Jessica Spigler

Jess is a psychologist who completed her studies and training in South Africa, working in a children’s home with children, teenagers, adults and with families. She has experience and interest working in areas of attachment, crisis intervention, trauma, grief and emotional dysregulation as well as relationships with self, peers, spouses and family. 

She further specialises in conducting comprehensive psychoeducational assessments for children and adolescents who may be experiencing difficulties across many domains and for diagnostic purposes. 

Jess is further trained in the Gottman Method (Level 1) of couples therapy and utilises Gottman interventions with couples.

Jess approaches clients in a compassionate way while engaging in their life worlds and finding a way to heal past wounds and through that form ways to find happiness, meaning and one's true authentic self. She believes that therapy can be a safe space to process and work through emotional distress and trauma whilst feeling heard, seen and understood.

Jess works from a psychodynamic process, but her overall approach is integrative - incorporating various modalities suited to each individual’s needs through a collaborative process with clients. She aims to facilitate a holistic healing process where the client is understood across their internal and external worlds, through their past and present lived experiences, relationships and journeys.