on which recovery journey you are embarking we will tailor a programme best suited exactly for YOU . We support various programmes such as the abstinent-based, 12 steps type programmes, which, for some, is the gold standard, HOWEVER we are also strong believers in second and second chances based on a client-centred harm reduction, tailor-made approach. What does this mean? It means we feel that everyone is wired differently. For example, the 12 step or abstinence based approach alone is not for everyone and we ensure that the client’s needs are met first. We see you as an equal ..
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and not other than or less than. YOU are part of the decision-making so that you are empowered, can grow, learn, fall, stand up and achieve your greatest desires for your own life. Let’s talk and find the right fit for you.
Multiple treatment approach.
We follow various models of intervention such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Narrative Therapy, Solution Focussed Brief Therapy (SFBT), Eye Movement Integration (EMI), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Rationalisation (EMDR), Community Reinforcement and Family Training, Couples Counselling, Marriage Facilitation.
Therapy is a great space to be heard, unpack, grow and learn more about yourself. We have exorbitant amounts of passion for people and feel that everybody just wants to be seen or heard and needs a place sometimes to vent, speak their truth or be found…
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We are non-judgemental because we know that life can be difficult and not fair and instead of avoiding the problem or challenges, we rather aim to seek solutions to live with it and to contain whatever is necessary to move forward in life, learn from it, grow and regain quality of life.
We are highly skilled and trained professionals that work with an eclectic, holistic, multi-disciplinary approach when it comes to therapy, psychoeducation and counselling. We can help your loved ones or yourself with a solution-focused treatment plans through therapy and counselling.
We specialise in the facilitation of addiction recovery treatment for
international patients in Cape Town
“Purpose and Meaning is everything.
There is too little compassion and too much
stigmatisation and labels that we identify
ourselves with. It is our passion
to help you rekindle the fire within,
so that you can find your purpose and
existential meaning
and then to keep that fire
burning continuously…”
Christiaan Stroebel
Founder & CEO
We specialise in the facilitation of addiction recovery treatment for
international patients in Cape Town
“Purpose and Meaning is everything.
There is too little compassion and too much
stigmatisation and labels that we identify
ourselves with. It is our passion
to help you rekindle the fire within,
so that you can find your purpose and
existential meaning
and then to keep that fire
burning continuously…”
Christiaan Stroebel
Founder & CEO
View some of the therapies & protocols we integrate into our treatments
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) ◉ Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Narrative Therapy ◉ Solution Focussed Brief therapy (SFBT)
Eye Movement Desensitisation & Rationalisation (EMDR)
Eye Movement Integration (EMI) ◉ Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
Ketamine Treatment ◉ Methadone Maintenance ◉ Ibogaine Treatment
Music and Sound Therapy ◉ Vipassana and Mindfulness Meditation
CaCao Ceremonies ◉ Ayahuasca Ceremonies ◉ Kambo Treatment
Upskilling ◉ Psychoeducation ◉ Volunteering
Long Term Programme Involvement Incentives and Reintegration into Society.
View some of the therapies & protocols we integrate into our treatments
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
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Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
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Narrative Therapy
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Solution Focussed Brief therapy (SFBT)
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Eye Movement Integration (EMI)
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Eye Movement Desensitisation & Rationalisation (EMDR)
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Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
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Ketamine Treatment
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Methadone Maintenance
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Ibogaine Treatment
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Music and Sound Therapy
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Vipassana and Mindfulness Meditation
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CaCao Ceremonies
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Ayahuasca Ceremonies
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Kambo Treatment
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Upskilling
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Psychoeducation
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Volunteering
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Long Term Programme Involvement Incentives and Reintegration into Society.
Programmes, Counselling & Intervention Services
Individual Counselling
Group Counselling
Family Counselling
Couples Counselling
Adolescent Counselling
Addiction Counselling
Harm Reduction Counselling
Team Intervention & Building
Identity, Character and Value Transformation
We Also Help With
Trauma & Depression ◉ Anxiety & Phobias
Relationship Difficulties ◉ Life Transitions
Self-Esteem ◉ Eating challenges & disorders
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) ◉ Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Professional & Career Challenges ◉ College & Graduate School Challenges
Emotional Management of Medical and Health Concerns
Pain Management ◉ Stress Management ◉ Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
Sexual Abuse ◉ Spirituality Challenges ◉ Grief, Loss, or Bereavement
Gender Identity Support & LGBT Challenges
We Also Help With
Trauma & Depression
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Anxiety & Phobias
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Relationship Difficulties
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Life Transitions
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Self-Esteem
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Eating challenges & disorders
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
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Professional & Career Challenges
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College & Graduate School Challenges
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Emotional Management of Medical and Health Concerns
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Pain Management
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Stress Management
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Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
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Sexual Abuse
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Spirituality Challenges
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Gender Identity Support & LGBT Challenges
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Grief, Loss, or Bereavement
Workshops & Courses
Psycho-education Workshops for Parents
We offer both introduction and more comprehensive and workshops and courses for families and loved ones to rekindle, reconnect, empathise, understand, and communicate better with one another – including DBT techniques, communication skills, pause buttons, emotionaid, psychoeducation in the realm of mental health, stigma, substance use, trauma and other life challenges. We explore family systems, parenting skills, adolescents, and behaviours that are either directly related to the challenges and triggers itself or that might lead to old challenging behaviours.
Furthermore, we offer more insightful courses into psychoeducation related to trauma, self harm, personality, substances, treatment interventions and all the various school thoughts and history related to these topics to better understand and remember the meaning of it all and to better understand life and reality.
For practitioners specifically, we offer a psychodrama workshop and course that consists of various models of intervention that is very effective to learn how to counsel and apply their knowledge in a practical setting.
CPD Courses for Practitioners
We offer various CPD Courses for Practitioners:
1. Treatment of substance use and abuse and substance use disorder with a harm reduction approach.
2. Counselling skills and harm reduction related models of intervention for adolescents, young adults and adults that struggle with addiction, self-harm and other mental health related disorders.
3. The new wave of psychology: Understanding psychedelic assisted treatment and other therapies.
4. Counselling skills and psychodrama for addiction: A Practical guide to models of intervention for psychedelic assisted therapy.
5. Introduction to community reinforcement and family training (CRAFT)
Feedback from Clients & Service Providers
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BHF PCN:
1097342
HPCSA no:
PRC0041939
Mobile & WhatsApp:
BHF PCN:
1097342
HPCSA no:
PRC0041939