DR. GENEVIEVE DA SILVA

Genevieve completed her B.Psych, Masters and Doctorate degrees through the University of South Africa. Her researched focussed on parenting to promote responsibility, autonomy, overall wellbeing and healthy relationships.

Her 15 year experience with children includes children’s programme co-ordinator and youth worker, au-pair, teacher, counsellor and psychologist. Her psychological experience includes assessment and therapy with children with learning, physical, emotional and cognitive difficulties, parent guidance for individual families and group presentations, presentations for teachers, and working alongside multidisciplinary teams (including physiotherapists, occupational, speech and remedial therapists, medical sisters and psychiatrists).

She also lectures at the South African College of Applied Psychology,  and previously at the University of the Western Cape.