Ms Rachel Botes
Registered Social Worker
“Registered social worker and psychotherapist in Hout Bay, Cape Town. I offer in‑person and online therapy for individuals, couples, families, and caregivers, focusing on life transitions, grief, trauma, relationships, and support for parents and caregivers of children with additional needs.”
About Me
Approach
My approach is grounded in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic psychotherapy, which focuses on uncovering unconscious patterns, internal conflicts, and relational dynamics that inform current behaviour, relationships, and emotional experiences. This form of therapy invites deeper reflection and helps clients make sense of long-standing patterns or emotional struggles in a way that supports meaningful change.
In addition, I work from a strength-based, people-centered, and ecosystemic framework, which allows me to consider the broader social, developmental, and cultural factors that influence each individual’s life. I offer a therapeutic space that is respectful, steady, and attuned to the complexity of the human experience.
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Cape Town, South Africa
Services
Life Transitions Counselling
- Navigating significant life changes (career, relocation, separation, identity shifts)
- Developing self-understanding, purpose, and emotional resilience
Grief, Loss & Trauma Psychotherapy
- Working with clients experiencing bereavement, ambiguous loss, and traumatic disruptions
- Offering long-term support for the emotional processing and integration of loss and trauma
Family & Relationship Therapy
- Addressing relational conflict, breakdowns in communication, and intergenerational dynamics
- Strengthening emotional connection and building healthier relational patterns
End-of-Life & Caregiver Support
- Providing holistic emotional care for individuals facing terminal illness
- Supporting caregivers in navigating anticipatory grief, meaning-making, and emotional burden
- Facilitating end-of-life conversations and legacy work
Neurodiversity & Developmental Support
- Supporting children, adolescents, and families navigating neurodevelopmental differences
- Providing psychoeducation, emotional support, and collaborative care planning
- Advocating for inclusion, understanding, and strength-based support
Services Offered:
- •Conflict Management
- •Counseling
- •Crisis Counseling
- •Trauma Counseling
Works With:
- •Adolescents
- •Adults
- •Families
- •Individuals
- •Parents
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Adolescent Therapy
- •Grief & Loss
- •Divorce Counseling
- •Stress / Burnout
- •Family Issues
- •Parenting Support
- •Relationship Counseling
- •Young Adult Issues
Professional Title:
- •Registered Social Worker
Qualifications
University of South Africa (UNISA)
Registrations
South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP)
Social Worker
Service Areas
Number 5, Avenue De chavonne
Hout Bay
Cape Town, Western Cape
South Africa
Suite 1610, floor 16, Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital
Cape Town, Western Cape 8001
South Africa
