Siobhan Sweeney

About Me
  

Dr Siobhán Sweeney (PhD) is a registered Counselling Psychologist practicing in Cape Town, offering parent-infant psychotherapy and psychoanalytically informed psychotherapy for children, adolescents and adults. She also frequently works with under-fives and offers parent support. Siobhán has a particular interest in attachment, child development and parental or caregiving experience; and was awarded her PhD in Psychology at Rhodes University, which focuses on Maternal Subjectivity of working mothers in South Africa. She is a Facilitator/Teacher offering courses for the Institute for Psychodynamic Child Psychotherapy (IPCP) and the Course Co-ordinator for the IPCP Child Development Course. Siobhán is committed to broadening her psychological knowledge and clinical experience by being a member of a relevant societies and associations (namely the South African Association for Infant Mental Health (ZAAIMH), the Cape Town Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy Group (CTCAPG), and the South African Psychoanalytic Initiative (SAPI)).

  • Qualification : PhD in Psychology (Rhodes), MA Couns Psych (Rhodes)
  • Practise Area : Claremont, Cape Town
  • Certifications : Postgrad Diploma in Child & Adolescent Therapeutic Communication
  • Languages : English
Specialities
  • Adults
  • Adolescent Psychotherapy
  • Parent-Infant Psychotherapy
  • Parents
  • Under 5s
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