The Power of Establishing Your Identity for Mental Health
Your identity is a powerful force that can positively impact your mental health and enable you to lead a fulfilling life.
Elvira de Jager
Specialist Wellness Counselor
verified by TherapyRoute
“I am a Mental Health Counsellor - outgoing, flamboyant, and caring are some of my attributes. I’m passionate about people, their development, education and training, life coaching, encouragement, life enrichment and motivation.”
About Me
I am a Specialist Wellness Counsellor and Life Coach offering primarily online sessions. I support individuals navigating relationship challenges, stress, burnout, behavioural patterns, identity concerns, and personal development. My work integrates person-centred therapy, systems thinking, and holistic counselling, together with practical coaching strategies to help clients gain clarity, resilience, and direction.
Approach
My approach is holistic and person-centred, drawing from Cognitive Behavioural life coaching, Emotionally Focused life coaching, and coaching techniques. I aim to create a supportive, reflective space where clients feel genuinely seen and heard. I like to approach therapy differently—subtly, yet professionally—meeting each person where they are, and gently guiding them toward healthier thought patterns, emotional insight, and deeper self-awareness for meaningful, lasting change.
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Basic Information
Services
I offer online and in-person counselling and life coaching for individuals facing emotional, relational, or life challenges. My services include support for stress, anxiety, trauma, burnout, life transitions, and personal development. I also provide career counselling for students and young adults, as well as guidance for clients seeking clarity and purpose in their personal or professional lives.
Services Offered:
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Coaching
A goal-oriented practice focused on identifying objectives, overcoming obstacles, and taking action, centred on the present and future rather than past difficulties.
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Counseling
A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.
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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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Free Consultation
A no-cost initial session to meet the therapist, discuss needs, and decide whether they are the right fit before committing.
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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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Research
Scientific investigation into mental health, therapy effectiveness, or psychological processes, contributing to evidence-based clinical practice.
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Training
Professional development programmes for mental health practitioners, including workshops, courses, and continuing education.
Works With:
- •Adolescents
- •Adults
- •Groups
- •Individuals
- •Organisations
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
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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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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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Identity Issues
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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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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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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Online Therapy
Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.
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Self-Esteem
A person's overall sense of their own worth and value. When chronically low, it can drive self-doubt, avoidance, and difficulty in relationships.
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Professional Title:
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Specialist Wellness Counselor
A counselor specialising in holistic well-being, integrating mental, emotional, and lifestyle support.
Qualifications
University of Johannesburg
Registrations
Association for Supportive Counsellors and Holistic Practitioners (ASCHP)
Specialist Wellness Counselor
Memberships
Association for Supportive Counsellors and Holistic Practitioners (ASCHP)
Membership: Specialist Wellness Counsellor - no. 8230
