My practice focuses on developing practical skills that help individuals manage the impact of pain, illness, and disability on everyday functioning.
I work with people experiencing neurological, orthopaedic, persistent pain, and complex conditions, including CRPS, FND, ME/CFS, PNES, fibromyalgia, and mental health conditions where pain and functional difficulties may be significant.
Pain can influence movement, activity tolerance, concentration, emotions, behaviour, sleep, relationships, and participation in daily and occupational roles.
Therapy therefore focuses on understanding these interactions and developing an individualised set of strategies—the personal toolkit—to support effective functioning.
Intervention may include skills for pacing and energy management, activity regulation, graded exposure, movement confidence, sensory regulation, pain coping, fatigue management, stress regulation, cognitive strategies, routine development, and adapting meaningful activities and roles.
The goal is to develop practical skills that enable you to make informed choices about activity, manage fluctuations in symptoms, and increase participation in meaningful occupations.
Where pain or illness has resulted in discontinued activities or changed life roles, therapy focuses on identifying realistic adaptations and pathways for re-engagement. Ultimately, the goal is to build functional capacity, strengthen self-management skills, reclaim a sense of control, and support meaningful participation in everyday life.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM YOUR SESSION
The first two sessions are particularly important in establishing a trusting therapeutic relationship, developing a shared understanding of your pain experience, and identifying meaningful, achievable goals for rehabilitation.
Each initial consultation is approximately 90 minutes in duration. To help you feel comfortable and prepared for your session, please: Wear comfortable clothing and supportive, comfortable shoes.
Have a well-balanced breakfast or meal beforehand to support energy and concentration. Bring any relevant medical reports or information that may assist in understanding your condition.
The practice offers the following payment options:
Medical Aid: Consultations are charged according to applicable medical aid tariffs, subject to the individual medical scheme and available benefits.
IOD Patients: Fees and billing will be managed in accordance with the applicable Injury on Duty (IOD) requirements and authorisation.
Private Patients: Patients are personally liable for consultation fees. A quotation will be provided for longer-term treatment programmes where ongoing rehabilitation is recommended.
Payment Methods:
Payment can be made via YOCO or EFT.
The applicable fee per session is R650-00 unless otherwise specified in an agreed quotation or treatment plan.
OUR SPECIAL INTEREST & CLINICAL FOCUS
Building Your Personal Toolkit: My practice provides an integrated occupational therapy approach to orthopaedic, neurological, persistent pain, and complex rehabilitation, with a focus on developing practical skills that support functional recovery, participation, and sustainable return to everyday and occupational activities.
The therapeutic toolkit is individually tailored and may include: Pain management skills – developing practical strategies to understand and manage pain, regulate activity, improve function, and reduce the impact of symptoms on daily life.
Orthopaedic and neurological rehabilitation – restoring functional movement, strength, coordination, endurance, independence, and confidence in everyday activities.
Progressive activity and graded exposure – systematically increasing participation in activities that may have become limited through pain, fatigue, fear, avoidance, or reduced confidence.
Work hardening and return-to-work rehabilitation – developing physical, cognitive, behavioural, and psychological work skills through structured, task-specific progression. PGAP (Progressive Goal Attainment Program) – supporting structured goal development and re-engagement in meaningful activities following injury, illness, or persistent pain. Psychiatric Functional Capacity Evaluation – assessing the functional impact of psychological and psychiatric conditions on occupational performance, work capacity, and daily functioning.
Psychological resilience skills – incorporating evidence-informed CBT strategies, ACT principles, goal-setting, behavioural activation, coping strategies, and emotional regulation skills to strengthen psychological flexibility and resilience.
