Ms Georgina Pilkington

Counseling Psychologist

“An experienced Psychoanalytical therapist working with Individuals Couples and Families offering both short-term and longer term treatments.”

About Me

As an experienced Psychoanalytical therapist, I guide individuals, couples, and families to explore complex emotional patterns. I offer both short-term focused work and longer-term deeper exploration, tailored to your unique needs. If you are seeking to understand the roots of recurring challenges, this approach offers clarity. Those navigating significant relationship dynamics will also find a supportive and insightful space here. My work helps clarify how past influences shape present experiences, fostering lasting change.

Approach

With individuals, couples and families I balance brief, goal-focused sessions with slower, reflective work that uncovers repeating emotional patterns. In my Randburg consulting room I use attentive listening, gentle challenge and paced reflection in English, often pairing session dialogue with short between-session invitations—simple tracking, notes or reflective tasks—to strengthen insight. The process often shifts as patterns surface: practical strategies sit alongside exploration of relational history so change is both felt and understood. This approach suits people seeking clarity and steady, thoughtful progress.

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Basic Information

Randburg, South Africa

In-person

Services

Services Offered:

Relationship Counseling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
Psychotherapy
In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.
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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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Family Therapy
A form of therapy that works with family members together to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships within the family system.
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Works With:

Adolescents
Adults
Elderly
Families
Groups
Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

Abuse
Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.
Addiction
A compulsive dependence on a substance or behaviour, such as alcohol, drugs, or gambling, that causes harmful consequences to health, relationships, or daily life.
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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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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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Eating Disorders
A group of conditions, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, involving disturbed eating behaviours and a distorted relationship with food and body image.
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LGBTQI+ Support
The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.

Professional Title:

Counseling Psychologist
A psychologist who helps people with everyday life challenges (relationships, work stress, adjustment) as well as mental health conditions.

Credentials

Registrations

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

Counseling Psychologist

Qualifications

Rand Afrikaans University

Service Areas

Georgina Pilkington Counselling Psychologist

In-person

Linden

Randburg, Gauteng

South Africa