Claudia Zu Bentheim

About me

I am a Specialist Wellness Counsellor registered with ASCHP, which means that my scope relates to non-psychological counselling. My journey started in 2005 when I studied Psychology and Criminology at the University of Pretoria and graduated in 2007. I then started working full-time in admin to save up for Honours Psychology which I completed on a part-time basis through UNISA… ›››

I am a Specialist Wellness Counsellor registered with ASCHP, which means that my scope relates to non-psychological counselling. My journey started in 2005 when I studied Psychology and Criminology at the University of Pretoria and graduated in 2007. I then started working full-time in admin to save up for Honours Psychology which I completed on a part-time basis through UNISA in 2014. At the end of 2019, I became certified as an NLP & Life Coach through Action Factory. My ambition is to become a Clinical Psychologist and in the meantime, I'm working full-time while offering counselling after hours. I am inspired and influenced by the works of Viktor Frankl, Abraham Maslow, Carl Jung, Carol Dweck, Friedrich Nietzsche and Jordan Peterson. I believe in a growth mindset, and that feeling safe and having your basic needs met is important in order to reach your full potential. "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way" - Viktor Frankl ‹‹‹