Janika Cumpsty

“Just because no-one else can heal, or do your inner work for you, does not mean you can, should, or need to do it alone.” — Lisa Olivera

About Janika

Every person, in my opinion, possesses the ability to make a significant difference in their own mental health. In order to empower my clients, I work to build a collaborative relationship with them. I want to help them gain understanding, identify their inherent strength and resilience, and take action to bring about the change they truly want to see in their world.

As a result of a strong commitment to my clients, I make sure to participate in ongoing training and supervision in order to not only expand my knowledge and expertise, but also to offer the best services. With an integrated approach, I personalise and combine interventions to each client’s particular needs, preferences and context.

I offer individual counselling to all clients 18 years and older.

Specialities

• Inner child work for adults with childhood trauma
• Burnout, self-care & boundaries
• Trauma / PTSD / CPTSD
• Sexual trauma
• Abuse (all types & all genders)
• Expat support
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Grief and bereavement
• Eating disorders
• Addiction care & support including harm reduction
• Support for healthcare service providers, including “Care for the Carer”
• Divorce counselling
• Narcissistic abuse
• Coercive control
• Gender-based violence
• ADHD and autism

Qualifications

• B.Cur Nursing Science (2012, UWC)
• BLS Medic (2015, Ambutek)
• BA Psychology and Criminology (2016, UNISA)
• BA Hons Psychology (2019, UNISA)
• Trauma-Informed Counselling (2023, Centre of Healing)

Experience

• Mental health counselling and criminology consultancy across volunteer, corporate and clinical settings since 2016
• Business management & client advocacy in the private psychiatry sector since 2017
• SAPS Victim Support counsellor since 2018
• Facilitation of individual and group supervision for counsellors since 2020
• Training of community members in trauma debriefing and self-care through SAPS Victim Support

How Janika works

• Trauma-informed care
• Inner child work
• CBT
• Harm reduction

Sessions are 50 minutes online via WhatsApp, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams. Offers individual counselling (not couples counselling). Works with adults aged 18 and older.