Building a Better Future: My #1 Mission to Develop Healthy People, Families, Societies, Organizations, and Countries by forging a Secure, Resilient, Future-Focused Mindset!

It’s true…

I’m obsessed with the future and dedicated to teaching people the mindset that will make them feel secure and excited about their lives. I see a correlation between our fears about the future and our attachment styles. The future is closer than you think. If you have an insecure attachment, this statement will scare you. By changing your attachment style, you can change the way you feel and think about your future.

 

My LOCATION (For what it’s worth)

I was born in durban and raised in Cape Town. Now I call George, on the beautiful garden route, my home. like most of you, home is where my work is.

I can honestly say that i love what i do. NOTHING GIVES ME MORE SATISFACTION THAN SEEING SOMEONE FEEL HOPEFUL AND ENERGISED ABOUT THE FUTURE AGAIN.

 

— Janie

My Therapeutic approach

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I’m a clinical psychologist and for the past 15+ years I’ve studied how people think about themselves over time and how they make decisions about their future - for better and for worse.

I help people make game-changing decisions so that they feel secure and exited about their future. 

I do this by helping my clients form a strong connection with their future self so they really care about their future and get clear about what actions they need to take now.

 
 

My proven TECHNIQUES:

1. deep relaxation

2. imagery

3. custom light hypnosis

4. custom meditations

5. reprogramming the subconscious

 
 

My professional qualifications + affiliations / ‘street cred’

  • Bachelors Degree in Law

  • Masters in Clinical Psychology form the University of Stellenbosch

  • Masters Thesis on Attachment Theory

  • Two-year Infant Observation Course through the Tavistock Institute

  • Four-year Psychoanalytic Couples Training (based on the Tavistock training)

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction - Center for Mindfulness UMASS Memorial Health

  • Diploma in Integrative Medicine from University of Stellenbosch Medical School

  • Professional and Advanced Training in Mind-Body Medicine through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) in Washington with Dr. James Gordon PhD

  • RAIN Partners Training with Tara Brach

  • Solution Focused Therapy Training - The Association for Psychological Therapies

  • Over the years I’ve been a member of The South African Psychoanalytic Initiative (SAPI), the Association of Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists, the Cape Town Child and Adolescent Psychoanalytical Group, and the South African Psychoanalytic Confederation.

  • Registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa and the Board of Healthcare Funders

 

Recent development, training + interests

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I studied Integrative Medicine early in my career to explore the holistic approach to wellbeing which led me to studying Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction in 2010. I have been meditating and teaching meditation to others since then. I also did a two year Infant Observation diploma and a four year Couples Therapy Diploma through the Tavistock Institute to deepen my knowledge about relationships. Attachment Theory forms the foundation of my work because our attachment styles affect every aspect of our life - our relationship with our self, others, the world, and our future. More recently I completed the Professional and Advanced Training in Mind-Body Medicine through the Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington. It is here where I learnt the evidence-based mind-body skills that I use to help my clients access their subconscious mind, their strengths, and their decision-making abilities. I’ve also been a longtime student of Tara Brach who continues to be an
influence on my work and my personal growth.

my beliefs, mission + values

Tara Brach teaches that our fears and worries show us what we really care about. I have been worried about the future since my childhood.

Sometimes the worries were debilitating and caused severe anxiety, but other times it helped me imagine solutions that would make me feel secure and excited about my life. When I discovered Tara’s teaching I decided to stop thinking that it’s wrong to worry about the future. Instead I owned that I care about the future and that I have solutions for the future. I am not even ashamed to say that I AM OBSESSED.

In fact, it is this very obsession that is my unique gift to the world. I now get to help other people find solutions to the problems that wear them out so that they can be excited about the future. All of this is done with my feet firmly grounded in the present - life is here to be experienced and enjoyed right now. I am on a mission to teach the world to get un-stuck and become Solution-Focused.

Do you want to turn your worries into solutions and create a future that you feel secure and excited about? Do you want to build a future where you can help others’ dreams come true as well? Do you want to trust that you can transform not only your own life but also those around you?

I do, too.

And just like you, my story started with a deep fear about the future.

Let’s work together so that we can all look back on life, knowing we really went for it!