Our Amazing Workshops
Empower Yourself & Your child
TeenMatters
TeenMatters – Be a Living Legend (ages 14 to 19 years)
BullyingMatters
A guide to caregivers
StorkTalkMatters
A guide to talk wisely with your child about their sexuality
DivorceMatters
Adults
ParentingMatters
Adults, parents, caregivers, grandparents, nannies, au pairs
YouMatter
The Power of Self-Care to an Empowered You! :Adults
DreamsMatter
Manifest a Masterful You! Available for Adults
CalmMatter
Manifest a Masterful You! Available for Adults
GriefMatters
Available for Kids, Teens u/15 years
Anger Management Skills
Available for Adults
Interpersonal Skills & Stress management
Available for Adults
Study Skills
Tailored Talks
iMatterKids – Build an “I can” attitude for a Confident me!
(ages 8 to 13years)
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
Healthy self-esteem is your child’s armour against the challenges of the world. Children who feel good about themselves seem to have an easier time handling conflicts, coping with life, making friends and socialising, resisting negative pressures by making healthy choices. For children who have low self-esteem, challenges can become sources of major anxiety, frustration, suffering, poor academic performance and even early clinical depression. Children who think poorly of themselves have a hard time finding solutions to problems. If they are plagued by self-critical thoughts, such as, ‘I am no good’ or ‘I can’t do anything right’ they become passive, withdrawn or depressed and do not reach their full potential and can even be life-threatening. Does your child display any of the following?
- May not want to try new things
- May frequently speak negatively about him/herself
- May exhibit a low tolerance for frustration
- Giving up easily or waiting for somebody else to take over
- Tend to be over-critical and easily disappointed in themselves and others
- Acts shy around others
- Wishes to be somebody else
- Constantly doubts he /she can achieve anything
- Loses his/her temper easily
- Is pessimistic about the future
- Compares themselves to others and feels inadequate
Then this empowering confidence-building self-esteem workshop is for your child. Joanna Kleovoulou facilitates group work with children from 8-13 years-old to give children an experience to share with others and will learn:
- Self-belief
- Independence
- Coping Skills
- Relating to Others
- Social Skills
- Healthy Choices
- Building Esteem & Resilience
- To Let Go and Release
iMatterKids "I Can" Workshop
- For 8 to 13 Year Olds
- 08:30 - 16:30
- iMatterKids Activity Book
- Includes Workbook
- Partly Claimable from Medical
- Lunch & Snack
More specific tools for group work with children include: play, exercises, activities, games, relaxation, visualization techniques and role-playing so as to encourage children to express aspects of themselves that they may be unable or resistant to reveal in their lives. With a little help, every child can have a healthy self-esteem where their full potential and creativity are revealed for a happier, more fulfilling life.
Helpful links in the media by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
TeenMatters – Be a Living Legend
(ages 14 to 19 years)
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
LIVING LEGEND TEEN EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOP
A teen empowerment workshop that will take you to great heights!” TRUE Freedom = Responsibility + Choice!
A legend is said to be one that inspires. I would love to inspire you to live more masterfully.
A living legend is an inspirational and extra-ordinary human being living life with purpose and passion. Is your teen:
Take charge of your own life! True freedom comes with taking control of your life and the choices you make! Step into the domain of being your own leader and following your inner compass to greatness! In this 1-day workshop you will learn:
- Feeling misunderstood
- Angry
- Overwhelmed
- Despondent / Demotivated
- Withdrawn / Alone
- Making damaging choices
- Academics dropping
- Struggling with interpersonal skills
Take charge of your own life! True freedom comes with taking control of your life and the choices you make! Step into the domain of being your own leader and following your inner compass to greatness! In this 1-day workshop you will learn:
- Building your own BRAND
- Self-insight
- Emotional Control
- Useful Thinking Styles
- Making Wiser Choices
- Listening and speaking to understand
- Finding and living with purpose
- Better coping skills
- Resilience
- Authenticity
- Leadership
- Self-motivation and discipline
- Effective communicating and dealing with fights
TeenMatters Workshop
- For 14-19 Year Olds
- 08:30 - 16:30
- Includes Workbook
- Partly Claimable from Medical
- Lunch & Snack
Helpful links in the media by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
BullyingMatters : A guide to caregivers
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
Bullying is a problem that affects us all. Studies show that people who are abused by their colleagues or peers are at risk for mental health problems, such as low self-esteem, stress, depression, or anxiety, and possible suicide.
