Tawanda

Tawanda Karise

Family Therapist

verified by TherapyRoute

I am a family therapist committed to helping individuals, couples, and families build resilience and strengthen relationships. Using strength-based approaches, I create a supportive space where clients can identify their strengths, navigate challenges, and achieve meaningful growth for lasting well-being.

About Me

As a family therapist, I help individuals, couples, and families strengthen their connections and build lasting resilience. I create a supportive space where we identify your existing strengths, exploring challenges together. This strength-based approach helps you navigate difficulties, fostering meaningful growth. Clients find this process empowers them to achieve lasting well-being and build more harmonious relationships.

Approach

Together we map relationship patterns and uncover everyday strengths that often go unnoticed, then choose practical steps that feel manageable. In my Harare office and via secure online sessions in English, meetings move at a steady, collaborative pace short check-ins, deeper family sessions, and occasional practical tasks between meetings. I use trauma-informed listening and gentle advocacy to keep everyone safe and heard while you practice new ways of relating. This way of working tends to suit couples, parents and families seeking steady, practical change.
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Basic Information

Services


Services Offered:

  • 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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  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Wellness Support

    Holistic support focused on overall well-being, including stress management, lifestyle balance, and building sustainable healthy habits.

  • Research

    Scientific investigation into mental health, therapy effectiveness, or psychological processes, contributing to evidence-based clinical practice.

  • Child / Adolescent Therapy

    Therapy for children and teenagers using age-appropriate methods, such as play, art, or adapted talk therapy, to address emotional and behavioural difficulties.

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  • Corporate Workshops

    Mental health and well-being workshops delivered in workplace settings, covering topics like stress management, resilience, and communication.

  • Group Therapy

    Therapy conducted with a small group of people who share similar concerns, using peer interaction and diverse perspectives as part of the healing process.

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  • Crisis Support & Counselling

    Emergency emotional support and counselling for people in acute psychological distress, available at the point of need.

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  • Divorce Counselling

    Counselling for individuals or couples going through separation or divorce, addressing the emotional, practical, and relational dimensions.

  • 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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Works With:

  • All ages
  • Adolescents
  • Adults
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Communities
  • Groups
  • Organisations
  • Parents
  • Individuals

Area of Expertise


Scope of Practice:

  • Family Issues

    Difficulties within the family system, including conflict, communication breakdown, blended family tensions, or intergenerational patterns, that affect individual and collective well-being.

  • Relationship Counseling

    Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.

  • Grief, Loss & Bereavement

    The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss, varying widely in duration and expression.

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  • Men's Issues

    Psychological challenges commonly experienced by men, including difficulty expressing emotions, anger, relationship struggles, fatherhood pressures, and societal expectations of masculinity.

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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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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  • Young Adult Issues

    The unique psychological challenges of emerging adulthood (18–25), including identity formation, independence, relationship navigation, and finding direction.

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  • Divorce Coping

    The emotional upheaval of separation or divorce, including grief, anger, identity disruption, and the challenge of restructuring family life.

Professional Title:

  • Family Therapist

    A therapist trained to work with couples and families to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships.

Qualifications


Advanced Diploma in Family Therapy

Connect- Zimbabwe Institute of Systemic Therapy

Honors Degree in Philosophy

Pontifical Gregorian University Rome Italy

Certificate in Child Assessments and Interventions

Identity Consultancy Psychologist Hub

Diploma in Systemic Family Counselling

Connect-Zimbabwe Institute of Systemic Therapy

Registrations


Allied Health Professions Council of Zimbabwe

Family Therapist

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Service Area


Harare

In-person & Online

Mount Pleasant

Harare, Harare Province

Zimbabwe

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