Bruce Laing

Clinical Psychologist

For the therapist, therapy is the art of listening. For the client – it’s about being understood, made sense of, about integrating our disparate bits and pieces into a whole person. I invite my clients to engage with curiosity about his or her internal world – and then to wonder in the delight of the discovery of self. So my process encourages thinking – linking the different parts of the self – to make sense of who we are. It is more of a philosophical approach – of meaning making – it is a journey of discovery.

I am a clinical psychologist in private practice and I provide therapy for adults, adolescents and play-therapy for children and parental guidance. I work from a psychodynamic perspective, but do offer cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT), narrative and person centred approaches. Either short-term or long term therapy is available depending on your requirements.

I provide therapy in the following areas;

For adults and adolescents;

• Anxiety and adjustment disorders
• Eating disorders
• Depression and mood disorders
• Trauma
• Substance Abuse
• Life changes and Interpersonal struggles
• Feelings of being ‘stuck’ and ’empty’
• Gay, lesbian, transgender issues

For children;

• Anxiety struggles such as separation, school refusal, shyness or general anxiety
• Difficulties in making friends
• Bedwetting and sleeping problems
• Disruptive and aggressive behaviours
• Phobias and OCD
• ADHD

Parental guidance

Parents often struggle in managing a child’s complex behaviours. Parental guidance offers a space to think about their child and their mode of parenting. It also offers a safe space where parents can think together around the complexities of being a parent. Often a parent will resort to a parenting style which feels unfamiliar. Parental guidance assists the parental dyad into understanding their relationships both with themselves and their children.

Pr. No. : 0533572
HPCSA No. : 0120650