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