Bullies are also at risk for problems as they are violating someone else’s rights. If unattended, it often leads to violent behaviour as the bully grows up. In a US study, it’s estimated that 1 out of 4 children who bully from primary school will have a criminal record by the time they are 30.
You will learn to:
- Understand bullying today – Cyber, Physical, Verbal, Emotional & Sexual
- Look out for the signs
- Know your rights & responsibilities
- To be assertive
- To access support
- Understand the dynamics - why is it happening
- To deal with your child who is the identified bully
- Grow - Life Lessons
Helpful links in the media by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
StorkTalkMatters: A guide to talk wisely with your child about their sexuality
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
For many parents, raising a child is the most gratifying job—and one of the most challenging. Given the high statistics of sexual crime in South Africa, high sexually transmitted infections and HIV rates, every parent has a responsibility to keep their children safe. That said, every parent has the responsibility and privilege to instil in their children the belief that their bodies, including their sexuality, to be a beautiful, healthy expression and respected part of their existence.
Studies show that children who feel they can talk with their parents about sex and their sexuality are less likely to engage in high-risk behaviour than children who do not feel they can talk with their parents. Children who report having good conversations with their parents about sex are more likely to delay sexual activity, have fewer partners, and use condoms and other contraceptives when they do have sex.
Would you love to:
- Give your child a healthy, positive, respectful view of human intimacy?
- Be able to talk together about THE MOST intimate subject – sexuality– without fear?
- Prevent distorted views of sexuality from the outside world?
- Address Sexual education: a simple way
In this Power Talk you will learn to:
- Explore your own beliefs and values about sex
- Take the initiative – finding teachable moments
- Know when the right time is to talk about your child’s sexuality
- Understand Sexual exploration vs. Sexual Acting out
- Talk more than just the birds and the bees
- Understanding and explaining the body’s reproductive parts
- Explaining menstruation, erection, pregnancy and child birth, sex
- Dealing with self-stimulation
- Dealing with challenging topics (miscarriage, abortion, types of relationships e.g. homosexuality, STI’S/HIV/AIDS, sexual violence, circumcision, dirty talk)
- Keep your child safe
This 2-hour workshop is highly recommended for all parents and caregivers of children between the ages of 3-12yrs old – to empower and guide you to talk wisely to your children about their sexuality and to protect your children.
Helpful links in the media by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
DivorceMatters
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
Separated? Divorced? Co-Parenting? Stuck in the pain, anger and bitterness?
Are you committed to empowering yourself and your child to master this life-changing event?
It is a defining moment for anyone experiencing a Divorce. How this will impact you and your family, depends on how you choose to see and to deal with the challenges that the divorce has left.
As it is well-documented, divorce is recognised as a stressful life event usually affecting the adults involved, however, a child of divorced parents also experience stress, but lacks the emotional expression, cognitive understanding and coping skills to adjust to this major life event.
Would you love to learn how to:
- Move through your personal healing for the benefit of yourself and your children
- Tell your child about your divorce in the most effective way
- Understand how you and your child experience divorce
- Assist you to identify and address potential problems early
- Best communicate and deal with the effect the divorce will have on your child
- View divorce in a new light in order to destigmatise and facilitate the healing process
- Gain some tips for Divorcing Parents
- Address Co-Parenting
- Address Blended Families (step-families)
This 2-hour workshop is highly recommended for all adults going through the divorce process or struggling to navigate divorce.
