Amanda Rykaart Counselling

Amanda is a Registered Counsellor (Trauma) in private practice, an internationally certified practitioner of Brain Working Recursive Therapy® (BWRT), registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and Board of Healthcare Funders of Southern Africa (BHF); Psychological Society of South Africa (PSYSSA), Association for Registered Counsellors of South Africa (ARCSA) and The British Brainworking Research Society Ltd.

In addition to private practice she has been teaching at tertiary level in crisis and trauma, counselling skills and methodology in loss and grief, critical thinking and community psychology, whilst preparing students for practice in the field.

For the past 20 plus years Amanda has been volunteering and working in various organisations, military, special forces, police, psychiatric hospitals, NPO’s and first responder organisations. Through this she has gained valuable experience in trauma, crises, Critical Incident Stress Management and the training of trauma counsellors, which has enhanced her academic qualifications and led to further qualifications in Victim Empowerment and Brain Working Recursive Therapy.

Scope of Practice includes ï‚– Counselling at individual, group, private and corporate level ï‚– Assisting in the assessment, containment and management of the current situation ï‚– Facilitation of clients in crisis ï‚– Crisis/trauma intervention and management ï‚– Trauma and life crises - trauma defusing, support, debriefing and counselling ï‚– Grief and Loss Counselling ï‚– Victim Empowerment ï‚– Critical Incident Stress Debriefing ï‚– Multiple Stressor Debriefings ï‚– Biopsychosocial Assessment ï‚– General Psychological Screening ï‚– Short term Supportive Counselling ï‚– Advising on mental health issues ï‚– Promotion of Mental Health ï‚– Psycho Education and Training ï‚– Assessment and Application of BWRT