Flow
The philosophical half
Moving with your own pace and material rather than a fixed programme, trusting that a story followed honestly tends toward its own kind of order. Change works with the nature of a situation instead of against it.
Anoshamisa Clive Benhura · Registered Counselling Psychologist
YieldingFlow & Form
A calm, confidential space for young people and adults navigating trauma, emotional distress and life's transitions. Therapy that moves with you, the way water finds its path.
"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."
Alan Watts
An HPCSA-registered Counselling Psychologist with a Master's degree cum laude from Wits University, working with young people and adults navigating trauma, emotional distress, and life transitions.
About
A grounded, human practice
Anoshamisa Clive Benhura
I am an HPCSA-registered Counselling Psychologist with a Master's degree cum laude from Wits University. I work with young people and adults navigating trauma, emotional distress and life transitions. I am passionate about early psychological support, as I believe it helps build strong foundations for lifelong wellbeing.
I see therapy as a respectful journey of rediscovering strengths, meaning and wellbeing.
- MA (Counselling Psychology), Cum Laude, University of the Witwatersrand
- HPCSA Registration: PS 0166685
- Practice Number: 1327410
Beyond the therapy room
Outside of work, I enjoy making music, kickboxing and being near water, the same stillness and rhythm I hope to help you find.
Making musicKickboxingTime in nature
The Name
Why Yielding: Flow & Form
In the Tao Te Ching, Laozi returns again and again to water as the model for how change actually happens. Water does not force its way through stone. It wears stone down simply by continuing to move, taking the shape of whatever it meets. The person who yields is not weak; they are the one still standing when the rigid thing has snapped.
So much of what brings people to therapy is a kind of fighting: fighting a feeling, a memory, a version of themselves they were told to be. Yielding is not resignation. It is the willingness to stop bracing against what is actually true, so that real movement becomes possible. You cannot be carried by a current you are still trying to stand still against.
This philosophy meets the clinical room through narrative therapy, where your story is a current rather than a monument; through Yalom's existential psychotherapy; through Gestalt's attention to the living shape of present experience; and through Alan Watts's lifelong lesson: the aim is not to stop the water, but to stop fighting it.
Form
The psychological half
The scaffolding that makes flow safe: the therapeutic relationship, Gestalt play and CBT techniques, structured assessment, and the ethical container of HPCSA registration, training and supervision.
Read the full story behind the name"Yielding is the willingness to stop resisting what is true. Flow and form are how that willingness becomes something you can actually stand on."
How I Work
A respectful journey of rediscovery
My approach is collaborative and narrative-informed, helping individuals share their stories and reconnect with their strengths. I draw on Gestalt play techniques with younger clients and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with adolescents and adults.
I also have experience in psychometric and psycho-legal assessment: careful, thorough evaluation work that supports clarity in educational, personal and legal contexts.
"It's the relationship that heals."
Irvin D. Yalom
Collaborative & narrative-informed
Therapy is a shared journey. Together we give language to your story, honour it, and reconnect you with the strengths already within it.
Gestalt play techniques
With younger clients, play becomes the conversation, a gentle and safe way for children to express what words cannot yet hold.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
With adolescents and adults, CBT offers practical, structured tools to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.
Assessment work: psychometric, psychoeducational and psycho-legal (medico-legal) assessments and reporting are offered alongside therapy, with clear feedback sessions so results are understood, not just delivered.
Areas of Focus
Where our work together may lead
Trauma recovery & emotional adjustment
Gentle, paced work that helps the nervous system settle and life feel liveable again after overwhelming experiences.
Identity & masculinity work
A space to explore who you are becoming, including honest, unhurried conversations about manhood and self.
Anxiety
Understanding worry's patterns and building calm, practical ways of meeting each day.
Depression
Compassionate support to lift heaviness, restore meaning and reconnect with what matters.
Life transitions & change
Loss, relocation, new chapters: steady companionship while the ground shifts beneath you.
Youth resilience & growth
Early psychological support that builds strong foundations for lifelong wellbeing.
Psychometric & psycho-legal assessment
Thorough assessment and reporting for educational, personal and medico-legal contexts.
Who I Work With
Children, adolescents and adults
Children
Paediatric work through play, a safe room where big feelings can be small enough to hold.
Adolescents
Support through identity, pressure and change, in a space that treats young people with respect.
Adults
Therapy for trauma, anxiety, depression and transition, and psychometric or psycho-legal assessment when clarity is needed.
I also work with clients referred for psycho-legal / medico-legal assessment and reporting.
Services
Ways we can work together
01
Individual therapy
One-to-one therapy for children, adolescents and adults, paced to you and grounded in collaboration.
02
Couples & family sessions
Shared work for partners and families, usually 70 to 90 minutes, and up to 2 hours when the room needs it.
03
Psychometric assessments
Careful evaluation of cognitive, emotional and behavioural functioning, with feedback you can actually use. Offered at PAWC and at the Emtonjeni Centre, Wits University (adult or child).
04
Psycho-legal / medico-legal assessment & reporting
Thorough, impartial assessment and reporting for legal and insurance contexts.
05
Psychoeducational assessments & feedback
Understanding learning profiles and barriers, with clear guidance for school and home.
How a full assessment unfolds
01
Intake
1 hour
We meet, talk through your questions and history, and agree on what the assessment needs to answer.
02
Testing
4 hours
Unhurried assessment sessions, which can be split across visits so the process never feels like an exam.
03
Feedback
1 hour
We sit with the results together, in plain language, and talk about what they mean for the road ahead.
About 6 hours in total, offered at PAWC and at the Emtonjeni Centre, Wits University.
Fees & Payment
Medical aid rates, plainly stated
Payment is welcomed by medical aid, cash, card or EFT. Rates follow the current Discovery Health medical aid rates.
Assessments at the Emtonjeni Centre, Wits University follow medical aid rates when claimed through medical aid. Cash assessment fees are agreed together in discussion.
Individual / adult therapy session
50 to 60 minutes
R1,292.20
Play therapy session
50 to 60 minutes
R1,292.20
Family / couples session
80 to 90 minutes
R1,722.80
Full psychological assessment
about 6 hours in total: intake (1 hour), testing (4 hours), feedback (1 hour)
R7,753.20
Slow Water
Notes from beside the river
Short reflections drawing on psychology and philosophy. Thoughts to sit with, not instructions to follow.
Words to sit with
"When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves."
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I change."
"Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor."
Contact
Begin the conversation
Psychology and Wellness Centre (PAWC)
21 Shepherd Ave, Bryanston, Johannesburg
Emtonjeni Centre, Wits University: assessments only, adult or child
- 081 505 5429
- ano@pawc.co.za
Psychology and Wellness Centre (PAWC), Bryanston: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Wits University: Wednesdays
Sessions by appointment. Parking and access details are shared when you book.