Ms Sandra Murphy

Counseling Psychologist

“An experienced therapist working from a psychodynamic approach. medium or longer term therapy.”

About Me

If you're seeking to understand long-standing patterns or feelings that keep you stuck, I offer a psychodynamic approach. We can explore how past experiences shape your present, making sense of complex emotions. This medium to longer-term therapy fosters lasting insight and meaningful change. It's for those ready to delve deeper, building greater self-awareness and new ways forward.

Approach

When you want to trace how earlier life events show up now, I work in a steady, exploratory rhythm that balances reflection with practical noticing. Sessions in Pretoria, online and in Afrikaans or English are calm and attentive, allowing space to name difficult sensations and try new ways of relating. We notice recurring reactions, links between mood and relationships, and small experiments to practise between meetings that shift unhelpful patterns. This pace suits adults and couples ready for thoughtful, sustained work toward clearer choices.

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Basic Information

Pretoria, South Africa

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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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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Psychodynamic Therapy
A therapy that explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns shape current feelings, relationships, and behaviour.
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Works With:

•Adults
•Couples

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

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Abuse
Emotional, physical, or sexual mistreatment by another person that causes lasting psychological harm and disrupts a person's sense of safety.
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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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Behaviour or Conduct Issues
Persistent patterns of defiant, aggressive, or rule-breaking behaviour in children or adolescents that significantly disrupt home, school, or social 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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Family Issues
Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.
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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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Professional Title:

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

Qualifications

Registrations

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

Psychologist

Service Area

DeyMed

In-person & Online

New Muckleneuk

Pretoria, Gauteng

South Africa