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Description: Dr Derine Louw is a Bellville (Cape Town) based clinical psychologist who focuses on therapeutic interventions in children, adolescents and adults.
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Dr Derine Louw (BSc, Hons BSc, MDIAC, MSc, PhD) started her private practice in 2020, after working as a senior psychologist at Stikland Psychiatric Hospital in Bellville, Cape Town since 2010. Her focus is on therapeutic interventions in child, adolescent and adult mental health with a special interest in mood and anxiety disorders, body-focused repetitive behaviours (hair-pulling, skin picking), as well as working with siblings and care givers of children with special needs. Intervention modalities includ
The bulk of Derine’s experience was gained in the Western Cape Department of Health in secondary/tertiary level psychiatric care – in the Psychogeriatric Unit, Out-patient Department and Therapeutic Unit (Intlalo Clinic). She was jointly appointed as a lecturer at Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg Campus. Her work opportunities have allowed her to develop skills in a range of areas, including psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, working closely within multi-disciplinary teams, in- and out-patient individua
Derine obtained her PhD in 2019, which focused on cognitive training as an intervention for patients with hair-pulling disorder. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were employed, as she believes that the patient’s experience of mental illness – their story, is just as important as the statistical information gathered during research. This study paved the way for her interest in Body Focused Repetitive Behaviours (hair-pulling, skin-picking, nail-biting etc).
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