According to the Scope of a Registered Counsellor, our role is to “extend psychological services and make them accessible to the diverse South African population. A Registered Counsellor conducts psychological and preventative interventions that focus on the promotion and enhancement of psychosocial wellbeing for individuals, families, groups and communities.” So in other words, I aim to be the first point of call for mental support and healthcare in South Africa.

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In my day-to-day practice I do the following:

• Provide preventative, developmental counselling services

• Perform supportive psychological interventions to enhance emotional functioning and mental well-being

• Provide screenings for the purpose of mental health as a preliminary screening tool in order to refer appropriately

• Offer specific psychometric assessments

• Contain any presenting difficulties, i.e. the alleviation of distress, anxiety, etc

• Support to assist in the restoration of a previous/more adaptive level of functioning

• Psycho-educate and promote mental health

• Develop preventative and developmental interventions on all systems levels

• Promote primary psychosocial wellbeing

• Work with interdisciplinary professional teams

• Refer to appropriate professionals or other appropriate resources according to the guidelines of good practice in the health professions.