Helpful media article on Dealing with Divorce written by Joanna Kleovoulou, clinical psychologist
Impact of divorce: SABC NEWS
ParentingMatters
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
ParentingMatters is a parent training workshop for you to learn empowering ways about family dynamics, understanding your children, their misbehaviour, and skills to teach you to assist your child to be confident, masterful and gain self-control.
In this parenting workshop, specific techniques will be taught to interact and speak in the language of your child as a way to deeply connect and foster a secure bond for a foundation to thrive in the world. A must for parents with children!
You will learn:
- Understand disempowered Parenting Styles and the need to change
- Re-establish your Parental Control
- Understand misbehaviour
- Letting go
- Alleviate Parental Guilt
- Assist Your Child to Gain Self-Control
- Assist your Child to Gain Confidence, Self-Worth & Independence
- Improve family relationships
- Enhance Communication between Family Members
Helpful media links by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
Parenting Matters Workshop
This 4-hour workshop is highly recommended for all adults caring for children.
- 9-am-1pm
- Partly Claimable from Medical
- 15 Email Account
YouMatter: The Power of Self-Care to an Empowered You!
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
Do you find yourself giving to everyone but feel depleted to give to yourself?
- Sick and tired of being Tired?
- Unappreciated?
- Neglected?
- Burnt-out?
- Brain Fog?
- Overwhelmed?
- Guilty?
In today’s world, we live in we are expected to work long hours, burn the midnight oil and wear multiple hats, whilst managing pandemics and economic strain. By taking some time out to engage in self-care, you will ease the pressures of everyday life and reset yourself to get back to a healthy point where you are able to thrive in every area of your life. Considering the costs associated with mental health services, lost productivity in the workplace etc., spending some time on yourself will ultimately benefit you and everyone. Burning the candle at both ends comes with a high price and significant consequences. Depression, anxiety, burnout, resentment, guilt, fatigue, are some of the outcomes of poor self-care. (Joanna Kleovoulou, Clinical psychologist contributed to 2 chapters on Burn-out and Depression/Anxiety in the book “Improving Mental Health in the Workplace” by KR Publishing, editor Navlika Ratangee, Clinical psychologist and MD ICAS Southern Africa –
Self-care has been clinically proven to reduce heart disease, stroke and cancer. Mentally it has proven to reduce stress, improve concentration, energy and happiness. Spiritually, it may help keep us in tune with our higher power and find meaning in your life. When we practice the act of self-care, we are able to show up in the world as thriving, creative, loving and open to all around us. Your inspiration will be ignited, you will gain enthusiasm for your life again and you will have the energy to make a difference from a place of fullness.
In this workshop you will learn:
- To de-mystify self-care as a selfish act
- How serving others only ends up being at your own cost
- The value of boundaries
- How to teach others to treat you
- To receive
- To recognise burnout
- To recognise your own light
Helpful media links by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
YouMatter Workshop
This 2-hour workshop is highly recommended for all adults.
- 9am-11am
- Partly Claimable from Medical
DreamsMatter: Manifest a Masterful You!
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
How awesome will it be to manifest what you really want? Think about all the possibilities.
Reflecting on the year, it has been without a doubt a rollercoaster challenging year filled with many heartaches, uncertainties, chaos, suffering and pain. It can be especially challenging to shift the focus from this reality to a life we desire. We all want and deserve to live the life we imagine for ourselves. Many of us are not aware of how to turn what we desire into physical reality. You already have the tools within you already; it’s simply a matter of using those tools intentionally. Manifestation is bringing something tangible into your life through attraction and belief. What you think about comes about. There is more to manifestation than just positive thinking and willpower.
In this workshop you will learn:
- How you can manifest your abundance and the life you deserve
- Become aware of self-sabotaging beliefs
- Learning to surrender
- Co-creating a masterful you
Helpful media links by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
Dreams Matter Workshop
This 2-hour workshop is highly recommended for all adults.
- 9am-11am
- Partly Claimable from Medical
CalmKidsMatter
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
How awesome will it be to manifest what you really want? Think about all the possibilities.
