LEE-ANNE LEWIS

My therapeutic work is based on working with each client on their development, positive growth and connecting to their potential. Mark Savickas (2011b) stated that one must ‘actively master what you have passively suffered’. This principle of turning one’s pain and passive acceptance into active mastery of a situation is an invaluable concept that I try emulate within my practice.

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I studied my Bachelor of Science and Honours in Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand where after I completed my Masters degree in Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria with distinction. I am a member of the Golden Key Association and have had many years of experience with working with at-risk adolescents and children in Non-Profit Organisations as well as teaching at the intermediate phase level. Currently, I volunteer with a Non-Profit Organisation where I provide trauma containment.

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My masters research study focused on ‘Parents’ perceptions of family resilience in a low socio-economic environment’. Working with families from a systemic perspective is so important, specifically in utilizing the assets that the family has within themselves, their home environment and their broader community.

 

My interests include: anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief and loss, trauma, self-harm, bullying, adjustment, separation and divorce, emotional regulation, career counseling and study skills.