Ronette Zaaiman – Clinical Psychologist │ Kliniese Sielkundige

RONETTE ZAAIMAN

clinical psychologist | kliniese sielkundige

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THE SERVICES I OFFER INCLUDE:

Individual Psychotherapy for Adults and Adolescents

Support for individuals navigating:

Anxiety and stress-related concerns
Depression and mood difficulties
Grief and loss
Early childhood relational trauma or abuse
Major life transitions
Inner conflict and sense of self

Family Relationships and Parenting

Therapeutic support for:

Maternal and parental mental health
Infant development
Parenting difficulties
Supporting your child through challenges
Family relational problems
Early parent-child connection and bonding
Parent-infant-psychotherapy

Individual Psychotherapy for Neurodivergent Adults

Support for:

About Me

I am a registered Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience providing clinical care, training and supervision across government and private clinics, hospitals, tertiary academic settings and private practice.

Perspective

Painful feelings and problems are part of being alive. At different points in life, both internal and external demands may lead us to seek therapy – pressures within the workplace, significant life transitions, relationship strain, loss, trauma or experiences that feel difficult to process or make sense of.

Within a confidential and authentic therapeutic relationship, there is space to explore the pain and grief, and potential for growth that arise from life’s challenges and the search for meaningful solutions.

Psychotherapy aims to support a fuller understanding of yourself, and with that, the opportunity to live a more fulfilling life – one more closely aligned with your true nature and needs.

Approach

My thinking and work are grounded in a psychodynamic perspective, while also drawing on Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and humanistic approaches.

I consider each client’s unique current circumstances, personal history and innate ways of thinking and feeling in assessing their individual needs.

QUALIFICATIONS

B.Sc. Psychology, Physiology and Human Movement Sciences – North-West University (cum laude)

B.Sc. Honours in Psychology – North-West University (cum laude)

M.Sc in Clinical Psychology – North-West University (cum laude)

REGISTRATIONS

Dubai Health Authority (DHA): 98471629-002

Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA): PS0127493

Initiating psychotherapy and choosing a therapist can feel like a significant step.

As this is a deeply personal process, it is important to find someone with whom you feel comfortable and able to connect.

If you decide to make an appointment, the initial sessions provide an opportunity to
explore what has brought you to therapy, what you hope to gain from it, and whether
my way of working feels like a good fit for you.

In therapy, you are encouraged to bring whatever is on your mind and heart, as
freely as you feel comfortable. Therapy offers a space to receive and thoughtfully
consider all that you bring, with the aim of developing a fuller and deeper
understanding of your feelings, needs and way of being. Through this process, there
is the opportunity to navigate difficulties, obstacles, and personal aims with greater
clarity and effectiveness.

The more honest we are with ourselves, the better our chances for living a satisfying and useful life. – Nancy McWilliams

WHEN TO CONSIDER THERAPY

Psychotherapy aims to address the pain, grief and growth that result from problems and the search for solutions.

IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING, YOU MAY CONSIDER ENTERING PSYCHOTHERAPY:

⊚ A sense that your early life experiences are showing up in ways that are getting in the way of your relationships, your professional life or self-expression.

⊚ Navigating and adapting to a major life transition.

⊚ As a new parent, finding the transition to parenthood unexpectedly overwhelming or distressing - emotionally, physically or relationally.

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⊚ The loss of a loved one, or a distressing experience, that continues to feel difficult to process and is affecting your daily functioning.

⊚ You feel overwhelmed by your emotions or have found yourself relying on ways of coping that are no longer serving you well.

⊚ Difficulty trusting that your emotions are valid, or finding that you minimise, dismiss, or feel confused by your own inner experiences.

⊚ A deep sense of being fundamentally different, or of not living your life in alignment with who you truly are.

⊚ You experience anxiety and persistent worry, or you feel disconnected, flat, or on autopilot.

⊚ A prolonged sense of sadness or sorrow.

⊚ A sense of exhaustion that goes beyond tiredness — one that is hard to explain and has led to withdrawing from others or from things that once mattered to you.

⊚ You have recently begun wondering whether you might be neurodivergent, or you have received a diagnosis of autism or ADHD and are in the process of understanding what this means for your life, your history, and your identity.

⊚ You are carrying grief for a version of your life, a relationship, a sense of self or possibilities that feel lost.

⊚ Recovering from an abusive relationship.

⊚ You are curious about yourself - about the patterns you notice, the ways you relate to others, and what might be possible if you understood yourself more deeply.

⊚ You wish to explore the ways in which you move through everyday life, with the hope of finding greater freedom in your choices and a renewed sense of meaning and purpose.

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