A Safe Harbour for Emotional Healing
Welcome to our sanctuary for personal growth, well-being, and lasting change. Led by Duncan Yates, a counselling psychologist, our practice offers tailored, evidence-based therapy in a warm and respectful space.
Welcome to Healing Harbour
Healing Harbour is led by Duncan Yates, our counselling psychologist, who believes in the power of psychological safety. Just as a harbour offers refuge from turbulent seas, our practice provides a grounded space for self-reflection, emotional clarity, and meaningful change.
We integrate proven therapeutic approaches with a deep respect for each client’s unique journey. Whether you are seeking support for stress, trauma, or identity, you will find space to heal here, at your own pace, and on your own terms.
Meet Duncan Yates
Duncan Yates is a counselling psychologist with over 15 years of experience supporting clients in South Africa and the UK. He works integratively, drawing on humanism, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), trauma-informed care, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help individuals navigate anxiety, burnout, trauma, and life transitions with a mindful approach.
With a background that spans private practice, disability advocacy, addiction and correctional services support, Duncan brings depth, empathy, and professionalism to every session. His calm, thoughtful presence forms the foundation of Healing Harbour, a therapeutic space designed for safety, insight, and emotional growth.
Why choose Healing Harbour on your wellness journey?
Duncan Yates’s approach combines therapeutic methods with a focus on meaningful change. He offers a supportive space where you can explore challenges, heal, and build emotional resilience.
Choose Healing Harbour because:
- Professional Care: Therapy with a qualified, experienced counselling psychologist using evidence-based methods.
- Tailored Support: Sessions are catered to your needs, values, and goals.
- Safe Environment: A respectful, inclusive, and calm space where you can speak freely
- Collaborative Approach: We work with you, not on you, empowering change through partnership.
- Lasting Change: Beyond symptom relief, we support deep emotional growth and resilience.
Our Services
Individual Psychotherapy for Adults
Explore one-on-one therapy with a counselling psychologist to gain insight, build resilience, and create lasting emotional change.
Stress, Burnout and Trauma Support
Support for professionals navigating high-pressure roles, burnout or individuals struggling from past trauma, including PTSD and work-related stress.
Addictions and Substance Use Recovery Support
Compassionate, scientifically-based therapy to help you understand addiction, regain control, and move towards recovery.
Disability Support
Therapeutic support that honours the lived experience of disability, focusing on mental health, identity, and empowerment.
Neurodiversity Support
Work with a counselling psychologist who understands and affirms neurodivergent identities, tailored for ADHD and Autism support.
Depression and Anxiety Management
Certified approaches to ease symptoms of anxiety and low mood while building emotional tools for everyday life.
Life Transitions and Adjustment Support
Whether you are navigating a new chapter or facing unexpected change, this therapy offers support, structure, and clarity.
Self-Esteem and Confidence Building
Duncan Yates helps you develop a stronger sense of self-worth and feel more at ease in your own skin.
Compassionate, evidence-based therapy with psychologist Duncan Yates in Sandton. Support for anxiety, trauma, burnout, neurodiversity, and more.
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