I am a South African addictions specialist, philosophical practitioner, academic and author. I studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Cape Town, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and University of South Africa. I am a registered psychological counsellor (Health Professions Council of South Africa), psychodynamically trained psychotherapist (Loyola University Chicago), and a certified philosophical practitioner (National Philosophical Counseling Association).
I have worked in the mental health field for over 20 years as a counselor, clinical and program director, and have developed and managed several inpatient addiction treatme…
I am a South African addictions specialist, philosophical practitioner, academic and author. I studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Cape Town, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and University of South Africa. I am a registered psychological counsellor (Health Professions Council of South Africa), psychodynamically trained psychotherapist (Loyola University Chicago), and a certified philosophical practitioner (National Philosophical Counseling Association).
I have worked in the mental health field for over 20 years as a counselor, clinical and program director, and have developed and managed several inpatient addiction treatment programs. As an academic I have worked as an adjunct professor and researcher in the United States, as a part-time and guest lecturer at South African Universities, and was a visiting scholar at KU Leuven (Belgium) where I conducted research at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, and the Husserl Archives, Research Center for Phenomenology and Continental Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy. I currently work as a researcher and instructor at the I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies, Utah State University, and as a faculty member at the Wayne Institute for Advanced Psychotherapy, Loyola University Chicago.
I am the author of "An Integral Guide to Recovery: Twelve Steps and Beyond" (Integral Publishers), "An Integral Foundation for Addiction Treatment: Beyond the Biopsychosocial Model" (Integral Publishers), co-author of the "Mind-Body Workbook for Addiction: Effective Tools for Relapse Prevention and Recovery" (New Harbinger), "Social Unrest: Resolving the Dichotomies Between You/Me and Us/Them" (Utah State University), and "Resilient Mind Skills Workbook" (Utah State University), and a contributing author to "Current Approaches in Addiction Psychology" (Cambridge Scholars Publishing) and "Opioids in South Africa: Towards a Policy of Harm Reduction" (Human Sciences Research Council Press), and have published in various academic journals in the fields of addiction treatment and studies, theoretical psychology and applied philosophy. I am currently working on a two book contract for Cambridge University Press.