Dr Yolinda Steyn registered her private practice in August 2000. Her Formal Qualifications consists of Univ. Dipl. (SW) 1995; MA (SW) 2008; PhD (SW) 2015. She has conducted numerous short courses and certificates over the years, including: Child assessments; Play therapy; Parental guidance; Emotional intelligence of children; Trauma therapy with adults and children (groups & individuals); Substance abuse (teenagers & adults); Assessments with adults.

After having worked in private practice part-time; having been a therapist at SANCA for five years and a senior lecturer at the department of Social work (NWU, Vaal Campus) for six years, she returned to private practice in 2017 on a full-time basis.

Services Rendered by Practice

Specialising in adult assessments; trauma therapy; marriage counselling; life-stress reduction therapy; alcohol and drug-related problems; parental guidance; corporate wellness related services; clinical assessments; play therapy; trauma therapy.

Specialities

Part of the CPD-board of the Association of Christian and Religious Practitioners (CPSC) accreditation team since January 2024

Member of the National Council of Correctional Services (NCCS) since August 2023

Facilitator for WNL Academy for the course: “Industrial social counselling worker” since 2021

External marker for Master’s and PhD theses for UNISA and NWU since 2016

Specialising in adult assessments, trauma therapy, marriage counselling life-stress reduction therapy, alcohol and drug-related problems, socio-emotional assessments with children, play therapy, and parental guidance since 1996

CPD (continuous professional development) trainer for SACSSP and CPSC since 2014

Corporate wellness related services since 2017

Designing and development of programmes and aids to assist therapists and parents to improve service delivery and effective parenting since 2017