Welcome to my practice called Holding Space Collaborative.

 

I am Hannelie Scheffer, a Clinical Psychologist with over 30 years of experience working with adults and couples in Australia and South Africa. I offer therapy in both English and Afrikaans.
 

My work is trauma‑informed, body‑based and relational, with a particular focus on complex trauma, PTSD, developmental and attachment trauma, dissociation and longstanding patterns of shock held in the body.
 

I work extensively with Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) and DBR‑AT to help people gently process experiences that have felt too overwhelming to face alone, at a pace that honours your nervous system and sense of control.
 

The values of safety, choice, transparency, privacy and shared power guide my practice and the wider Holding Space Collaborative.