Liesel Greyling

As an integrative Psychotherapist, I am trained across the four foundational pillars of psychotherapy: Humanistic, Psychodynamic, Cognitive-Behavioural (CBT), and Systemic. As such, I do not have a standard ‘one hat-fits-all’ approach. Instead your therapy will be tailored collaboratively to address your unique challenges that bring you here, and the style of therapy that best suits you. I do, however, hold a number of core assumptions which inform my therapeutic practice as a whole:

You Are One of a Kind – a unique constellation of a lifetime of lived moments and experiences, biological predispositions, and social and cultural influences, making your attitudes, values, perspectives, and belief system your very own. Gaining an understanding of you as a person and trying to learn your meaning making is a fundamental task for me throughout our therapeutic journey together.

You Are the Expert of Your Own Life – subsequently, I believe that it is imperative for me to be transparent throughout the therapy, offering you my understanding of what is going on, so that you can evaluate this and explore the degree to which you see this as fitting with yourself and your experiences

All Behaviour Has a Reason – whilst we might not always understand ourselves, behaviour comes from somewhere understandable. Through collaborative exploration, we can gain insight into why you might sometimes behave the way you do, and look to see how we can recognise and change this behaviour

People Strive to Actualise – they look to live their lives to their fullest potential. I trust in your drive for a better life, a better experience, and believe that you can absolutely get there

Prior to the first session, I will ask you to complete an intake form which helps me identify your therapy needs, and assess whether or not I am suitably qualified and experienced to work with your therapy goals. From there, we will agree a time and date together.