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Jessica Leigh Harris

Registered Counsellor

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HPCSA Registration No. PRC 0040584

BHF Practice No. 1045261

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My Story

Credentials

I am an HPCSA Registered Counsellor, with a special interest in promoting Mental Health and enhancing well-being, within the field of Addiction. I have spent the last 8-years devoted to my academic and professional development. In this time, I am grateful to have worked within esteemed Rehabilitation Centres, and to have assisted numerous clients in my practice.

 

My goal continues to be a practitioner that the public can trust, and a person that can be an agent of positive change for groups and individuals within South Africa's unique sociocultural context. I believe this is achieved through respect, empathy, integrity, evidence-based practice, passion, perseverance, and professionalism. Steve Maraboli once said that: "Happiness is not the absence of problems. It's the ability to deal with them". This notion rang true along my own journey and has inspired me to professionally help others.

  • Bachelor of Social Science Honours (The South African College of Applied Psychology) - Cum Laude

  • ​Bachelor of Applied Social Sciences (Counselling & Psychology) (The South African College of Applied Psychology) - Cum Laude

  • Higher Certificate in Counselling and Communication Skills (The South African College of Applied Psychology)

Counselling Techniques & Framewroks Include:

  • Rationale Emotive Behaviour Therapy

  • Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

  • Matrix Model of Change 

  • Person-Centred Therapy

  • Mindfulness-Based Therapy

  • Existential Therapy

  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapy 

  • Positive Psychology 

  • Family-Systems Therapy

  • Narrative Therapy 

Additional Interests,
Training & Courses:

• Equine Assisted Psychotherapy Experiential (ITT)
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Anxiety: Clinical Understanding and Techniques (Calabash)
• Couples Counselling: An Essential Introductory Map (Calabash)

• First Aid Level 1: Behavioural Emergencies for the Mental Health Professional (ECSI)

• RC A to Z (ITT)

• Introduction to Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (UFS)
• Alcohol and Drug Addictions: Psychology (IAOTH)
• Introduction to the Interactional Approach to Psychotherapy (ITT)
• Professional Addiction Counselling Diploma (CTAA)

• Working with Posttraumatic Stress: Current and Contextual Considerations (Calabash)

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