Ms Fiona Wicksted
Educational Psychologist
“I am an analytically-oriented psychotherapist, whose training in educational psychology and early development informs my current practice with adolescents and adults. ”
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About Me
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Services
Services Offered:
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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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Divorce Counselling
Counselling for individuals or couples going through separation or divorce, addressing the emotional, practical, and relational dimensions.
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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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Dream Analysis
A technique that explores the themes, symbols, and emotions in dreams to uncover unconscious thoughts and unresolved feelings.
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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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Psychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
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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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Geriatric Psychology
A branch of psychology focused on the mental health needs of older adults, including cognitive decline, loss, loneliness, and adjustment to ageing.
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Works With:
- •Adolescents
- •Adults
- •Couples
- •Individuals
- •Parents
- •Elderly
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
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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.
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Postnatal or Perinatal Depression
Depression occurring during pregnancy or in the months following childbirth, affecting mood, energy, bonding with the baby, and daily functioning.
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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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Guilt or Forgiveness
Persistent feelings of guilt, shame, or difficulty forgiving oneself or others that weigh on emotional well-being and relationships.
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Grief, Loss & Bereavement
The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss, varying widely in duration and expression.
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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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Parenting Support
Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.
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Divorce Coping
The emotional upheaval of separation or divorce, including grief, anger, identity disruption, and the challenge of restructuring family life.
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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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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.
Professional Title:
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Educational Psychologist
A psychologist specialising in learning, development, and educational needs of children, adolescents, and young adults.
Qualifications
M.Ed. in Educational Psychology
ResidencyUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Year: 1995
Registrations
Health Professions Council of South Africa
Educational Psychologist (PMT)
Registration: PS 0050830
Verify LicenseMemberships
South African Psychoanalytic Initiative (SAPI)
Fellow