Mrs Vanessa Barnes
Educational Psychologist
“An experienced psychologist working with people across the lifespan, with a special interest in anxiety & trauma. Ego State Therapy, BrainSpotting, Body Spotting,Ericksonian Hypnotherapy, EMI, EMR trained.”
About Me
I am a registered Educational Psychologist with over 18 years of experience working with trauma, anxiety, burnout, depression, and chronic pain. My approach integrates Brainspotting, somatic therapies, and parts-based work to address both the psychological and physiological impact of stress and trauma.
I work with adolescents and adults to understand the protective patterns driving their symptoms and to build regulation, insight, and long-term resilience. Therapy is collaborative, structured, and grounded in neuroscience.
Approach
If anxiety, trauma responses, or chronic stress continue to resurface, it often means the body has not fully processed the original experience.
My work focuses on identifying and processing these stored responses using Brainspotting, somatic therapy, and structured ego state work. We move at a pace that supports regulation and integration, ensuring that therapy strengthens stability rather than overwhelms it.
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Basic Information
Services
Services Offered:
- •Brainspotting
- •Brain Working Recursive Therapy
- •Trauma Counseling
- •Hypnosis
- •Psychotherapy
- •Somatic Psychotherapy
- •Individual Therapy
- •Online Therapy
- •Adolescent Therapy
- •Expressive Arts Therapy
Works With:
- •All ages
- •Adolescents
- •Adults
- •Individuals
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
- •Trauma Therapy
- •Anxiety
- •PTSD
- •Autism (ASD)
- •Stress / Burnout
- •Trauma
- •Grief, Loss & Bereavement
- •Depression
Professional Title:
- •Educational Psychologist
Qualifications
M.Ed. in Educational Psychology
ResidencyUniversity of Johannesburg
Year: 2012
B Ed Honours Educational Psychology
University of Johannesburg
Year: 2008
Bachelor of Education Senior Phase
University of Johannesburg
Year: 2007
Registrations
Health Professions Council Of South Africa (HPCSA); Board of Health Funders (BHF)
Psychologist