Meet the Team

Meredith Forbes is a Clinical Psychologist with a therapeutic orientation grounded in psychodynamic principles, with a focus on how early experiences shape current patterns of relating and coping. At the same time, she draws on a flexible and integrative range of approaches to meet each patient’s unique needs.

Meredith’s specific interests are in:

• Disabilities
• Trauma
• Grief and loss
• Perinatal (pregnancy and post-partum) Mental Health
• Eating disorders

Her experience in working with disabilities inspired her Masters research on “The Mental Health Needs of Adults with Visual Impairments in South Africa”, which has since been published in the Journal called Disability and Society.

Her enduring interest in the intersection of mental health and disability continues to inform her therapeutic approach. She works with individuals and groups across the lifespan from children to older adults. Supporting patients through a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties.

Her qualifications include:
• BPsych Equivalent (cum laude, SACAP)
• BSocSci Honours in Psychology (cum laude, UCT)
• MA Clinical Psychology (cum laude, UJ)

During her clinical training, she completed her internship at Sterkfontein Psychiatric Hospital gaining invaluable experience in forensic, acute, and chronic settings. She completed her community service year at Tara Hospital, where she worked with children and adolescents.

Central to her work is an existential philosophy: the belief that therapy is not only about alleviating distress, but also about discovering meaning, embracing uncertainty, and moving toward a more authentic and fulfilling way of being.