Christiane Viljoen, Hons.Psych
- 6 years of Experience
- South Africa
- Cape Town, Not Applicable
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Specialties: Anxiety, Borderline Personality, Coping Skills, Goal Setting, Learning Disabilities, Life Coaching, Multicultural Issues, Neurological, Relationship Issues
Specialties
Anxiety, Borderline Personality, Coping Skills, Goal Setting, Learning Disabilities, Life Coaching, Multicultural Issues, Neurological, Relationship Issues
Languages
English
Age Group Focus
Children, Adolescents, Adults, Seniors
Treatment Approaches
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Art Therapy, Attachment-based, Behavioral, Body Centered Psychotherapy, Coaching, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Crisis Intervention, Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), Culturally Sensitive, Dance/Movement Therapy, Dialectical (DBT), Emotionally Focused, Existential, Existential Psychotherapy, Expressive Arts, Expressive Therapy, Family / Marital, Family Systems, Family-Based Treatment (FBT), Feminist, Focusing, Gestalt, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Interpersonal, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Jungian, Long-Term, Mediation, Mindfulness Based Approaches, Mindfulness-based (MBCT), Multicultural, Narrative, Neuro-Linguistic, Neurofeedback, Nutrition Counseling, Parent Guidance, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), Person-Centered (Rogerian), Person-Centered Therapy, Play Therapy, Prevention, Psycho-Educational, Psychodynamic, Relational, Relationship Development Intervention (RDI), Short-Term (Brief Treatment), Social Support, Solution Focused Brief (SFBT), Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT), Somatic, Spiritual Counseling, Systemic, Transpersonal, Transpersonal Psychology, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Traumatic Incident Reduction (TIR), Vocational Counseling/Rehabilitation
Issues
Academic issues, Addiction, ADHD, Adoption, Aging, Alcohol Abuse, Anger Management, Antisocial Personality, Anxiety, Attachment Disorders, Autism, Behavior Issues, Bipolar Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Borderline Personality, Bullying/Harassment, Career Counseling, Caregiver Stress, Child Abuse and Neglect, Child or Adolescent, Chronic Pain, Codependency, Coping Skills, Coping With Medical Issues, Dementia, Depression, Developmental Disability, Dissociative Disorders, Drug Abuse, Dual Diagnosis, Eating Disorders, Education/Personal Development, Family Conflict, Gender Identity, Goal Setting, Grief, Interpersonal Relationships, Introversion, Leadership, Learning Disabilities, Life Coaching, Life Transitions, Marital / Premarital, Memory Problems, Men's Issues, Multicultural Issues, Narcissistic Personality, Neurological, Neuropsychological Testing, Obesity, OCD, Oppositional Defiance, Pain Management, Parenting, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Physical Illness/Impairment, Postpartum, Psychoses/Major Mental Illness, Psychosomatic, Racial Identity, Relationship Issues, Selective Mutism, Self Abuse, Self Esteem, Sensory Processing Disorder, Sleep or Insomnia, Spirituality, Sports Performance, Stress, Suicidal Thoughts, Transgender, Trauma / PTSD, Weight Loss, Women's Issues, Workplace Stress
About Christiane Viljoen
Christiane is a Specialist Wellness Counsellor; DBT practitioner; and Coach. Christiane obtained her Bachelor of arts Honours in Psychology degree, with distinction, from Varsity College.
Her Counselling journey began at The Family Counselling Center, when she joined the counselling apprenticeship program; this program created a bridge, connecting the theory taught in university with the real world. On the completion of this apprenticeship, Christiane joined The Family Counselling Center team as a practicing counsellor; It was here that she found her passion to encourage the development of personal insight for her clients, and to provide them with the tools necessary to assist them on their journey.
This passion to encourage the development of personal insight for her clients has inspired Christiane to utilize holistic approaches towards her clients’ unique needs and has in turn, inspired her to enroll in many courses and training programs in her search to provide unique and client tailored approaches in her work as a mental health care practitioner.
The knowledge, skills and experiences Christiane has gained during her psychological studies and ventures has shaped and enabled her to view the world differently, to utilizeher strengths ininnovative and creative ways,and has provided her with the power of understanding and an empathy for adversity.