About Me
Santél Louwrens
Personal Profile:
I am a bilingual Counsellor with an honour’s degree in psychology from the University of the Free State. I see myself as a compassionate person who strives to cultivate strengths and virtues of individuals in order to empower them to reach their full potential.
I am an empathic person with a skillset best suited for the counselling profession. I enjoy working with children and teenagers as well as adults. Registered with the HPCSA as a Registered Counsellor. I have been working at a special needs school since 2009, and have decided to open Private practice based in Benoni from 2016.
Education and Qualifications:
2002: Matriculate at Danielskuil High School, in Danielskuil.
2005: B.Social Sciences (with distinction), at University of the Free State.
Member of the Golden Key International Honour Society.
2006: Honours in Psychology, at University of the Free State.
2008: Registration as Counsellor with HPCSA.
2013: Registration with the South African council for Educators (SACE).
Workshops and Courses:
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2024 | A Brain Based Approach to Pain |
| 2024 | A Brain Based Approach to Sleep |
| 2024 | Brain Based Growth Group |
| 2024 | Polyvagal Theory as the Foundation for Psychotherapy Online On Demand |
| 2023 | Big bully - An epidemic of unkindness |
| 2023 | Ethical dilemmas in managing sports injuries |
| 2023 | Ethical sharing of patient information |
| 2023 | Ethical Use of Codeine in General |
| 2023 | Ethical Use of Codeine in General Practice |
| 2023 | Ethics and vulnerability |
| 2023 | Ethics For All |
| 2023 | Ethics Simplified - HPCSAs Ethical Rules (Code of Conduct) |
| 2023 | Medical records – issues of negligence in daily practice |
| 2023 | Patient-autonomy-and-balancing-the-rights-of-patient-community-and-healthcare-workers |
| 2023 | Primary prevention of diseases of ageing – Use the benefits of menopausal hormone therapy |
| 2023 | Relapse Prevention Plan 2023 |
| 2023 | START Module 5: Making patients partners in their care |
| 2023 | The essence and ethics of patient-centred care |
| 2023 | The POPI Act is here! What now? A quick guide to POPIA-fying your practice |
| 2023 | Treating your virtual patient - What are your ethical and legal responsibilities |
| 2023 | Workplace Bullying |
| 2022 | Advancing Career Counselling Research And Practice Using A Novel Quantitative + Qualitative Approach To Elicit Clients’ Advice From Within |
| 2022 | An evaluation of Jung's psychological types and their relationship to psychopathology |
| 2022 | Bereavement in Times of COVID-19: A Review and Theoretical Framework |
| 2022 | Facebook as an instrument to enhance the career construction journeys of adolescent learners |
| 2022 | HIV knowledge- attitudes and practices amongst patients with severe mental illnesses and chronic medical illnesses in Durban- South Africa |
| 2022 | It hurts to help: Vicarious trauma in sensitive research and community projects in South Africa. |
| 2022 | Post-Traumatic Stress and Coping Strategies of South African Nurses during the Second Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| 2022 | Prevalence of ADHD symptoms and their association with learning-related skills in Grade 1 children in South Africa |
| 2022 | Prioritizing career guidance and development services in post-apartheid South Africa |
| 2022 | Registered psychological counsellor training at a South African faculty of education: Are we impacting educational communities? |
| 2022 | Screen Time and Sleep of Rural and Urban South African Preschool Children |
| 2022 | The Dangers Associated with Female Adolescents Consuming Nyaope Drug in Butterworth- South Africa |
| 2022 | Therapist Empathy and Client Outcome: An Updated Meta-analysis |
| 2022 | Three Approaches to Understanding and Classifying Mental Disorder: ICD-11- DSM-5- and the National Institute of Mental Health’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) |
