Individual Sessions with Amanda Gifford
Session Formats
- Individual Session: 60 minutes
- Couples Sessions: 60 – 90 minutes
- Family sessions: 60-90 minutes
INTEGRATIVE BESPOKE Therapy, FAMILY Constellations ( GESTALT ) & ARTS THERAPY
Amanda has done many different trainings over 20 years and she uses them in a skilled way to bring you what you need.
With Amanda, sessions are deep, personal, creative, and transformative. Clients explore their current concerns, get insight and find relief within the first session.
They may include a variety of influences.
- Psychotherapy, counselling and arts therapy methodologies
These sessions are designed to support self-discovery, insight, and meaningful change, ideal for individuals, couples, and families.
ACCESSING YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND FOR MAPPING GOALS AND FOR THERAPEUTIC RESULTS
HELP YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM SELF REGULATE
EXPLORE ROLES, STORIES, SELF TALK
What is AMANDAS Therapy?
Amandas therapy uses the intentional and systematic use of talking, drawing, embodying and knowing. She integrates her specialised transpersonal approach with her Drama Therapy training using some drama and theatre processes like role reversal or standing in someones shoes or exploring the story you tell yourself to achieve psychotherapeutic goals such as symptom relief, emotional, cognitive, and physical integration, and personal growth. It incorporates diverse theoretical approaches, is action-oriented and experiential, and may include:
- Projective techniques, Family Constellations, Psychodrama, Dramatic play, role play, improvisation, storytelling, theatre-making, theatre production
- Mime, puppetry, mask work, enactment, ritual, drama games, and text
This process helps clients tell their story, gain insight, practice new behaviors, express feelings safely, achieve catharsis, and explore alternative ways of being. Drama Therapy works with both individuals and groups, providing symbolic and metaphorical distance that allows personal experiences to be safely explored and transformed.
Her Master’s training included methods such as Developmental Transformations (DVT) based on Play Therapy and Movement Therapy influences, Integrative Five Phase Model, Narradrama, Playback Theatre, Psychodrama, Role Theory & Role Method, and integrative Approach to Drama and expressive arts therapy.
Therapy & Constellation Sessions
These sessions support personal exploration, insight, and meaningful change. They are available for individuals, couples, and families — whether you’re exploring your story, working through challenges, or seeking to break patterns like addiction.
Location & Online Sessions
- 🧘♀️ In-person: Weekly sessions in Johannesburg
- 🌍 Online: Zoom sessions for clients outside Johannesburg or internationally
