A space to feel heard
Counselling that meets you where you are.
Person-centred therapy for individuals, couples and families in Cape Town. Honest conversation, mindful tools, and steady support — at your pace.
- HPCSA Registered
- Goodwood, Cape Town
- Most medical aids
Trusted by hundreds of clients across Cape Town since 2020.
Begin your journey
Support shaped to where you are right now.
Sessions run 50–60 minutes, in person at the practice in Goodwood or online. Most medical aids accepted.
Individual counselling
One-on-one sessions for adults, adolescents and seniors navigating anxiety, low mood, trauma or change.
Couples & families
A grounded space to be heard — for partners and families working through conflict, transitions and connection.
Children & young people
Warm, age-appropriate support for children and adolescents finding their footing — at school, at home, in themselves.
About the practice
A calm, considered space — for the work that matters.
Amelia Schwartz is a Registered Counsellor based in Goodwood, Cape Town. Her work is rooted in compassion and curiosity — drawing on cognitive-behavioural, narrative and mindfulness-based approaches to help clients of all ages move toward what feels like home in themselves.
HPCSA Registered Counsellor
Practising under the Health Professions Council of South Africa (PRC0039036) — ethical, confidential, and accountable care.
Person-centred & mindful
A blend of CBT, narrative and mindfulness-based work, rooted in a person-centred frame. We move at your pace.
Practical, gentle, real
We combine honest conversation with simple tools you can use between sessions, for change that actually lands.
A note from the practice
“The work begins the moment you feel safe enough to be honest.”
From the practice
Quiet wins, in clients’ own words.
Felt heard from the first call.
Amelia made me feel safe before we’d even sat down. The space is calm, honest, and gently challenging in the best way. I leave each session with something I can actually use.
CC., 34Cape TownHelped us communicate again.
We came in stuck. Amelia helped us slow down enough to actually hear each other — without taking sides. Six months on, our relationship is genuinely different.
MM. & J.Couples workA turning point for our daughter.
Our teenager came home a little lighter every week. She trusted Amelia quickly, and that gave the whole family some breathing room.
PParentAdolescent support