by PsySSA-Web Support | Oct 26, 2025
Genevieve Burrow is an accomplished Registered Counsellor with over seven years of leadership experience serving on various Executive Committees within the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA). Genevieve is committed to fostering innovation and promoting the visibility and impact of registered counselling on a national scale.
As the manager of The Youth Hub—a pioneering adolescent counselling centre at Groote Schuur Hospital’s Adolescent Centre of Excellence—Genevieve oversees a dynamic multidisciplinary team providing holistic, medically-informed care to adolescents. Her work integrates counselling, student management and facilitation, and operational leadership, ensuring the centre delivers impactful, client-centred services to underserved communities.
Driven by a passion for youth empowerment, Genevieve collaborates with medical professionals and specialists to address the complex challenges adolescents face, striving to create meaningful, sustainable change in their lives. Her vision and expertise continue to shape innovative approaches to adolescent mental health and wellbeing in South Africa.
by PsySSA-Web Support | Oct 26, 2025
Angeline Stephens, until very recently, worked in student mental health at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. As a mental health practitioner, she works within a critical, decolonial framework that recognises the interconnectedness between person and historical, political, social, cultural and economic contexts. She has extensive experience within the therapeutic context in the areas of trauma, violence, and healing. Her research interests centre around qualitative methodologies that explore social citizenship in the South African context. She is particularly interested in the intersections of gender, race, and sexual identities among marginalised people and how these intersections play out in experiences of citizenship. She has a PhD in Psychology from UCT.
by PsySSA-Web Support | Oct 26, 2025
Réjane Williams is an organisational psychologist with over 20 years’ experience in researching, designing and implementing interventions for individual, collective and organisational change. Her focus is on racism, diversity, racial healing, transformation, and social justice in organisations. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD (Department of Psychology, Wits University) dealing with the racialisation of black senior professionals in organisations.
by PsySSA-Web Support | Oct 26, 2025
Dr. Ewald Crause is the Interim Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Division for the Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA). He combines experience in psychology and technology, focusing on the integration of AI in psychological practice. As a senior psychologist within the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), Dr. Crause leads initiatives that use data-driven decision-making to improve psycho-social support for children. His work addresses equitable access to mental health and education services through digital and blended learning. Dr. Crause is committed to advancing discussions and frameworks that align AI developments with core psychological principles.
by PsySSA-Web Support | Oct 26, 2025
Prof Roomaney is a Research Psychologist and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University. Prof Roomaney works as both a methodologist and researcher, conducting most of her research in health psychology. Her particular interest is women’s health. Prof Roomaney holds a Y1 NRF rating and represents SA as a national delegate of the European Health Psychology Society. She has several grants and awards and is currently a member of the EUTOPIA Young Leaders Academy.
