Xoliswa Pretty

Ms Xoliswa Pretty Mafika

Registered Social Worker

True Harmony Wellness is a Private Practice that offers holistic wellness services (counselling) for your wellbeing to ensure you continue to thrive in a continuously evolving world.

About Me

I offer holistic Counseling to help you navigate our continuously evolving world. We'll explore your unique needs, developing practical tools to strengthen your wellbeing. My approach supports you in finding inner balance, so you can adapt and truly thrive. Together, we can cultivate resilience, helping you feel grounded and capable amidst life's shifts. Clients seeking a comprehensive and supportive space will find a good fit here.

Approach

Helping you find balance, I structure sessions around practical steps and steady presence that match your pace and priorities. Whether we meet online or in Johannesburg, I make space in English, isiXhosa or isiZulu so ideas and feelings land where they can be understood. Sessions combine grounding and safety work with mapping relationship patterns and short, doable practices to try between meetings, and I keep plans collaborative and realistic. This approach often suits adults, families and groups managing trauma or relational strain.
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Basic Information

Services


Services Offered:

  • Advocacy

    Services that help individuals navigate healthcare, education, or social systems to ensure their mental health needs are recognised and met.

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  • Corporate Workshops

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

  • Trauma Counseling

    Counselling specifically for people affected by traumatic events, focused on processing what happened and reducing symptoms like flashbacks and hypervigilance.

    Learn more about Trauma Counseling
  • Wellness Support

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

  • Relationship Counseling

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

  • Online Therapy

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

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  • Play Therapy

    A therapy for children that uses play as a natural form of communication, allowing them to express feelings and process difficult experiences.

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  • Psychotherapy

    In-depth therapeutic work that explores patterns in thoughts, emotions, and relationships to produce lasting psychological change.

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  • Social Work

    A profession that supports individuals and families with mental health, welfare, housing, and access to community resources.

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  • Stress Management

    Techniques and strategies for managing the body and mind's response to excessive demands, including relaxation, cognitive restructuring, and lifestyle changes.

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  • Support Groups

    Facilitated groups of people with shared experiences who meet regularly to listen, share, and support one another.

Works With:

  • Adults
  • Children
  • Families
  • Groups
  • Organisations

Area of Expertise


Scope of Practice:

  • 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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  • Relationship Issues

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

    Learn more about Relationship Issues

Professional Title:

  • Registered Social Worker

    A social worker registered with a regulatory body to provide social work services including therapy and case management.

Qualifications


University of South Africa (UNISA)

Registrations


Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF)

Social Worker

South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP)

Social Worker

Service Area


Maponya Mall Community Hub and Online/Virtual Counselling services

In-person & Online

Soweto

Johannesburg, Gauteng

South Africa

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