Lize

Mrs Lize (vd Walt) Pawson

Counseling Psychologist

“You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending” - C.S Lewis. Change can be a beautiful and scary process – no matter your age, your past, or your present. Self-development is a continuous journey of trial and error.

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About Me

I guide individuals through life transitions, helping them embrace change as a path to growth. With an MA in Counseling Psychology and a PhD pending, I offer a supportive space for self-discovery and skill-building. My approach helps clients navigate personal challenges and build resilience. Sessions focus on practical strategies to transform past experiences into a stronger future.

Approach

Healing often feels like stepping into unfamiliar territory; I help you map small, achievable shifts so the next chapter unfolds with more choice and steadiness. Sessions — in Bloemfontein or online, in Afrikaans or English — move at your pace, alternating gentle tracking of memory with short, practical exercises to anchor the body and mind. Between meetings I offer brief, focused tasks to practise new responses and build confidence. People juggling transitions, trauma echoes or burnout often find this steady, hands-on rhythm helpful.
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Basic Information

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Services


Services Offered:

  • Advocacy

    Services that help individuals navigate healthcare, education, or social systems to ensure their mental health needs are recognised and met.

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  • Climate Grief Support

    Distress, anxiety, or mourning related to environmental destruction and climate change, sometimes called eco-anxiety or ecological grief.

  • Trauma Counseling

    Counselling specifically for people affected by traumatic events, focused on processing what happened and reducing symptoms like flashbacks and hypervigilance.

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  • Mindfulness

    The practice of paying deliberate attention to the present moment without judgement, used to reduce stress and increase awareness of automatic reactions.

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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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  • Stress Management

    Techniques and strategies for managing the body and mind's response to excessive demands, including relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and lifestyle changes.

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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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  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

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  • Schema Therapy

    A therapy that identifies deep, long-standing emotional patterns (schemas) formed in childhood and works to change the ones that cause recurring problems.

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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.

Works With:

  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Children
  • Individuals

Area of Expertise


Scope of Practice:

  • Trauma Therapy

    Therapeutic approaches specifically designed to help people process and recover from traumatic experiences.

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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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Professional Title:

  • Counseling Psychologist

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

Qualifications


North-West University

Registrations


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

Counseling Psychologist

Service Area


Lize-Marie vd Walt and Psychology Inc

In-person & Online

Langenhovenpark

Bloemfontein, Free State

South Africa