Larry

Mr Larry Hirschowitz

Educational Psychologist

“I am an experienced psychologist focusing on psychotherapy and psychological assessment. With training in brain-based approaches like Brain Spotting and BWRT, I assist in navigating trauma and emotional challenges. My work extends to psychoeducational assessments for learning difficulties and examination accommodations”

About Me

As an experienced psychologist, I support individuals navigating emotional challenges, trauma, and learning difficulties. Using brain-based approaches like Brain Spotting, I help you explore difficult experiences and find a way forward. My work also includes psychoeducational assessments, offering clarity for learning difficulties or examination accommodations. This approach offers practical insights, fostering understanding and growth.

Approach

Therapy unfolds as a practical, paced exploration where bodily responses and cognitive patterns guide our focus, helping you make sense of difficult reactions and day-to-day hurdles. I run sessions in English from Johannesburg and online, working with adolescents, adults and organisations, so we can shape work that fits your life. Sessions combine somatic noticing, focused BWRT/BSP steps and targeted diagnostic insights to create manageable strategies you can practise between meetings. People facing trauma, learning differences or physical disability often find this steady, evidence-informed rhythm helpful.
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Basic Information

Services

Services Offered:

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    Disability Psych & Diagnostic Assessment

    A formal psychological evaluation to determine the nature and extent of a disability, often used for support planning or service access.

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    Child Psych & Diagnostic Assessment

    Formal assessment of a child's psychological, cognitive, or emotional functioning to identify conditions and guide appropriate support.

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    Brainspotting

    A therapy that uses fixed eye positions to access and process unresolved trauma stored in the brain and body.

    Learn more about Brainspotting
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    Brain Working Recursive Therapy

    A therapy that works with the brain's natural response patterns to change unwanted reactions before they reach conscious awareness.

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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.

    Learn more about Family Therapy
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    Psychotherapy

    In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.

    Learn more about Psychotherapy

Works With:

  • •Adolescents
  • •Adults
  • •Organisations

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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    Physical Disability

    A condition that limits physical functioning, mobility, or stamina, which can carry psychological impacts including adjustment, identity, and social challenges.

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    Learning or Development Difficulties

    Conditions that affect a person's ability to acquire, process, or apply information, such as dyslexia, dyscalculia, or intellectual disability, impacting education and daily life.

Professional Title:

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    Educational Psychologist

    A psychologist specialising in learning, development, and educational needs of children, adolescents, and young adults.

Qualifications

University of the Witwatersrand

Registrations

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

Psychologist

Service Area

Larry Hirschowitz

In-person & Online

Sydenham

Johannesburg, Gauteng

South Africa