Rachel Tuso Makoni
Educational Psychologist
Mpho has recently completed her studies from the university of the Witwatersrand. In 2021 she did her internship at Epworth children’s village where she worked with a multitude of clients ranging from children, adolescents, adults, and couples. Mpho is curious about the inner workings of the mind and even more interested in working with the client to figure out how optimal development can be achieved. She has been trained in a variety of techniques and is thus able to be flexible in addressing the needs of individual clients.
Previous Projects/Experience
Previous experience includes the following:
- Depression and anxiety: I have experience working with both children and adults who have depression or anxiety.
- Self-harm/Suicide: I have experience working with self-harming and suicidal thoughts in children and adults.
- Hospital runs: This entailed seeing clients at a hospital to evaluate their wellbeing after a traumatic encounter.
- Bonding therapy: This consists of mediating the interaction between a child and a parent that have a fractured relationship or whom have never met.
- Parental guidance: This entails working with parent/s to create a conducive environment for children and also includes psycho-education.
- Working at a primary school: I have experience working at a primary school once a week and working with behavioural difficulties, grief and interpersonal difficulties.
- Assessments: I have done psycho-educational, school readiness, and psycho-legal assessments.
