About Me
I was an entrepreneur from early on. Later on, I went back to school to study Psychology at the age of 50. I’ve completed my BA Honors in Psychology and started out in private practice.
I completed the Traumatic Incident Workshop and became an experienced TIR Facilitator. Working with Grief is another important part of my work. I specialise in working with parents who experienced miscarriage or stillbirth.
Preventing suicide because of mental health problems, became a personal project, talking about prevention and destigmatising suicide, especially in September when the World Day for Suicide awareness comes up.
Another special interest is Mental Health challenges because of Covid-19 and the lockdown. I was very concerned for our children and the elderly during the pandemic. Then came people who lost their jobs because of
the lockdown. Everyone is touched by the impact of Covid-19 and the lockdown, especially where families had been broken up by loss through Covid-19.
Fulfillment Coach
Bereavement Counsellor
Trauma Counsellor
UNDERSTANDING AND RESOLVING EMOTIONS AND FEAR AS A RESULT OF TRAUMA, GRIEF, AND FAILURE
My Services
Trauma Incident Reduction
A proper debriefing will shorten the time of struggling with anxiety and all the other uneasy feelings you experience as a result of this incident.
A proper debriefing can help you see what your triggers are. Most people have no idea how they are triggered and end up using medication to cope with the anxiety they experience after any traumatic incident.
After the debriefing, another two sessions are recommended to take the traumatized person through sessions to unbundle the experience.
The famous TIR session helps the client to work through the incident on a cognitive as well as emotional level.
This brings the client to a place where the incident becomes part of his/her history – without the emotions attached to the incident.
My Other Services
Trauma Counselling
Grief Counselling
Fabric Therapy
Fulfillment Coaching
Study Methods
Career Coaching
I believe you deserve the best help to resolve the experience of being stuck.
Testimonials
Leanne Rautenbach - Private School Teacher
My first appointment with Elize Thirion was in November 2014. Elize met me under very difficult circumstances because I went through a divorce that July that left many emotional scars. I was unemployed because of retrenchment and overall, a “broken” person.During the counselling sessions, many other problems came to the fore from early childhood that was never dealt with. Under the professional guidance of Elize Thirion, the long road to recovery was taken on.
The level of professional and emotional support I received can never be fully explained, as the saying goes, the proof is in the pudding. Today I can say that I am a whole person under the guidance and support of Elize.
Mariandra Heunis - Business Owner
I started a journey with Elize in 2016, after the violent murder of my husband. We have seen other trauma counsellors prior to meeting with Elize, with no success as the trauma was complex and kept recurring over the next 3 years due to the ongoing investigation.Elize has a wonderful, calm, and logical approach to dealing with trauma. She teaches a person to use the tools that are given, which really made a difference. I can truly recommend Elize as a trauma worker – her insight, understanding, and knowledge of trauma are a calling. Along with Compassion and support the work she does makes a noticeable difference.
Mariandra Heunis - Business Owner
Elize is the only person I feel 100 % understood, safe and loved. She talks, listens and lives with compassion and a selfless dedication. She has been my go-to person for the last 7 years, every time my world feels too overwhelming. When I needed parental guidance, grief counselling, marriage counselling or help to get out of the dark pit of depression, she was the one. Elize has a way of making you feel like a friend and I always feel like she has a particular affinity for me, which she probably has for every client.Elize is a thorough, hardworking counsellor who gives her all for her clients. Helping people is not a job for her, it is a life calling, a way of being. She is a special kind of person with an extraordinary special heart.