Reflecting on the year, it has been without a doubt a rollercoaster challenging year filled with many heartaches, uncertainties, chaos, suffering and pain. It can be especially challenging to shift the focus from this reality to a life we desire. We all want and deserve to live the life we imagine for ourselves. Many of us are not aware of how to turn what we desire into physical reality. You already have the tools within you already; it’s simply a matter of using those tools intentionally. Manifestation is bringing something tangible into your life through attraction and belief. What you think about comes about. There is more to manifestation than just positive thinking and willpower.
In this workshop you will learn:
Is Your Child
- Anxious about going to "Big School"?
- Struggling to seperate from you?
- Struggling to fall or stay asleep?
- Excessive woories?
- Body aches that are not medical?
- Aged from 5-7 years old?
Your Child will Learn to :
- Keep Calm & alleviate anxiety
- Improve the quality of their sleep
- Learn to self- soothe
- Increase the capacity of their brain potential
- Develop self-esteem & self-confidence
- Manage moods, stress & anxiety in appropriate ways
- Leran new skills & HAVE FUN while doing it!
Are YOU?
- At your wits-end to help your child?
- Struggling to cope with home -parenting/schooling?
- Staying in JHB for the holidays?
- Need to keep the kids occupied & empower them to learn mindful skills?
- Need something fun & therapeutic for the kids to do?
- Just needs some "Sanity Time" ?
- Want to tend to errands without the kids?
SPACE IS LIMITED!
Helpful media links by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
Calm Matters Workshop
This 50min over 5 sessions workshop is highly recommended for all pre-school kids aged 5-7 years old.
- R400 P/P
- 50 Mins
- Certificate of Completion
- Partly Claimable from Medical
GriefMatters: Gentle process for Kids who have lost loved ones
Facilitator: Joanna Kleovoulou
Pr. No. 0266779 – Clinical Psychologist l Founder
It is a myth to believe that young children do not get affected by grief and that they do not need to grieve. When a child grieves the loss of a loved one, you might not recognise that they are grieving. Children process and display emotions differently from adults. However, this doesn’t mean the grief is not experienced by our children and that your child isn’t affected by their emotions, thoughts and experiences of loss. Children often seem fine one moment, only to become very upset the next moment, as their brains cannot cope with the sadness for long time periods. Is your child displaying:
- Long periods of denial about losing a loved one.
- Clinginess: school-refusing; separation anxiety; suddenly needing help on tasks they had mastered; more irritable, whiny.
- Developmental Regression: bed-wetting and soiling after toilet-training has been achieved; reverting to crawling; baby-talk; wanting a bottle; sleep disruptions.
- Feelings of Abandonment: children may need constant reassurance that you will not leave them; they may feel more vulnerable to rejection and feelings of betrayal.
- Academic Issues: Older children and teens who display grief may struggle to cope academically, fall behind, trouble focusing, struggle to complete work, failing.
- Concentration difficulties: have trouble solving problems, making decisions, easily distracted or disoriented.
- Sleep difficulties: may want to sleep with their caregivers; an increase in nightmares or dreams about the person who died; insomnia or develop a fear of death which creates an avoidance of sleep.
- Anxiety: children and teens may start worrying about most things, and especially about others they love who may die.
- Guilt It’s common for kids to blame themselves for a loved one’s death.
- Behavioural problems: They may begin acting out in school, talking back at home or acting inward by withdrawing or engaging in self-harming activities. Teenagers may engag in risky behaviours, such as sexual activity at an earlier age, or unprotected sex, vaping, smoking, alcohol-use or taking drugs.
Helpful media links by PsychMatters l iMatterKids:
Grief Matters Workshop
This 3-hour workshop is highly recommended for all adults caring for children.
- 9Am-12PM
- Partly Claimable from Medical
This 2-hour workshop is aimed at adults - individuals, parents & teachers, caregivers - to empower you to beat the bullying or for any adult wanting to empower themselves.
Joanna Kleovoulou Clinical Psychologist l Founder of Pyschmatters Centre