Johan received his Masters in Social Sciences in Clinical Psychology (2001) at the University of North-West in South Africa where after he started his own practice. 

 

Johan is a registered senior clinical psychologist in New Zealand (NZPB) and South Africa (HPCSA), is a full member of the New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPS). He is an ACC accredited service provider and provide services for Mental Injury Assessments, Psychological Services, Concussion injuries and Pain Management contracts. His experience includes running his own general practice at his rooms and also consulting in Private Medical and Psychiatric hospitals where he is part of the multidisciplinary team in the Psychiatry, Neuro, Critical Care, Oncology, Head and Neck,  Orthopaedic and Bariatric wards.  He also consults patients upon referral from specialists in medical and surgical wards as well as trauma related work as referred from the ER doctors. 

 

Johan served on a specialist medical team to advise the Director of Civil Aviation on licencing and medical matters of pilots and aircrew and has extensive experience working with pilots and other aircrew from a psychology, psychometric and human factors perspective. He holds a commercial pilot’s licence. 

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Johan has been an invited speaker at  conferences and radio- and TV shows and has published Psychology themed articles in popular magazines to make Psychological topics more accessible to the general public.

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His interests are:

• Working with adults, young adults, individuals, couples, geriatrics. 

• Working with emotional effects of medical related and other trauma.

• Grief, coping, bereavement, depression, adjustment, stress, anxiety, chronic illness, death and dying and other life stage challenges.

• Positive emotional goal setting and growth.

• Professional supervision to psychologists, counsellors, and other health professionals.

• Aviation psychology and human factors.

 

Johan was trained from an eclectic therapeutic perspective (positive and effective application of different techniques and interventions that may be used to fit the client’s needs), and although he works with a strong Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Systems theory focus, his therapeutic style is still strongly person-centred.

Johan is keen on flying, exploring and has an interest in aviation. He served as a volunteer for the air wing of the Coast Guard.