Kaleigh Graham

Through my life so far, my environment, my experiences, interests and passions, and then studying and training, I truly feel I have been moulded to practice in a way that looks at, affirms and then addresses my client in a holistic and wholesome way. As a Registered Counsellor, we have a specific scope of practice with the South African community. I too have had specific training within the following therapeutic modalities: basic psychological testing, Play Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), MET, Transactional Analysis, Trauma-Informed Therapy, Community psychology, substance abuse, HIV, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Children, Traumatology, grief counselling and group work. I strive to care for and understand my clients in every possible aspect of their lives. We all are unique and have been shaped by our individual personalities as well as the situations and circumstances that our lives have uniquely exposed us to. I feel that due to all of these aspects I can best guide my clients by listening to them, affirming them, seeing them and their emotions, giving them a space to feel what they do or trying to figure out how it is that they do feel. I know and believe that empathy, care, time, understanding along with a calm, safe, peaceful and warm environment is the start to a therapeutic relationship that can lead to insight and healing no matter the age or circumstances of my client. When it comes to hard, trying, challenging and overwhelming times for my clients I will sit with them, give them time, hold space for them, their emotions and their heart. A journey of healing starts with the ability to view the road ahead, see it for what it is and construct a structured plan to move forward bit by bit.