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Hedwig van Wijk

General psychologist, specialising in:

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Hedwig van Wijk
  • Adjustment Difficulties and Life Transitions
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety Disorders
Not taking new clients
English, Afrikaans

Hi, I’m Hedwig

I am a dedicated and compassionate psychologist with over 25 years of diverse experience across clinical, counselling and group settings. I am highly skilled in addressing complex psychological conditions and provide empathetic support to clients from varied cultural and social backgrounds. I have extensive experience working in both South Africa and Australia, which has provided me with a deep understanding of change, experience of loss and trauma and the subsequent impact on mental health and overall well-being. From clients in their 20s to the elderly I want to work together to achieve positive and meaningful outcomes.

I am committed to fostering personal growth, resilience and healthy relationships in individuals, communities and vulnerable populations. I am passionate about supporting others through changes in circumstances and mood. This includes palliative care, bereavement and loss. I have expertise in dealing with trauma and newly developed techniques, e.g. BWRT.

I can help you with

  • Adjustment Difficulties and Life Transitions
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Communication Difficulties
  • Depression and Low Mood
  • Disability
  • Gender and Sexual Identity
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Loneliness
  • Narcissism
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Panic Attacks
  • Parenting and New-Parent Support
  • Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health
  • Phobias
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Complex PTSD
  • Risky Behaviours
  • Self-Development
  • Self-Esteem
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Stress Management
  • Trauma
  • Wellbeing Coaching
  • Workplace Incidents

I’m trained in

  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy
  • Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)
  • Mindfulness-Based Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)

Qualifications

I hold a Master of Psychology from the University of Pretoria; RSA and I am a registered Psychologist with AHPRA. I have completed 2, one-year internships at The University of Johannesburg Student Counselling service and at I Military Hospital Pretoria. I have completed numerous training workshops in a variety of fields, and I am committed to ongoing professional development.; My experience ranges from starting my career in the townships of South Africa with the vulnerable and sick to working as in Private Practice in Hobart, Australia. In between I worked for an Employee Assistance Provider in Canberra and from there as a psychologist with the Australian Federal police. I relocated back to South Africa and had a thriving Private practise where I combined clinical, counselling positions at 2 private Mental Health Clinics. This also led to conducting group sessions with in-patients. I returned to Australia in 2020 and since then worked as a Psychologist in Private practise in Hobart. Each opportunity enriched my experience and my passion for the vulnerable, traumatised and the well-being of people struggling with loss, identity the effect on mood and mental wellbeing.