Understand your experience
Make sense of what happened and how it has affected you.
trauma therapy
Heal from trauma. Reclaim your life.
Trauma can leave you feeling stuck, overwhelmed and disconnected. Our trauma therapy helps you process what happened, release its hold and move forward with strength and confidence.
How trauma therapy can help
Heal and release
Process trauma safely and reduce distress, anxiety and triggers.
Rebuild safety and trust
Reconnect with yourself and others in a way that feels safe.
Regain control
Strengthen your sense of choice, empowerment and self-worth.
Create lasting change
Develop healthier patterns and move forward with hope and purpose.
Thrive beyond survival
Build a meaningful life where you feel calm, connected and free.
The My Therapy difference
Therapy that supports you — in session and in life.
- Healing happens in your everyday life — not just in the therapy room.
- Access to Therapist in Your Pocket through your chosen support plan.
- Practical tools and resources tailored to your journey.
- Track your progress with tangible, data-driven results.
- Therapeutic prompts, worksheets and insights for reflection.
- We believe a patient can’t fail therapy, but therapy can fail a patient — therefore therapy is tailored around you. You are not forced to fit the textbook.
Our approach
Approaches we use
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Somatic Experiencing (SE)
- Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
- Mindfulness-based interventions
- Timeline Therapy
- Psychoeducation and skills building
We can help with
Support for what matters to you.
- Crime
- Illness
- Coping with loss
- Rape
- Loss of relationships
- Sexual trauma
- PTSD
- Domestic violence
- Abusive relationships
- Childhood trauma
- Abuse suffered, physically or emotionally
Our therapy approaches
Tailored to you.
Focused on real change.
Evidence-based. Trauma-informed. Person-centred.
EMDR
Helps reprocess traumatic memories so they no longer hold you back.
EFT
Gentle, effective techniques to release emotional distress and restore balance.
DBT
Builds emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal skills.
CBT
Identifies and changes unhelpful thoughts and behaviours.
Hypnotherapy
Access the power of your subconscious to create meaningful and lasting change.
Timeline therapy
Transform past experiences and create a future with confidence.
RST (Rational Strategic Therapy)
Practical, goal-focused strategies for real-world challenges.
AEDP
Deep, transformational work that integrates emotions, attachment and healing.
Somatic approaches
Body-based techniques to release tension and regulate your nervous system.
No one approach fits everyone.
We integrate what works best for you.
Evidence-based
Proven methods for meaningful results.
Person-centred
Your story, your goals, your journey.
Trauma-informed
Safety, compassion and respect at the core of everything.
Hope. Healing. Transformation.
We’re with you every step.
Your therapy journey
A clear path from healing to thriving.
People behind your care.
Book your session
Meet RiaanRiaan van Wyk
Integrative Psychotherapist, Traumatologist, Sexologist and Relationship Specialist
Practical, goal-oriented support. A conversation at your pace.
Online or in person · Pretoria East
Meet Anna-MartAnna-Mart van Wyk
Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma Therapist, Therapist in Your Pocket Clinician
A whole-person approach, shaped around your story.
Online sessions · Therapist in Your Pocket
“Riaan guides you to heal yourself with perspective and practical application. He matched my pace and took my wounds as seriously and critically as I did.”Amaris · South AfricaRead client experiencesIndividual experiences differ.
Professional background
& Psychotherapy
Coaching CouncilEstablished in 1994
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