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Self-esteem is the collection of beliefs or feelings that we have about ourselves, or our “self-perceptions.” How we define ourselves influences our motivations, attitudes, and behaviors and affects our emotional adjustment. Patterns of self-esteem start very early in life.
About Me
Hello, I am Joanna …. During this global Covid-19 pandemic I recognised a great need to assist children with their psychological well-being. Children as young as 2-years would come to my practice for play therapy as they were experiencing major distress. The WHO statistics on mental health in children in particular are alarming and have been highlighted during these times.
This is how Sufi the Squirrel was born.
Squirrels are known to be resourceful, Squirrels are smart, playful, and extremely good at camouflaging. They are hardworking, intelligent, and have acute senses which aid in their survival.
a squirrel represents a focus on the future. It stresses the ability to camouflage itself from predators and to save food/nuts for the cold and dark days ahead.
Joanna Kleovoulou is a clinical psychologist in private practice for over14 years, workshop facilitator, speaker, supervisor, wife, mother and friend. She is also the Founder and Director of PsychMatters Centre® in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, a space of healing offered by a team of psychologists and other health care providers to assist all to live masterfully.
Joanna Kleovoulou is a clinical psychologist in private practice for over14 years, workshop facilitator, speaker, supervisor, wife, mother and friend. She is also the Founder and Director of PsychMatters Centre® in Bedfordview, Johannesburg, a space of healing offered by a team of psychologists and other health care providers to assist all to live masterfully. She has a deep belief that every individual has a profound purpose and is part of a collective. She is passionate about empowering and facilitating transformation in children and adults. Joanna is often invited to speak or write for the media and has featured on Radio702, Safm, Metrofm, SABC News, Hello Doctor, Living & Loving, Your Family, Cosmo, Discovery Health podcasts to name a few. She has contributed to Natasha Sutherland’s Book “Bitter Sweet” on play therapy and has written two chapters on Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace during Covid by KR Publishing. Her work on ADHD has also been published in journal articles. She believes building children’s resilience from a young is key to being a successful contributing member of society as an adult and coping with life’s challenges. The iMatter Kids Club® – is a workshop and activity book for kids to rise to resilience that she has developed.
Her areas of clinical interest include working with assisting all age groups addressing trauma, bereavement/loss, coping with stress, lack of motivation, adjustment difficulties, relationship difficulties, change, self-esteem and building resilience, as well as a range of psychiatric disorders – such as depression, anxiety, OCD. She is an accredited EMDR® practitioner an effective short-term therapeutic technique to process trauma and other conditions of the mind. Joanna has developed and presented workshops:
- Living Masterfully
- Be a Living Legend Teen Workshop
- Parenting Wisely
- The Stork Talk – The how to guide to talk and protect your child about sex and where they come from
- iMatter Kids Club®
- Dealing with Divorce
- Beat Bullying
- The Power of Self-Care
Joanna has been involved with SADAG since 2000, as an affiliate member and media liaisons officer representing the organisation in the media to psycho-educate and destigmatise mental illness to the public and provides pro-bono support groups at her centre. Joanna supervises the Bedfordview Police Station Victim Support Group Counsellors on a volunteer basis and presents free post-partum depression talks at Baby Clinics.
We believe every child and young person has the right to belong, to be valued, to be appreciated.
Our products and workshops aim to assist caregivers, parents, teachers, professionals working with children by support the mental health and wellbeing of young people, so they can navigate life from feeling they belong, are brave, bold, beautiful.
iMatterKids was created in 2020 during a worldwide pandemic striving help children be resilient and believe in themselves.
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