Support through adolescence, relationships, life transitions and the second half of life
Life can become difficult to understand.
You may feel anxious, disconnected, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns that keep repeating.
A teenager may be struggling with identity, friendships, school pressure, family changes, or belonging.
An adult may be facing relationship difficulties, grief, trauma, loneliness, or a major life transition.
Later in life, different questions may begin to emerge:
Who am I now?
What still gives my life meaning?
What do I want from the next part of my life?
Online therapy provides a confidential space to slow down, talk, reflect, and understand what is happening.
My Approach
My work is informed by clinical social work, Jungian psychology, trauma theory, mindfulness, and an understanding of the nervous system.
Therapy is not only about reducing difficult feelings.
It is also about understanding what those feelings may be connected to.
Together, we may explore your relationships, emotional patterns, life experiences, dreams, symbols, or questions of meaning.
The work develops at your own pace.
Online Therapy for Teenagers
Adolescence can be a confusing time.
Teenagers are developing their identity while also dealing with school, friendships, family expectations, social media, relationships, and questions about belonging.
Online therapy can offer a private space where a teenager can speak openly and begin to understand what they are experiencing.
Therapy may help with:
- Anxiety and worry
- Emotional overwhelm
- Friendship difficulties
- Bullying
- School pressure
- Family conflict or change
- Grief and loss
- Low self-esteem
- Identity and belonging
- Emotional regulation
- Feeling misunderstood or alone
The aim is not to label the teenager.
The aim is to provide a safe therapeutic relationship in which they can understand themselves more clearly.
For Parents
Parents often know that something is wrong before their teenager is able to explain it.
An initial discussion can help us understand the concerns and decide whether online therapy is appropriate.
Teenagers need some privacy for therapy to be meaningful.
However, confidentiality has limits when there are serious concerns about safety.
Parent involvement, confidentiality, and safety are discussed at the beginning of therapy.
Online Therapy for Adults
Adults come to therapy for many different reasons.
Sometimes something has happened.
At other times, life appears to be functioning normally, but internally something no longer feels right.
You may be struggling with:
- Relationship difficulties
- Relationship trauma
- Separation or divorce
- Anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Loneliness
- Boundaries
- Low self-worth
- Repeating relationship patterns
- Family difficulties
- Major life changes
- Questions about identity or direction
Therapy creates space to understand what is happening beneath the immediate difficulty.
Sometimes the important question is not only:
How do I stop feeling this way?
It may also be:
What is happening in my life that I need to understand?
Therapy in the Second Half of Life
The second half of life can bring a different kind of psychological work.
Children grow up.
Relationships change.
Careers slow down or end.
The body changes.
Loss becomes more present.
Things that once gave life direction may no longer feel as important.
This can be unsettling.
It can also become a period of significant inner development.
From a Jungian perspective, the focus often begins to shift.
Earlier in life we may ask:
What should I achieve?
Later we may begin to ask:
Who am I becoming?
Therapy in the second half of life may explore:
- Changing identity
- Retirement
- Relationship changes
- Divorce or separation later in life
- Grief
- Loneliness
- Ageing
- Adult children leaving home
- Caring for ageing parents
- Meaning and purpose
- Spiritual questions
- Dreams
- Creativity
- Individuation
- New beginnings
This stage of life does not have to be understood only as loss.
It can also become a period of integration, reflection, and renewed meaning.
A Jungian Perspective
Jungian psychology pays attention to both our conscious life and the deeper patterns that may influence us.
Dreams, symbols, imagination, relationships, and repeated life patterns can sometimes help us understand experiences that are difficult to put into words.
We do not have to interpret everything.
Sometimes therapy begins simply by noticing what is happening and staying with the experience long enough for something new to emerge.
What Happens in an Online Session?
Sessions take place by video consultation.
You attend from a private space where you feel comfortable speaking freely.
A session usually involves conversation and reflection.
Depending on the therapeutic process, we may also work with:
- Dreams
- Images
- Symbols
- Journaling
- Mindfulness
- Body awareness
- Creative reflection
Is Online Therapy Suitable for Me?
Online therapy may be helpful if you:
- Have access to a private space
- Feel comfortable communicating by video
- Live far from the therapist
- Travel frequently
- Prefer therapy from your own environment
- Find it difficult to attend face-to-face sessions
Online therapy is not suitable for every person or every situation.
We can discuss this during the initial enquiry.
About Rina Louw
I am a Clinical Social Worker (MSoc Sc) and Jungian Sandplay Therapist.
My work focuses on emotional regulation, relationships, trauma, symbolic processes, and psychological development across the lifespan.
I provide online therapy for teenagers and adults.
I also have a particular interest in the psychological tasks of the second half of life.
My approach is relational and depth-orientated.
I aim to create a therapeutic space where people can understand their experiences without judgement and gradually discover their own way forward.
Session Details
- Online sessions via Zoom or Google Meet
- Session length: 50 minutes
- Weekly or bi-weekly appointments
- Available to clients in South Africa and, where professionally appropriate, internationally
Taking the First Step
You do not need to understand everything before contacting a therapist.
You may simply know that something is difficult.
You may be worried about your teenager.
You may be struggling in a relationship.
You may be grieving.
Or you may have reached a stage in life where you want to understand yourself more deeply.
The first conversation gives us an opportunity to discuss what is happening and whether online therapy may be appropriate.
Online therapy is available for teenagers, adults, and people navigating the second half of life.