The Living Past: Exploring Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
Psychoanalysis is often misunderstood as outdated or distant, but in practice, it’s a deeply human, present-focused therapy that helps make sense of patterns, relationshi...
Mx Tee Landman, MA
Counseling Psychologist
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“I offer depth-oriented psychotherapy to individuals, couples and intimate partners who are interested in understanding themselves at a deeper level. My work integrates clinical rigour with a thoughtful, community-aware perspective, and is grounded in relational psychoanalytic thinking. I am an affirming therapist, working with LGBTQIA+ clients, consensual non-monogamies, and neurodivergent individuals. I aim to create a space where complexity is respected, and where people can move beyond coping toward a more meaningful understanding of their emotional and relational lives.”
About Me
I am Tee (Tiaan) Landman, a Counselling Psychologist based in Pretoria, South Africa. I work with adults, couples and intimate partners offering both in-person and online psychotherapy.
My practice centres on relationships: both the relationship you have with yourself and those you form with others. I work with people navigating anxiety, mood difficulties, identity questions, trauma, sexual and relational concerns, and personality-related patterns.
Alongside this, I have a particular interest in working with gender and sexuality, psychosexual health, and neurodivergence. My consulting room is a space where people can bring the parts of themselves that may feel complicated, uncertain, or difficult to articulate, without pressure to simplify or perform.
Approach
My work is relational and psychoanalytic, grounded in consistent, weekly sessions that allow your inner world to unfold over time. Rather than focusing only on symptoms, we pay attention to the underlying patterns, conflicts, and meanings that give rise to them.
As the therapeutic relationship develops, it becomes part of the work itself. Patterns that exist elsewhere in your life often emerge in the room, where they can be thought about, understood, and worked through in a different way. This process allows for something more lasting than short-term coping strategies.
I draw on contemporary psychoanalysis alongside trauma-informed, gender-affirming, and neurodiversity-affirming perspectives. Together, we explore how your emotional patterns were formed, what they have been protecting, and how they continue to shape your relationships, identity, and sense of self.
This approach tends to resonate with people who are not looking for quick fixes, but for depth, clarity, and meaningful change.
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Basic Information
Services
I offer the following services:
Individual Psychotherapy (16+): Ongoing, depth-oriented therapy focused on emotional patterns, identity, trauma, and relational difficulties.
Couples & Intimate Partner Therapy: Work with couples and partners who feel caught in repetitive cycles, struggling with communication, intimacy, or navigating complex relationship structures, including non-monogamy.
Areas of Interest: Psychosexual health, gender-affirming care, LGBTQIA+ support, trauma, neurodivergence (including adult ADHD and autism), chronic illness, and personality-related difficulties.
Services Offered:
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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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Psychoanalysis
An in-depth therapy that explores unconscious patterns, early experiences, and inner conflicts to produce lasting psychological change, typically involving frequent sessions.
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Relationship Counselling
Counselling for couples or partners focused on improving communication, rebuilding trust, and strengthening emotional connection.
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Individual Psychotherapy
In-depth one-on-one therapy that explores the deeper roots of a person's difficulties, often drawing on psychodynamic or psychoanalytic models.
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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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Works With:
- •Adults
- •Couples
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
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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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LGBTQI+ Support
The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.
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Sexual Issues
Difficulties related to sexual functioning, desire, identity, or behaviour that cause distress or interfere with relationships.
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Trauma
The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.
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ADHD
A neurodevelopmental condition involving persistent difficulty with attention, impulsivity, and/or hyperactivity that interferes with daily functioning.
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Autism (ASD)
A neurodevelopmental condition affecting social communication, sensory processing, and behaviour patterns, with a wide range of presentations and strengths.
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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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Gender Identity & Self-Image
A person's internal sense of their own gender, which may or may not align with the sex assigned at birth, and the distress or exploration that can accompany this.
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Chronic Illness
A long-term health condition (e.g., diabetes, autoimmune disease, chronic pain) that persists over time and affects physical, emotional, and social 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
Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
MastersUniversity of the Witwatersrand
Year: 2021
Bachelor of Arts
BachelorUniversity of Witwatersrand
Year: 2017
Registrations
Health Professions Council Of South Africa (HPCSA); Board of Health Funders (BHF)
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