Ushmita

Ms Ushmita Nana

Counseling Psychologist

“Ushmita offers therapy and counselling to help clients to develop new habits and alternative perspectives in order to overcome challenges.”

About Me

Ushmita helps clients develop new habits and alternative perspectives to overcome challenges. She guides individuals to explore fresh ways of thinking and build practical tools for daily life. This approach is ideal for anyone seeking active strategies to shift their patterns. Ushmita supports clients in making lasting changes. She offers a clear path to navigate difficulties and build resilience.

Approach

Sessions focus on helping you build different habits and fresh ways of seeing difficulties, then testing small changes until they fit your life. From my Roodepoort consulting room or online in English, we move at a steady, practical pace: focused tasks during meeting time, short experiments between sessions, and clear feedback so progress is visible. The work feels collaborative and grounded—suitable for people ready for hands-on steps to steady emotional shift and clearer daily routines.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

Services Offered:

  • Psychometric Testing

    Standardised tests that measure cognitive abilities, personality traits, or emotional functioning, used to support diagnosis and inform treatment.

  • Brain Working Recursive Therapy

    A therapy that works with the brain's natural response patterns to change unwanted reactions before they reach conscious awareness.

  • Counseling

    A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.

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  • Relationship Counseling

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

  • 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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  • EMDR

    Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, a therapy that uses guided eye movements to help the brain process and integrate traumatic memories.

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Works With:

  • All ages

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Relationship Issues

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

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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.

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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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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  • Online Therapy

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

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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.

Credentials

Registrations

Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)

Psychologist

Qualifications

University of Johannesburg

Service Areas

Roodepoort

In-person & Online

Roodepoort, Gauteng

South Africa

Roodepoort, South Africa