About Madalein Bezuidenhout
EDUCATION
Master of Arts Counselling Psychology (Cum Laude)
2020 (Full-Time)
University of Johannesburg
Research Topic: Psychologists’ experiences of working in Public Health (Details can be provided)
Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology
2016 (Part-Time)
University of Johannesburg
Research Topic: A phenomenological exploration of Nurses’ experience of agreeableness in their post-traumatic growth trajectory (Details can be provided)
Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Counselling (Cum Laude)
2013 (Part-Time) UNISA
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA)
Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA)
South African Society of Clinical Hypnosis (SASCH)
The South African Association for Counselling Psychology (SAACP)
Trauma and Violence Division (TVD)
Community & Social Psychology Division (CaSP)
Division of Neuropsychology and Forensic Psychology (DNFP)
EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS
Individual Psychotherapy → Children, Adolescents and Adults
(Bereavement, Sexual Assault, Trauma & Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Suicide Attempts, Intimate Partner Violence, Stroke, Bullying, Drug Addiction, Social, Emotional & Behavioural Problems, Transitioning Back to Parents/Family etc.)
Full Psychological Assessments, Reports and Feedback
(Psycho-Educational Assessments, Behavioural & Emotional Problems Assessments, Admissions Assessments to Epworth Children’s Village, Interactional Assessments as well as Court Reports for Parental Alienation, Anger Management, Foster Parents’ vs Father, Mother vs Father, etc.)
School Readiness Assessments & Feedback
Study Skills (High School Learners)
Crisis Interventions (e.g. Trauma, Suicide Attempts)
Career Assessments & Guidance (High School Learners)
CAREER OVERVIEW
Boksburg Children’s
Court
Expert Witness:
Anger Management Therapy
Mar 2020
Boksburg Child Welfare
Community Outreach Groups
Jan 2020 – Feb 2020
Epworth Therapy & Assessment Centre Boksburg Child Welfare Netcare Sunward Park Hospital
Intern Counselling
Psychologist
Jan 2019 – Dec 2019
University of Johannesburg
Melpark Primary School
Headway, Acquired Brain
Inquiry NGO
Student Counselling
Psychologist
Jan 2018 – Nov 2018
Headway Friendship Circle (HFC)
Community Group Interventions (Soweto)
Mar 2018 – Jun 2018
University of Johannesburg (Psychology)
Departmental Secretary
Jan 2005 – Dec 2017
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERNSHIP TRAINING
A psychology intern is enrolled in an academic program and typically performs clinical work under the supervision of a licensed psychologist.
See more about Madalein Bezuidenhout Psychological Internship training.
PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT TRAINING
A psychological assessment is when a skilled psychologist uses the techniques and tools of psychology to learn general or specific facts about another person, either to information others how they function or to predict their behaviour and functioning in the future.
See more about Madalein Bezuidenhout Psychological Assessment training.
PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVENTION TRAINING ( 2018 ) – University of Johannesburg
Exposed to a broad range of therapeutic approaches starting from the classical approaches to the newer postmodern approaches. These include:
Client Centred Therapy | Psychodynamic Therapy | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | Systemic Therapies (Including Family Therapy) | Positive Psychology Interventions | Postmodern Approaches | Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Further Training (including comprehensive training with children and adolescents):
Trauma Interventions | Crisis Interventions | Group Therapy Interventions | Couples’ Counselling | Voluntary HIV/Aids Counselling & Testing | Community Interventions | Career Guidance | Integrative Psychotherapy
COMMUNITY PROJECT INVOLVEMENT
2020
Volunteer at NASRE Field Hospital working with COVID patients.
2019 – Present
Epworth Children’s Village, Germiston. Helping to raise various donations for the NGO.
2007 – 2017
Enrollment and Quality Management) and support students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are desperate to get basic food
items on a regular basis.
2015 – 2017
Right to Care HIV Support Group at Helen Joseph Hospital. TLC group project providing nutritious light meals during support group meetings.
2012
Practical counselling at Steve Biko Hospital (ACDISA).
CONFERENCE PRESENTTION
22nd Annual South African Psychology Congress – Emperor’s Palace, 22 September 2016
Paper Presented: ‘A Phenomenological Exploration of Nurses’ Experience of Agreeableness in their Post-traumatic Growth Trajectory’
CONFERENCES, COURSES & SEMINARSATTENDED
9 May 2018
Dr M Brubacher (Post doc Fellow – University of Johannesburg
Third-Party Support for Retribution, Rehabilitation, and Giving an
Offender a Clean Slate
18 April 2018
Ms T Maseti (University of Johannesburg)
“#DontCallMeABornFree”: Lived experiences of a black umXhosa
woman in post-apartheid South Africa
9 April 2018
Leora Rifkin (APPC delegate from Bostin, America)
Positive Psychology
28 March 2018
Positive Interventions with Clinical Populations
Prof C Ruini (University of Bologna)
23 May 2017 & 4-5 September 2017
Conferences (Johannesburg
Disability and Transition in the Global South
Psychology and Decolonization Colloquium
Feb 2017 – March 2017
(Auckland Park)
Mindfulness Based Living Course
20-23 September 2016
Emperor’s Palace (Johannesburg)
22nd Annual South African Psychology Congress
7 September 2016
Dr Jan de Vos (University of Ghent)
Neuro-Education: A Bridge Spanning Two Problematic Banks
20 October 2015
Prof Jim Sidanius (Harvard University)
Macro-micro interfacing and the production of group-based social
hierarchy: the case of individual differences in social dominance and
institutional terror
24 August 2015
Prof Anthony Pillay (University of KwaZulu-Natal)
Using Psychological science for law reform and social justice
March 2015
Prof Ruut Veenhoven (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Greater Happiness for a Greater Number: How can that be achieved?
19 February 2015
Prof Ian Parker (University of Leicester)
The Crisis in Psychology: Causes and Consequences