Alexa Scher
Alexa Scher, clinical psychologist, Johannesburg
Alexa creates a safe space for clients to work collaboratively through uncomfortable feelings, providing them with support, skills and tools to cope. She works predominantly within Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), depending on her clients’ needs. Alexa works online only.
Focus
Mood Disorders
Anxiety Disorders
Borderline Personality Disorder
LGBTQIA+
Grief
Self-esteem issues
Relationship issues
Approach and modalities:
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Dialectical Behavioural Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Supportive, Person-Centered Approach
Client focus:
Adolescents and Adults
Language spoken in Alexa’s practice:
English
Availability of online sessions:
Online only.
Qualifications:
MSocSci Clinical Psychology
Training:
MSocSci – University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN)
Internship – Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital
Community Service – Ekurhuleni Municipality District Clinics
Years in practice:
3 years, of which 1 year in independent practice.
Registered:
HPCSA – PS 013 6786
Practice number:
083 8055
Costs:
Cost per session in 2021: R750 cash rate for 60-minute session. Rate is negotiable.
Medical aid payments are accepted.
Contribution to book:
Wrote the ‘Toolbox Tips’ in the book Surfacing: People Coping with Depression and Mental Illness by Marion Scher.
You can listen to Marion Scher’s introduction to Surfacing here.
Contact details:
Email: ascher.psych@gmail.com
Tel: 083 353 3456
Website: www.alexascher.co.za