| 2022 | Value of the Goodenough Drawing Test as a research tool to detect developmental delay in South African preschool children |
| 2022 | Video therapy and therapeutic alliance in the age of COVID-19 |
| 2022 | Zoom Exhaustion & Fatigue Scale |
| 2021 | Can we teach ourselves to better manage stress online |
| 2021 | Cell Phone App for Emotional Self Awareness |
| 2021 | Conspiracy Theories and Covid 19 |
| 2021 | Dreams and Depression |
| 2021 | Helping people manage repetitive thoughts |
| 2021 | How humour can help depressive patients alter their cognitive distortions |
| 2021 | Internet gaming addiction |
| 2021 | Linking record keeping and billing |
| 2021 | Mental Health Care During the COVID 19 Pandemic |
| 2021 | Mobile Apps and Mental Health |
| 2021 | Navigating Forensic audits |
| 2021 | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Onset in Children |
| 2021 | Parent child role confusion |
| 2021 | Positive cognitive behavioural therapy |
| 2021 | Power in the Counselling relationship |
| 2021 | Psychological Management of Chronic Pain |
| 2021 | Psychosomatic impact of the Covid 19 Lockdown |
| 2021 | Short term Dynamic Psychotherapy on Marital Conflict and Emotional Divorce |
| 2021 | Smart Phone Interventions for Depressive Symptoms |
| 2021 | Suicide ideation in Adolescents |
| 2021 | Tele-Therapy in SA: Insights from My Online Therapist |
| 2021 | Under pressure: Relationships in the time of Covid19 |
| 2021 | Webinar: About Surviving COVID-19 and pivoting towards a resilient practice |
| 2021 | Webinar: Mental Health and burnout amongst healthcare professionals |
| 2021 | Webinar: Value of innovation in ventilation and respiratory care during COVID-19 |
| 2020 | Acceptance, Commitment and Adventure Therapy for Children at Risk |
| 2020 | Alcoholism and Working with the Alcoholic. |
| 2020 | Attending to Emotional Cues for Drug Abuse: Bridging the Gap Between Clinic and Home Behaviors. |
| 2020 | Billing Rates Billing Policies and Contracting with your Patients. |
| 2020 | Brain Working Recursive Therapy: Working online with children. |
| 2020 | Ethical billing |
| 2020 | Ethical Diagnostic Coding. |
| 2020 | EZMed Webinar - Building Patient Trust in Telehealth. |
| 2020 | EZMed Webinar The Do's Don'ts Desks and Dress for practicing Telehealth. |
| 2020 | From the Frontline - Tales from providers practicing Telehealth. |
| 2020 | Growing your practice from successful to significant. |
| 2020 | How to Market and Grow your Healthcare Practice Ethically. |
| 2020 | Psychosomatic impact of the Covid 19 Lockdown. |
| 2019 | BWRT – Brain working recursive therapy. |
| 2018 | Study Skills. |
| 2018 | Trauma counselling. |
| 2017 | GMPP Symposium. |
| 2016 | GMPP Symposium. |
| 2016 | School readiness assessments. |
| 2016 | Sensory integration and sensory processing in children. |
| 2016 | Starting and running a private practice. |
| 2016 | The ethics of assessing children and adolescents. |
| 2016 | The power of play stimulating IQ and EQ. |
| 2015 | Diversion program. |
| 2015 | Hands on autism 3days. |
| 2015 | Love languages. |
| 2015 | Occults and drugs. |
| 2015 | Psychodynamic perspectives on children in schools. |
| 2015 | Ravens workshop. |
| 2015 | School readiness. |
| 2015 | Sexual education. |
| 2015 | Trimaths. |
| 2014 | Trauma and bullying. |
| 2014 | Trauma workshop. |
| 2013 | Assisting children dealing with divorce. |
| 2013 | Career Counseling. |
| 2013 | Special Concessions - Amanuenses. |
| 2013 | Special Concessions. |
| 2013 | The early identification of learning disabilities. |
| 2012 | ADD/ADHD-iceberg. |
| 2012 | ADHD, Bipolar disorder & Oppositional defiant disorder in South African children. |
| 2012 | Play therapy techniques. |
| 2012 | Trauma in perspective. |
| 2010 | 2010 Therapeutic Techniques for Adolescents workshop Child Trauma Clinic. |
| 2009 | Anti-Bullying & Anti-Crime. |
| 2009 | Family and child mediation and parenting plans. |
| 2009 | Perspective on Depression, Self mutilation and Suicide in South African children. |