"Out of Your vulnerabilities will come your strength"
Sigmund Freud
Radical Acceptance
Integrated Wholeness
Authentic Well-Being.
Meet Dr. Charles
Dr Charles is based in Cape Town. He has practice rooms at Crescent Clinic in Claremont and by prior arrangement can see patients at Vincent Pallotti Hospital.
Face to face and online/virtual consultations are available.
Medical aid rates charged. New and Known patients welcome.
Dr Charles has admission rights to most of the private psychotherapy units in the Southern Suburbs of Cape Town, including Crescent Clinic, St Vincents, Summit Clinic, Akeso Clinic Kenilworth.
Includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment, appropriate referral to psychology, occupational therapy, rehab, social work.
Practice Areas
01
Common Mental Illness
Depression, anxiety, panic attacks, burnout, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)
02
Severe Mental Illness
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Mood Disorder
03
Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
Management of psychiatric conditions within hospital settings, Functional Disorders, Delirium, Psycho-Oncology.
04
Psychotherapy
Integrated Humanistic Therapy including elements of existential therapy, person-centered therapy, gestalt therapy and mindfulness. Focus of interest around shame and complex trauma.
05
Addiction and Eating Disorders
Illicit substances (Heroin, Cocaine, Tik, Meth); Prescribed Medications and legal substances (Pethidine, Ritalin, Alzam, sleeping tablets, codeine, alcohol); Behaviors (gambling, sex). Affiliated to several rehabilitation units: Crescent Clinic, Akeso Clinic (Kenilworth), Ixande Clinic, Recovery Direct.
Eating Disorders include Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating
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Personality Disorders
Borderline (including DBT), Narcissism, Schizotypal, Avoidant, Codependent