Narina is a dedicated, passionate and highly qualified Registered Psychologist with 30 years of experience in the field, working with individuals, couples and families.Narina is highly committed to providing a high-quality counselling service that works towards helping clients to address problematic issues in their lives, learn healthier coping skills and resources that will ensure greater happiness and well-being.
She, has extensive experience working across different fields and supports all ages from children, adolescents, adults and older adults.

Age Groups: Children, adolescents, adults and older adults

Therapeutic Modalities

• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Mindfulness

Anina is a Registered Psychologist with a special interest in providing therapeutic interventions for children, adolescents, and families. She has several years’ work experience as a Psychologist in both the public and private sectors. The focus of her treatment is on a range of mental health and adjustment difficulties that may emerge during the various middle childhood and youth developmental stages.

Anina completed her training and internship with a specific focus on the treatment of complex developmental trauma. She obtained extensive work experience in this area and promoted healing for both the individual as well as affected family members and carers/guardians.

Later in her career, she worked in educational settings, providing treatment and support to children and young people presenting with a range of mental health problems, thereby diversifying her experience and therapeutic focus. Anina’s work includes interventions for both internalising and externalising behavioural issues, as well as neurodevelopmental challenges. She has developed skills and knowledge to also address difficulties within the family/school contexts, and she is experienced in developing school-based support plans that promote adaptive functioning.

Anina has trained in family therapy and has prior work experience as a social worker. She enjoys including parents and the wider family in the therapeutic process. Her passion is to improve the functioning, wellbeing and quality of children, young people and their family’s lives.

Age Groups

• Children (Age 5-12)
• Adolescents (Age 13-17)
• Young Adults (Age 18-21
• Adults and parents

Therapeutic Modalities:

• Cognitive Behaviour therapy
• Dialectical Behaviour therapy (developing)
• Family therapy
• Mentalization-based therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative therapy
• Solutions-focused therapy
• Trauma-focused Cognitive Behaviour therapy

Other languages spoken: Afrikaans

Jacinta is a Clinical Psychologist who has clinical experience working with children, adolescents and their families, and adults with psychological or psychiatric disorders. She has garnered experience in numerous public mental healthsettings, including community outpatient clinics in Singapore and Australia, the Institute of Mental Health outpatient and inpatient ward (Singapore), Burns Unit (Australia) and Perth Voices Clinic (Australia).

Jacinta has worked with a diverse range of clients, with presentations such as mood  disorders, personality disorders, neurodevelopmental disorders (ASD, ADHD), trauma, interpersonal difficulties, relational issues and voice hearers. She also has experience working within a multidisciplinary team with other medical and allied health professionals.

Jacinta has a keen interest in working with issues related to attachment, interpersonal difficulties and difficulties with emotional regulation, which may be exhibited in mood, anxiety and personality disorders. Jacinta takes a non-judgmental, empathic stance to understanding her clients presenting difficulties, while providing them with a safe space to work through challenges. She adopts  evidence-based modalities to address her clients’ needs. These include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Schema Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization Response (EMDR) and Emotion-Focused Therapy. A keen advocate for the parent-child relationship, Jacinta is a registered Circle of Security Parenting (COS-P) facilitator with the Circle of Security International.

Age Groups:
• Children (5+)
• Adolescents
• Young Adults
• Adults

Therapeutic Modalities:
• Circle of Security Parenting
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT)
• Emotion-Focused Therapy
• Eye Movement Densitization Response (EMDR)
• Schema Therapy