EFT South Africa was founded in 2009 when Kathryn de Bruin and Elmien Lesch met for the first time, in a coffee shop in Stellenbosch, to discuss their common interest in initiating EFT in South Africa.
I am a marriage and family therapist in San Diego. As a South African and because of my love for my family and country, I travel to South Africa frequently.
I have always been interested in couple and family therapy and have worked with many couples and families over the last 30 years within a systemic and experiential therapeutic framework.
We aim to cultivate a climate of inclusion, an environment where all can feel safe, valued, cared for, and given an opportunity to form meaningful connections with each other. In all facets of our work we strive to embody what we hope to see in the world – a just, loving, humanity and community in which people are free to be themselves fully – where people can embrace their most basic universal human attachment needs without fear of persecution or marginalisation as a result of religion, race, ethnic or national origin, sexual/affectional orientation and preferences, gender expression, family structure, age, class, mental health, physical character or disability.
These values are inherent in the attachment science and humanistic approach to intervention that all our work is based on.
Visit South Africa
South Africa is a long flight. I urge you to be prepared for very long flights as well as jet lag. Once we have arrived I could share with you some techniques I have used in the past to get through the early mornings, but to be prepared pack some reading material to keep you busy when sleep eludes you.
Welcome to the South African Emotionally Focused Therapy Community. Our mission is to provide a forum for mental health professionals in South Africa who are working with couples and families providing relational therapy.