for Annelet to enter the field. She taught in primary and high schools and spent the last years of her time in the educational field as a school principal of a prestigious private primary school in Johannesburg. This gave her vast experience in dealing with children and families, as well as teachers.

She then decided to follow her passion and returned to university after a 20 year break from studying, to complete her B.Ed. degree in Educational Psychology. Thereafter, she went on to do her Masters in Educational Psychology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Her research was based on the prevalence of cyber bullying in the senior phase of schools in Gauteng. She has presented courses on this topic as well as visualisation to improve self-esteem among children to parents, teachers and psychology interns. She also does training for psychologists in Hypnotherapy through the South African Society of Clinical Hypnosis (SASCH). She has also written a number of school textbooks with Pearson Publishers. Annelet has received specialised training in a number of therapeutic modalities. She works form an integrative perspective, taking the child’s needs into consideration. She has a particular interest in working with children adolescents, families and couples. Annelet is a part-time lecturer at the South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP) training prospective counselors and psychologists on Undergraduate level. She also does supervision for students doing fieldwork and their Honours Research. She did her internship at Family Life Centre and is still involved there on a part-time basis. At present she in private practice in Essexwold, Bedfordview. She is also a member of the Psychology Society of South Africa (PsySSA) and an executive committee member of SASCH.