Cilla Meintjes
Jacobs Bay
(4)
Jacobs Bay
(4)
I am a Art Therapist/Councilor with a background in Human resources (where I dealt with mass retrenchment, and all the emotions that accompany the individuals and their families)
I do Conflict management for large companies as well as individuals.
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4 customer reviews
T N Sauls
Very good
Thoughtful
Real
Comforting
Knowledgable
Giulio
Cilla is a warm and understanding person whose life experience and studies have equipped her to offer counsel and empathy to those who are wanting ti find healing and restoration. I highly reccommend Cilla.
Reply from Cilla Meintjes
Hi Giulio, I am glad I could be of assistance to you and that you found the counselling beneficial. Be blessed.
Giulio di Somma
Cilla is an amazing hostess and her cooking is wonderful. The rooms are spaciously well fitted and nothing is too much trouble. We highly recommend Cilla
Reply from Cilla Meintjes
Thanks Giulio, thank you I am glad that you enjoyed your stay at the guesthouse, while doing your counselling sessions. It is always best for people to stay in the guesthouse while undergoing therapy. The quiet area is conducive to relaxation and healing. Blessings Cilla
Mariette Maartens
Cilla is one of the most well equipped individuals whom I have met so far. She is highly skilled in tutoring, counselling and business organisation. She has an uncanny ability to impart info and knowledge and make a learning scenario a fun one. Her maturity, insight into her own functioning and discernment as to which areas of her learners/colleagues need focus and attention is a cut above the rest. More...
Reply from Cilla Meintjes
Thank you Mariette, it is always a difficult journey when one starts the counselling process, but once the healing has occurred, it is fun to be alive and the coping skills make one realise that life is worth living and can be a joy. So glad you found the Wellness Therapy beneficial.
What do you love most about your job?
I lost my sister through depression and made it my life project to help people heal. I am not judgmental as I believe that each person has a story. I love to see the healthy result after I have helped a person through counselling and getting their spark back, whether it is in their personal lives or in their business lives. When people tell me that I had made a vast difference in their lives and stopped them from suicide or making the wrong decisions, then I know that my purpose has been fulfilled.
What inspired you to start your own business?
We all deal with loss or trauma in different ways. However, it is especially important that we need to deal with it effectively or we fall prone to various illnesses. Most Illness is only addressed symptomatically, and the core reason often ignored if not voiced by the person, however the person does not always realize that the cause stems from inner issues never dealt with before.
Why should our clients choose you?
I cannot make people choose me, as you can never please everybody all the time. I can only assure them that I will assist them to heal if they will allow me and if they will work with me. I can only assist if the person really wants to heal. Through my many years of experience I can only assure clients that I will do the best I am able to bring them to a point of healing. One must feel comfortable with a counselor and know that it is their safe place to fall.
Wellness Therapy - THE HEALING THROUGH AWARENESS OF SELF
We all need to have the means to rid ourselves of emotional toxins and find a calm pond in our lives to dwell in. As a therapist, I assist the client through the correct coping skills to manage their stress and trauma and work through it.
Wellness therapy is sometimes combined with the use of various mediums such as various forms of Art and journal-ling. Used together in therapy they become powerful tools, which allow us to feel with our senses & enable us to start the healing process within our mind, body and soul.
When used in substance abuse, the tool used is any art form, be it writing, music, painting, sketching etc. works as a diversion and calms the mind.
When used in marital stress and discord VARIOUS ART FORMS may be used as a form of self-expression making allowance for calmness and clarity of the problem in our own mind first, then assist us to address the problem.
While in depression, art in any form becomes a coping skill which then allows the brain to focus on the positive using your various senses. Once your senses work together, the focus shifts to other mental stimuli.
We all reach stages in our lives where we have been subject to some form of heartache or experienced trauma, loss, sadness, rejection, etc. and feel we are unable to cope. This is not a shame factor, it is a reality and is normal as we deal with many traumas in our lives.
We all deal with loss or trauma in different ways. However, it is especially important that we need to deal with it effectively or we fall prone to various illnesses. Most Illness is only addressed symptomatically, and the core reason often ignored if not voiced by the person, however the person does not always realize that the cause stems from inner issues which they have never dealt with before. Once they deal with that, there is a shift in their body which assists the healing process.
Group Therapy sessions
I assist with group therapy for companies who would like me to do Stress therapy sessions and coping skills with their staff. Their is a lot of fear involved with Covid-19 and the fact that people are loosing their livelihood, makes people loose hope. I assist in helping people to cope and to start over.
