TRUSTED, CERTIFIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGISTS & EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGISTS IN JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
Mizu Therapy & Assessment is a leading neuropsychology & educational psychology practice with their offices in Roodepoort, Johannesburg. Our highly qualified and experienced neuropsychologists & educational psychologists, Riza van der Merwe and Sunita Patel, head up our team to deliver the highest educational therapy, psychological assessments, and counselling standards.
Mizu is passionate about working with children and adolescents and contributing to their lives by not telling them what to see but where to look. Working with children has enriched both Riza’s and Sunita’s life, whereby they consider it a purpose and privilege to be involved with children to contribute to our society’s future by empowering the youth, their families and, in turn, the greater community. Mizu’s team boasts extensive teaching background abroad, combined with their passion for Educational Psychology and Neuropsychology, which puts our practice in a position to choose and adapt therapies to each individual’s specific needs. We understand the importance of early intervention and support.
About Riza van der Merwe
“Working with children and trying to contribute to their lives by not telling them what to see, but where to look, has certainly also enriched my life. I consider it my purpose and my privilege to be involved with children in this manner and to contribute to the future of our society by empowering our youth.”
About Sunita Patel
Sunita Patel is an Educational Psychologist and Psychometrist with a special interest in Neuropsychology. Her journey in the field of psychology began in 2002 at Rand Afrikaans University, and have been in private practice since 2010. She has since developed a special interest in cognitive development (a field of Neuropsychology).
If your child is experiencing any symptoms related to:
Aggression
Anxiety
Depression
Oppositional Disorder
Scholastic Difficulties
We Can Help!
Mizu Therapy & Assessment specialises in providing various educational and neuropsychological therapies as well as assessments to children:
Three yours and younger
Four years and older
Adolescents
High school kids
University/College Students
Adults
A particular emphasis at our practice is to also provide family support in the form of parent counselling & guidance. Parents are essential in reinforcing newfound coping skills learnt in therapy, that may result in changes and growth children.
MIZU THERAPY & ASSESSMENT
EDUCATIONAL and NEUROPSYCHOLOGY SERVICES
Our practice specialises in a variety of services to best support our clients’ varying needs. All therapies, assessments and counselling are done in the strictest confidence.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY SERVICES
Possible challenges addressed in educational psychology services include anxiety, aggression, sibling rivalry, bipolar behaviour, depression, enuresis, encopresis, oppositional defiant behaviour, attachment difficulties, separation anxiety, divorce, trauma and bereavement.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY THERAPIES
Educational Therapies include play therapy, sand tray therapy, psycho-dynamic therapy and cognitive-behavioural therapy. Our educational psychologist, Riza, has a particular interest in neuropsychology as well as the Rorschach Inkblot Test, which is incorporated when needed into treatments.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY ASSESSMENTS
Assessments include school readiness, neuropsychological, emotional and scholastic evaluations for all ages, as well as evaluation and diagnosis of learning problems and attention deficits. We also do medico-legal work, parental guidance as well as career guidance for high school and college/university students.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY SERVICES
At Mizu Therapy & Assessment our neuropsychological services focus on providing family support, parental guidance and assisting and diagnosing with developmental challenges/disorders like autism, learning and attention disorders, concussion and traumatic brain injury, epilepsy, brain cancer, stroke and dementia.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY THERAPIES
Our neuropsychology therapy services focus on providing support to the client, as well as to the family of the client in a safe environment. A diagnosis of a neurological disorder can be traumatic for everyone involved, and a good support structure is essential for clients to adapt as well as they possibly can to their diagnosis. Equally, family or friends of a client need to understand the client’s disorder so that they can provide the best possible support to their loved one.
NEUROPSYCHOLOGY ASSESSMENTS
Mizu Therapy & Assessment specialises in a variety of neuropsychological assessments to best support our clients’ varying needs. Forensic neuropsychological assessments, for instance, for the Road Accident Fund (RAF) or other court cases, and developmental neuropsychological assessments for diagnosis of autism, attention deficit disorder (ADD/ADHD), dyslexia, mathematical disorder or dyscalculia, spelling disorder, dysgraphia and other learning disabilities or disorders.