About Juanitte

Juanitte Pieterse is a qualified Psycho-Legal Consultant with experience working with individuals, couples, families, children and groups from diverse demographic and socio-economic backgrounds. As a Psycho-Legal Consultant, she provides a safe and confidential space for clients to explore their perceptions, ideas, beliefs, emotions, and behaviours as they relate to inter-personal dynamics and contextually interconnected life challenges.

Additionally, an integral part of our services is assisting clients, including Defendants, Plaintiffs, and Attorneys in obtaining, investigating, analysing and meticulously building evidence based on the timeline of events, while leveraging both legal and psychological clearly defined strategies in all types of litigation, including those involving partners or opponents who are aggressive, manipulative, narcissistic, psychopathic, criminal, pathological, unethical, and immoral.

Accordingly, Juanitte specializes in Clinical Psychology, Family Law and Divorce Mediation, Complex Divorce and Psychopathology Diagnosis and Intervention, and Personality Disorders and their related Abuse including;

Cluster A Personality Disorders  

(Odd/eccentric behavior (paranoid, schizoid, schizotypal);

Cluster B Personality Disorders

(Dramatic/emotional/erratic behavior (antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic); and

Cluster C Personality Disorders

Anxious/fearful behavior (avoidant, dependent, obsessive-compulsive), as well as,

Dual Diagnosis

(Disorders that coexist) and their related treatment, including;

Abuse, Grief, Loss, Major Depressive Disorder, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation, Schizophrenia, Psychotic Disorders, Bipolar I & II, Addiction, Substance Abuse Disorders (SUD), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Complex-PTSD, ADHD and Neuropsychology (Brain Health).

Besides consulting, Juanitte Pieterse also provides

Psychological Assessments, 

Addiction Recovery Therapy, 

Practical Counselling courses, 

Family Law Mediation, Divorce Mediation,

Dispute Resolution and Litigation,

Employee Assistance Programs (EEAPs),

Educational Presentations and

Training Events on psychology-related topics in particular for Law Firms (Attorneys), Schools, Businesses, Institutions, For-Profit and Non-Profit Organisations, as well as a variety of Conference and Event Organisers.

With a degree in Psychotherapy and Forensic Counselling, BSc (Hons) Psych Coun (cum laude), Dip HE Psych (cum laude), Registered ASCHP WC24/11073, Juanitte is the author of

Strong for Life Mental Health and Disorders Revisited,

J P Psycho-legal Consultancy, 

Family Law Mediation, and the

Strong for Life Integrative Therapy & Counselling Practicum Course.

Furthermore, as a Psycho-Legal Consultant, she has held the position of head psychotherapist at the Phyllis Robertson Home for people with mild to severe intellectual, developmental and psychological disabilities.

When needed, she consults closely with colleagues, including physicians, medical and mental health care professionals, and legal experts. This is to ensure comprehensive psychological care and legal guidance for her clients.