Dr Victoria Timm

I am a Psychologist based in South Africa. I am registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa the body that regulates all legal and ethical aspects of my professional practice.

I have over 15 years experience including clinical and academic experience and am currently in full-time private practice. I have been trained in numerous therapies but specialise in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). CBT is an evidence-based therapy utilised for a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties including anxiety, depression, anger and trauma. Evidence based means that the approach is backed by extensive research supporting its efficacy for a wide number of issues. I trained others in this approach for 7 years, at the University of Pretoria, on a Masters level and this training led to registration in the profession with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. I supervised both academic and practical aspects of their training. My doctorate used such evidence-based approaches in its execution. I worked with families comprising both adults and adolescents. The approach is collaborative in nature meaning that it promotes an equal relationship between psychologist and client where the process is transparent and both parties journey together through the process. As well as processing trauma and difficulties, techniques leading to meaningful and lasting change are imparted. The techniques include methods to reframe defeating ways of thinking with more adaptive ways of seeing things.

I have a growing interest in schema therapy as this provides an integrative framework within which to utilise many of the approaches in which I have been trained. This enables an approach that can be both adapted to the individual client’s need while at the same time providing a unified overarching approach that lends coherence to the process and understanding thereof. Schema Therapy includes CBT techniques as well as the concepts to help clients understand and shift long standing patterns rooted in early life experience. Schema therapy adds depth and flexibility to the therapeutic process when clients are navigating complex emotional themes. Therapy is available in English via a secure, confidential platform worldwide (apart from USA and Canada). Most importantly of all this process takes place within a relationship that is warm, empathic and non-judgemental. I look forward to navigating this process with you.