by Sandra Martins | Mar 5, 2014 | Newsletters
By “Tamarin Epstein, Educational Psychologist Children’s games are hardly games. “Children are never more serious than when they play”. Michel de Montaigne, statesman & philosopher, Essays. Play therapy is psychotherapy for children. It is...
by Sandra Martins | Feb 3, 2014 | Newsletters
By Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist & Director at PsychMatters Family Therapy Centre Happy Chinese New Year to all and welcome 2014 – may the year of the strong and graceful horse assist you in galloping towards your goals and desires. “Create your future...
by Sandra Martins | Jan 8, 2014 | Newsletters
By Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical Psychologist and Founder of PsychMatters Whether you believe in and celebrate Christmas or not, this time of the year is usually synonymous with values of forgiveness, peace, love, restoration and cheer. Reflecting on the year and...
by Sandra Martins | Nov 26, 2013 | Newsletters
By Chael Nel, Clinical Psychologist Toxic relationships can be defined by a continuous psychological, emotional or physical abuse. When a person is subjected to this type of destructive behaviour in a relationship it may lead to psychological trauma, depression and...
by Sandra Martins | Oct 4, 2013 | Newsletters
By Sandra Roberts at PsychMatters Family Therapy Centre As anyone who has ever dealt with challenging behaviour will know, it can be extremely stressful. Have you as a parent or teacher been faced with children that display challenging behaviour and wandered how to...
by Sandra Martins | Sep 16, 2013 | Newsletters
By Esther van der Walt, Clinical Psychologist at PsychMatters Family Therapy Centre During my formal psychology training I had to sit through a module of Positive Psychology. At the time I preferred to see myself as an emo; a real humanities student struggling through...
