Dr Greyling Viljoen
Clinical and Sports Psychologist
About Our Practice
I provide a psychotherapy service to help adults, young-adults, and teenagers in dealing with emotional and psychological problems and concerns such as when you are feeling down or anxious. It can also help you to improve relationships and social interactions and to address behavioural problems such as addictive or destructive behaviour.
Greyling Viljoen is a clinical psychologist in full-time private psychotherapy and sport psychology practice. His clinical practice is based in Albert Street, Waterkloof, Pretoria. He also practices at Sport Medical Services, Loftus Park. Official telehealth consultations can also be arranged on platforms such as Zoom or Google Meet
Our Services
Greyling Viljoen is a clinical psychologist in full-time private psychotherapy and sport psychology practice.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is an effective way of dealing with emotional and psychological problems and concerns such as when you are feeling down or anxious. It can also help you to improve relationships and social interactions and to address behavioural problems such as addictive or destructive behaviour
Sport/Performance Psychology
The purpose of sport or performance psychology is to enhance performance. How mentally prepared an athlete (or artist) is will often determine how well he/she performs under pressure during competition. The psychological aspect, together with the physical, technical and tactical aspects all need to be developed and work in harmony for an athlete to perform at his/her best.
Programmes & Workshops
Dr Greyling Viljoen has special interest in mood disorders and how to live well in a meaningful life.
A Course in Group Facilitation
From time to time a course/workshop in group dynamics and facilitation is presented. It is an intensive 4 – 5 day course where participants (maximum of 12) learn about group processes and dynamics as well as themselves through participating in an experiential group – an experience that can be life changing.
Facilitation of Groups
Greyling is an experienced facilitator and can assist your group to work through emotionally charged situations and to learn more effective ways of dealing with difficult situations.
Positive Life Skills Through Sport
The workshop is aimed at parents and athletes alike. It addresses the issue of using sport to develop psychological skills that are transferable to life in general.
Team Consultation & Facilitation
Effective teamwork can often make the difference between failure or success. A team is more than the sum of the individuals, therefore the dynamics of a team are also different from individual dynamics. A workshop or consultation sessions can assist your team to be more effective, which in turn will assist them to achieve a more positive outcome.
The Mind of a Winner
The talk is aimed at people in business. Having worked with Olympians and many other champions, Greyling has developed a good understanding of how the mind of a winner works. Learning from champions – how they achieve the almost impossible can set you apart from your competitors. It can be truly inspirational to learn that champions are ordinary people that think in extraordinary ways to help them achieve extraordinary things.
Sports Psychology for Coaches
“We cannot map people’s lives in advance, but much can be done to make desirable outcomes more likely.” This saying is all the more true when it comes to coaches and athletes. If coaches are more skilled in the psychology of sport, they will be able to make the outcome even more likely.
Coaches can learn: What sport psychology is about; how to develop appropriate psychological skills during different stages of athlete career development; how to prepare athletes for the big event; and how to deal effectively with the stress and pressure of coaching.
Dr Greyling Viljoen’s Approach
Greyling has been in fulltime clinical psychology practice for more than twenty years where he works with adults, young adults, and teenagers. He has a special interest in mood disorders and how to live well in a meaningful life. He has postgraduate degrees in psychology and theology from the University of Pretoria
Approach to therapy: My approach in therapy draws on elements of analytical psychology and cognitive psychology. The Analytical approach acknowledges that past relational experiences and how we responded in these situations impact on how we respond and adapt in the present. What could have been an adaptive response in the past as a way of dealing with a situation can become a maladaptive response in the present. The cognitive approach emphasis that the way we think, feel and behave are intimately linked. It particularly looks at thought patterns that are dysfunctional which causes emotional distress and behavioural responses that do not serve us well. We are often not aware of these thought patterns.
Process of therapy: Talking to a ‘stranger’ such as a psychologist is sometimes easier than talking to people around you. When you go to a therapist you can rest assured that whatever you talk about will remain between you and the therapist. During the first session I will make an assessment of the problem or concern and we will then jointly decide on the duration and frequency of sessions.