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Heart Matters provides therapy - online and in-person in Durbanville

The Practice for therapy sessions provides 3 options: Single sessions, Bundle option of 5 sessions with 30% discount or Bundle option of 4 sessions with 20% discount. It operates on a prepaid basis and the Waiver of Confidentiality needs to be provided prior to sessions.
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

Of all the things I’ve ever lost, I miss my mind the most

 – Mark Twain

Cognitive Training and the Process of Change

To live is to change, to adapt, to grow. Growth is vibrant and ongoing. It is a spiral: upward. It is positive and far exceeds merely ‘coping’ with life!  Change and all it pertains challenges growth.  It confronts human ability to move from one place, may it be spiritual, emotional, or physical, to another. What are these challenges and how can the humanity of man meet and/or even precede the confrontation of change? It seems that these challenges from outside of man need to be met with inner abilities to grow and develop progressively into deeper levels of maturity and wisdom. Peace and the understanding that nothing outside of man is responsible for man’s own emotions, thoughts, and behaviour, needs to precede each life’s challenge.

Man determines his own destiny!  When the  power to choose  is rejected it complicates consequences and therefore steers many lives into the labyrinths of confusion, hopelessness, and despair. Bitterness overrides insight and so the spiral changes direction and ‘growth’ becomes destructive in its efforts to legally abduct the responsibility of choice: ‘he made me do this……’ or ‘she forced me to partake in…’ or ‘he always makes me feel….’, etc. Unconscious permission depicts choice. The royal will of man deserves respect. But what influences the unconscious. When, where and how do our genes, our environment and ourselves form our deepest thoughts and perceptions? “We sleep, but the loom of life never stops and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up tomorrow.”  Henry Ward Beecher (1813-87)

The Role of Cognitive Therapy in the Restoration Process

‘…be transformed by the (entire) renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude] …’ Romans 12:2, Amplified Translation.
Change is the mind in action. From the heart conviction is stirred and they will be activated to manipulate the thinking and feeling to co-operate. The first domino needs to fall for the action trail to reach its goal. Experience brings change and things perceived the one day will be differently interpreted the next. The filter through which the human being perceives the world around him is dynamic and will adapt according to the conviction of the heart. Every experience whether traumatic or not is integrated into the psyche of man and his whole system adjusts to accommodate the latest viewpoint. Cognitive therapy can be thought of as a system of psychotherapy due to an integrated program of strategies and techniques and a theory based on personality and psychopathology. (Beck, A. T.; Weishaar, M.)

Determine, Analyse and Recognise – the Beginning of Change

No true change  can occur without change in the core of man’s being: his  heart.  His perception of who he is, who others are and who his Savior is, all depend on the impact of his generational history and of the past experiences. Major misunderstandings are often the cause of great disappointment following intensive counseling. Prior to any initiation of counseling, the patient should be clearly informed about the main areas of focus to ensure a solid, stable, and long-term restoration of trauma. There can be little or no permanent change after only the spiritual side of the impact of trauma has been dealt with.

The  spiritual side of counseling  (including deliverance) removes the legal right the relevant fallen angels had on the individual’s life. It also aids the ability to change in accordance with the truth. It does not however remove the lies and false perceptions that ineluctably follow trauma. The well-known author and speaker, Joyce Meyer also states that change is impossible until the mind (including habitual thoughts) is straightened out. (Meyer, J.) Man must take responsibility of his own battle to change his thinking habits and allow truth to be integrated into his whole personality.

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Sociology Therapy

Man is wired to connect.

– Daniel Goleman

Sociologist
Isolation hurts and harms. It damages and limits almost every sphere of life. The ability to connect is not an added luxury in life, it is vital for survival! The Social level, i.e. motivational social factors impacting in a conscious as well as a sub-conscious way your choice, behaviour and quality of life, is assessed. Necessary areas requiring change are suggested and practical skills for day-to-day living is provided during therapy sessions. Other skills and aspects to enhance quality of life will be discussed as seen fit and desired:
Communication Skills
  • The essence and application of Boundaries in relationships, incl. Work environment, parenting, marriage, family, and friendships
  • Marriage Counselling
  • Parenting and children’s relationships with parents
  • Diet, Supplementation and Exercise
  • The role of Medication
  • Managing Emotions and Mind
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