Marina

Ms Marina Zitianellis

Clinical Psychologist

Verified

“I offer therapy to adults struggling with a variety of difficulties, ranging from everyday life struggles to more serious life struggles.”

About Me

I offer a calm, confidential space for adults navigating life's varied challenges. Whether you're facing daily stressors or more profound difficulties, we can explore what feels overwhelming. My aim is to help you gain clarity, make sense of your experiences, and find practical ways forward. This approach suits those seeking to understand themselves better and build resilience, whatever their personal journey entails.

Approach

Together we shift from describing problems to trying things that help you feel steadier and more in control. Sessions, offered in English from Cape Town or via secure online appointments, are gentle but purposeful: working within a mainly Schema Therapy framework, we map patterns (schemas and modes), as well as thoughts and feelings that may be keeping you stuck.
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Basic Information

In-person & Online

Services

I specialize is adult mental health offering therapeutic interventions tailored to support individuals navigating multifaceted emotional and interpersonal challenges.

Services Offered:

  • Schema Therapy

    A therapy that identifies deep, long-standing emotional patterns (schemas) formed in childhood and works to change the ones that cause recurring problems.

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  • Individual Psychotherapy

    In-depth one-on-one therapy that explores the deeper roots of a person's difficulties, often drawing on psychodynamic or psychoanalytic models.

  • Integrative Psychotherapy

    An approach that draws on multiple therapeutic models, tailored to the individual, rather than following a single method.

  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

    Learn more about Online Therapy

Works With:

  • Adults
  • Individuals

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Mood Disorder

    A category of mental health conditions, including depression and bipolar disorder, in which a person's emotional state is significantly and persistently disrupted.

    Learn more about Mood Disorder
  • Online Therapy

    Therapy sessions conducted over video call, phone, or secure messaging, using the same professional methods delivered remotely.

    Learn more about Online Therapy
  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

  • Inadequacy

    A persistent inner sense of not being good enough, often rooted in early experiences and manifesting as self-doubt, comparison, or avoidance.

  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

    Learn more about Life Transitions

Professional Title:

  • Clinical Psychologist

    An advanced mental health professional trained to assess and treat a wide range of difficulties, from anxiety and depression to trauma and complex conditions.

Credentials

Registrations

Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA); Board of Healthcare Funders (BHF); PsySSA

Clinical Psychologist

Qualifications

Rhodes University

Service Areas

Marina Zitianellis

In-person & Online

Claremont

Cape Town, Western Cape

South Africa