HdK Counselling

23/06/2026

🌿 **Grief & Loss Support Course – Last Course for 2026** 🌿

I would like to personally invite you, as one of my clients, to consider joining my upcoming **7-week Grief & Loss Support Course**.

Many people hear the word *grief* and immediately think of death, but grief can also come from:
• Divorce or relationship loss
• Health challenges or diagnoses
• Financial setbacks
• Career changes
• Family conflict
• Lost dreams, hopes, or expectations
• Any significant life change that has left a sense of loss

One of the biggest concerns people have is: *"Will I have to talk in front of the group?"*

The answer is **no**. There is never any pressure to share. You are welcome to participate at your own pace and comfort level. Many people simply come to listen, learn, reflect, and heal in a safe and supportive environment.

Throughout the course we explore important topics such as grief, forgiveness, emotional healing, acceptance, hope, and moving forward after loss. Many participants have found healing not only from recent losses, but also from wounds they have carried for years.

💙 **Cost:** Only R450 for the full 7-week course.
💙 **Closing date for registrations:** 1 July 2026.

If you are wondering whether this course might be helpful, I encourage you to have a look at the reviews on Google Business from previous participants.

Please also feel free to share this invitation with family members, friends, colleagues, or anyone you know who may benefit from a supportive space to process loss and find hope again.

If you would like more information or would like to reserve your place, simply reply to this message.

Hope. Courage. Transformation. ⛵

24/12/2025

A gentle year-end reminder: You are a process, not a destination.

As we approach the final days of the year, many of us naturally begin to measure our lives by "finished products"—the goals achieved, the resolutions kept, or the milestones reached. In my practice as both a counselor and coach, I often see how this "all or nothing" pressure can lead to a sense of burnout or "not being enough."
​I wanted to share this short reflection on a core tenet of humanistic psychology by Carl Rogers: "The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is a direction, not a destination."
​This insight is the perfect antidote to the "New Year, New Me" noise. From a psychological perspective, wellness isn't a trophy we win or a fixed state of perfection we finally reach; it is the fluid, courageous "process of becoming" that happens every single day.
​Whether this year felt like a leap forward or a quiet period of internal growth, I invite you to stop chasing a "state of being" and start embracing the "direction" you are moving in. You don’t have to have it all figured out by January 1st to be living "the good life." You are already in the flow of it.
​Take a moment to read this and breathe. I look forward to continuing this process with you in the coming year.

Quote of the day by Carl Rogers: “The good life is a process, not a state of being. It is…” - The Times of India

Carl Rogers was one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th century and a central figure in the development of humanistic psychology. Born i.

11/12/2025

Dankbaarheid vir my Wonderlike Kliënte!

​Wat 'n voorreg dit is om die werk te kan doen wat ek doen!

​Ek wil net 'n oomblik neem om uit my hart uit dankie te sê vir al my ongelooflike kliënte. Soms bewys julle julle dankbaarheid met die oulikste geskenkies, en dit beteken die wêreld. Maar wees verseker: julle groei, julle sterk word, en julle genesing is vir my die grootste geskenk van almal.

​Dit is so 'n eer om die verandering in elkeen van julle te sien.

​Die afgelope jaar was beslis 'n goeie jaar. Deur die Here se genade het ek die voorreg gehad om wonderlike mense te ontmoet. Ek het gesien hoe genesing gebeur, en hoe groei lyk soos 'n blom wat oopmaak en sy pragtige kleure wys. Dit is absoluut inspirerend!

​Elke kliënt is werklik 'n geskenk, 'n seën, en 'n vreugde.

​Ek leer ook so baie by julle—oor hoe braaf mense werklik kan wees, oor die krag van verandering, en hoe ongelooflik mooi daardie proses van groei is.

​Dankie, dankie, dankie vir julle vertroue.

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