Miss Anat Yakuel

Clinical Psychologist

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“I'm a clinical psychologist with 26 years in practice in Cape Town, working from a psychodynamic perspective. I see adults (20+) for individual psychotherapy. My work is with people who want to understand themselves more deeply, not just manage symptoms, but make sense of why they keep finding themselves in the same emotional places. This kind of work takes time and honesty. It's not quick, and it's not always comfortable. But it creates the possibility for real change rather than temporary relief.”

About Me

I've been in practice for 26 years, and I still find this work compelling. I'm drawn to the question of how people come to live as they do the patterns that shape their relationships, the conflicts they can't seem to resolve, the ways they're stuck without knowing why. My work is with people who want to understand themselves more honestly, not just manage symptoms. That requires attention, patience, and a willingness to look at difficult things. It also requires respect for complexity, yours and the therapeutic process itself.

Approach

Psychodynamic psychotherapy is about looking at the patterns beneath the surface, the conflicts you can't resolve, the relationships that repeat, the parts of yourself that feel out of reach. We work by paying close attention to what happens between us in the room, to your dreams, to the emotional logic that organizes your life. This requires curiosity about yourself, tolerance for uncertainty, and willingness to think about difficult things. The work moves at its own pace. I don't offer quick fixes or techniques. I offer a space to think carefully, honestly, and without judgment about who you are and how you've come to live as you do.

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Basic Information

Cape Town, South Africa

Services

I offer individual psychotherapy to adults aged 20 and over. Sessions are typically 50 minutes, once or twice weekly depending on what the work requires. I work both in person from my practice in Oranjezicht Cape Town and online. My practice is limited to individual work. I do not see children, adolescents, couples, or families.

Services Offered:

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Psychotherapy
In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.
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Individual Therapy
One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.
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Individual Psychotherapy
In-depth one-on-one therapy that explores the deeper roots of a person's difficulties, often drawing on psychodynamic or psychoanalytic models.
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Online Therapy
Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.
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Psychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
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Relationship Counselling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
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Supervision
Professional oversight for therapists and counsellors, providing guidance, ethical support, and reflective space for their clinical work.
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Works With:

•Adults

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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Behaviour or Conduct Issues
Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social life.
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Divorce Counseling
Counselling for individuals or couples going through separation or divorce, addressing the emotional, practical, and relational dimensions.
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LGBTQI+ Support
The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.
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Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
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Depression
A mood disorder marked by persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, and changes in energy, sleep, or appetite that impair daily functioning.
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Family Issues
Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.
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Identity & Self-Image
A person's sense of who they are, including their values, beliefs, roles, and self-perception, and the distress that arises when this sense is unclear, fragmented, or negative.
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Anxiety
Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.
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Body Image
How a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their physical appearance. When persistently negative, it can drive distress, avoidance, and disordered eating.
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Codependency
A relational pattern in which a person's sense of identity and self-worth becomes excessively tied to caring for or controlling another person, often at their own expense.

Professional Title:

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Clinical Psychologist
An advanced mental health professional trained to assess and treat a wide range of difficulties, from anxiety and depression to trauma and complex conditions.

Qualifications

University of Cape Town

Registrations

Health Professions Council Of South Africa (HPCSA); Board of Health Funders (BHF)

Clinical Psychologist

Memberships

Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA)

Full Member

Service Area

Anat Yakuel

In-person & Online

Oranjezicht

Cape Town, Western Cape

South Africa