Ms Charlotte Joja
Counseling Psychologist
“I strive to gain a holistic understanding into the various influences that affect how individuals approach, manage, and make meaning of difficulties and life challenges. I therefore aim to provide a warm, supportive, and non-judgmental space for self-discovery, self-awareness, personal growth, and healing.”
About Me
Approach
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Services
Services Offered:
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Psychometric Testing
Standardised tests that measure cognitive abilities, personality traits, or emotional functioning, used to support diagnosis and inform treatment.
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Relationship Counseling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
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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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CBT
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, a structured, evidence-based approach that identifies and changes unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviours.
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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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Psychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
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Works With:
- •Adolescents
- •Adults
- •Couples
- •Individuals
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
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Life Transitions
Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.
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Adolescent Therapy
Therapy designed for teenagers, using age-appropriate methods to address issues like anxiety, identity, peer pressure, and family conflict.
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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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Grief & Loss
The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss.
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Career Issues
Work-related difficulties such as chronic dissatisfaction, conflict, burnout, uncertainty about direction, or the stress of career change.
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Mood Disorder
A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.
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Relationship Issues
Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.
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Stress / Burnout
The body and mind's response to prolonged or excessive demands. When sustained, it can lead to emotional exhaustion, detachment, and reduced functioning (burnout).
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Suicide Bereavement or Crisis
The grief of losing someone to suicide, or being in a state of suicidal crisis oneself, both carrying unique psychological weight that differs from other forms of loss.
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Professional Title:
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Counseling Psychologist
A psychologist who helps people with everyday life challenges (relationships, work stress, adjustment) as well as mental health conditions.
Qualifications
University of the Witwatersrand
Registrations
Health Professions Council Of South Africa (HPCSA); Board of Health Funders (BHF)
Counseling Psychologist