Professional Resources

Debbie Kaminer (PhD) is a clinical psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cape Town. She has conducted research on the prevalence and impact of trauma amongst South African youth and adults for over twenty years. She completed training in Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) and Trauma-focused Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (TF-CBT) and was a principal investigator on two clinical trials evaluating the effectiveness of these interventions in the South African context. 

Duane D. Booysen (PhD) is a senior lecturer in the Psychology Department at Rhodes University and a practicing clinical psychologist. His primary research interests include investigating the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of prolonged exposure (PE) therapy for PTSD in low resourced settings. He has completed training in PE for PTSD and has three active implementation and intervention studies on PE for PTSD in the Eastern and Western Cape of South Africa. 

Lynn Hendricks works in the Division of Health Systems and Public Health in the Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Stellenbosch University and the Social, Methodological, Theoretical and Kreative research group in the Department of Social Sciences, KU Leuven. She is a practicing Research Psychologist and is a joint Global Minds PhD fellow at KU Leuven and Stellenbosch University. She is also the business owner of Research Ambition, a research consultancy, as well as the co-founder of, the Brackenfell-Kraaifontein Community Action Network, and Hearts in Action, a NPO focusing on gender-based violence and youth. She was the previous chair of the Ethic Committee (2009-2014) at Eduvos and has engaged in numerous studies using internet mediated research. She has a keen interest in creative, transdisciplinary, and co-productive research within communities.

Mr Kyle Jackson is the deputy HoD in the Department of Psychology at the University of the Western Cape, in which he lectures. He is a research psychologist and registered counsellor. He is currently completing his PhD on the experiences of fatherhood and high-risk pregnancy using an ethnographic, grounded theory approach. He teaches and supervises undergraduate, Honours and Masters level students.

Jill Cupido-Masters is the Founder and Director of the Student Development Centre. She currently works as a researcher at the Centre for Diversity in Psychology Practice, University of the Western Cape’s. Her 2018 Master’s degree was entirely conducted through digital methods and her interest peaked through that study. Jill is currently enrolled as a PhD student who is studying the learning of postgraduate students.

Shelley Ann Vickerman-Delport is a registered counsellor and a PhD candidate in the Child and Family Studies Unit. The focus of her PhD is to develop a needs analysis focusing on the health and well-being of maternal adolescents using the Human Capabilities Approach as a theoretical lens. She has also worked on projects that focus on HIV adherence, sex work and the LGBTIQ+ community.

Professor Michelle Andipatin is a full professor in the Department of Psychology.  Currently she holds the position of Deputy Dean Research in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences, at the University of the Western Cape (2023).  Her research focuses on the Psychology of Women’s Health in general and women’s reproductive health in particular.  Her focus has broadened to include issues relating to men and masculinities.  Other research interests include research methodology, holistic health, and healing.  Professor Andipatin also champions the emerging niche in Diversity/Inclusion and Psychological Interventions.  She chairs the board of an NPO called the Centre for Human Flourishing (C4HF). 

Werner Teichert is a clinical psychologist based in Sydney, Australia. He is a full member of the Australian Psychological Society (APS) and Fellow of The College of Clinical Psychologists (FCCLIN). 

 Werner was trained in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) by Behavioral Tech, in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) at the Albert Ellis Institute in New York and in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) by The Beck Institute.

 As the managing director of The South African DBT Institute and Australian DBT Central, Werner has dedicated the last decade to treating clients with Borderline Personality Disorder and training and supervising practitioners to use DBT effectively.