Kristina Verwey

Dedicated professional at assisting and providing group or individual needs holistically. Motivated and committed individual to ensuring positive and person-focused patient engagement. Passionate about mental health and treatment plans for better mental health care. Specifically interested in HR and healthcare sectors.

Internship as a Student Registered Counsellor at Hope House Tokai and Youth Hub Groote Schuur (2024-06 – 2025-01)

Completed 720 hours on site working with children, teenagers and adults in a therapeutic context.

• Individual and group counselling
• Psychometric testing
• Planning and executing community development interventions
• Hosted a therapeutic art workshop for teenagers
• Emotional regulation programme for tweens
• Substance abuse classes for primary school children

Admin assistant at Annie Oehley Industrial Psychologist (2020 – 2023)

Responsible for report writing for Subject Choice and Career Guidance reports, as well as supporting the main functioning of the business's admin.

• Report writing for Subject Choice and Career Guidance reports
• Communicating with clients and responding to emails
• Supporting admin functions of the business

Au pair at Private families (2022 – Present)

Worked with four families with children ranging from 2 years to 17 years old.

• Maintaining children's schedules and lifting to-and-from extramural activities
• Assisting with homework
• Domestic activities
• Planning age-appropriate activities
• General organization
• Cooking meals for families

Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in Psychology – South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP) (2022 – 2025)

Higher certificate in Motion Picture Make-up – City Varsity (2019 – 2019)

Matriculation – Springfield Convent School (2018 – 2018)