Clinical Psychologist: Neuroscientific Therapy

Are you seeking professional psychological support to address your emotional challenges and improve your mental well-being? Christel Maritz, a trusted Clinical Psychologist based in Somerset West, offers a unique, personalized approach to therapy grounded in neuroscience. With over 22 years of experience, Christel focuses on alleviating symptoms rather than labeling diagnoses, ensuring a compassionate, tailored experience for every client.

Why Choose Christel Maritz as Your Clinical Psychologist?

  1. Tailored, Neuroscientific Approach
    Christel integrates advanced insights into brain-based therapy, creating effective treatment plans designed to address individual needs. Inspired by Brain2Brain: Enacting Client Change through the Persuasive Power of Neuroscience by John Arden, she incorporates the latest research to foster lasting emotional healing.
  2. Proven Experience and Expertise
    Christel’s academic background combines the rigor of science with a deep understanding of human psychology. Starting with a B.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch, she majored in Mathematical Statistics and Psychology before earning her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology in 1991. Her extensive experience bridges scientific theory and practical application, providing clients with effective, evidence-based care.
  3. Flexible Therapy Options
    Whether you prefer in-person sessions in Somerset West or the convenience of online therapy, Christel offers flexible options to ensure accessibility for clients across South Africa and beyond.

The Neuroscience of Emotional Well-Being

As a Clinical Psychologist Christel’s therapeutic approach emphasizes the role of the brain in mental health. She recognizes that while psychotherapeutic methods may vary, the shared foundation is rooted in neuroscience. Her expertise allows her to identify these commonalities and provide actionable strategies to help clients achieve emotional balance and resilience.

What Can Christel Help You With?

  • Stress and anxiety management
  • Navigating life transitions
  • Building emotional resilience
  • Trauma recovery
  • Achieving clarity and emotional safety
  • Neurodivergence
  • BWRT

Start Your Healing Journey Today

Taking the first step toward mental well-being is easier than you think. With Christel’s empathetic and professional guidance as a trained Clinical Psychologist, you can embark on a transformative journey to emotional safety and balance.

Contact Christel Maritz
Whether you’re in Somerset West surrounding, or seeking online therapy from the comfort of your home, Christel Maritz as a Clinical Psychologist is here to help. Reach out today via email or through her secure online contact form. Together, you’ll work toward creating a brighter, more balanced future.


Clinical Psychologist Somerset West and Surroundings

As a Clinical Psychologist Christel Maritz is trained in BWRT. BWRT Training teaches mental health professionals how to use BrainWorking Recursive Therapy® (BWRT®), a modern, neuroscience-based therapy for addressing psychological and emotional issues. Created by Terence Watts, BWRT focuses on reconditioning the brain’s survival responses, helping clients change negative reactions without revisiting traumatic events.

Key Points:

  • Who It’s For: Psychologists, therapists, counselors, and other mental health professionals.
  • Focus: Treating anxiety, phobias, trauma, depression, addictions, and more.
  • Structure: Training is delivered in levels:
    • Level 1: Basic applications (e.g., anxiety, phobias).
    • Level 2: Advanced work (e.g., personality disorders, complex trauma).
    • Level 3: Specialized complex cases.
  • Benefits: Rapid, effective results; client-led and non-intrusive; applicable to a wide range of issues.
  • Certification: Graduates become certified BWRT practitioners, often with CPD accreditation.

BWRT is ideal for professionals seeking an innovative, fast-acting therapeutic tool.

 

About | Christel Maritz Psychologist

Christel Maritz Psychologist

Christel Maritz from Christel Maritz Psychologist is a qualified Clinical Psychologist based in Somerset West. Over the past 22 years she has come to realize that although there are different schools of psychotherapy, certain common denominators are occurring and that these denominators are brain based. ‘People seeking help from one therapist, may hear a completely different perspective about their problem than they would from another well-meaning therapist from a different theoretical school’ John Arden; Brain2Brain, Enacting Client Change through the persuasive power of Neuroscience.  Being keenly interested in Maths and Science, but also in the human psyche, she started off by studying B.Sc Psychology at the University of Stellenbosch majoring in Mathematical statistics and Psychology.   She obtained her Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology in 1991.

Through 22 years of private practice Christel Maritz did various courses in neuroscience and specifically theChristel Maritz Psychologist Somerset West Western Cape effect of psychotherapy on the different brain structures as well as to be able to take a specific patient’s brain functioning into account in planning tailor made therapy. Therapeutic modalities that she currently uses, are evidence based, ensuring patients that they are being treated with research based and sound strategies. Including psycho-education about neuroscience as part of therapy, greatly assist patients in understanding their behaviour and emotions.   It changes them from being helpless victims of a diagnoses to active participants in their own recovery process, by having a neuro scientific understanding of their symptoms and learning more about their brain and the brain-body connection.

Christel maritz Psychologist | BWRT® – Brain Working Recursive Therapy

Christel Maritz Psychologist is committed to on going study and recently added the modality of Brain Working Recursive Therapy to her repertoire.   BWRT® is a ground breaking therapy that reflects the way our brain operates to change previously formed patterns that are preventing us from living life to the full. Research shows that the brain has already processed information and initiated a reaction before our conscious minds are even aware of it. So when we are trying to address areas such as anxiety, stress, fears, phobias, relationship problems, confidence, and other negative or limiting habits, we often fail or struggle despite thinking rationally after years of being in therapy. BWRT® http://www.bwrt.org/ bypasses this problem byContinue Reading

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