Couples Counsellor andRelationship Therapist

Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble
Niemand ist ohne Probleme, solange er sich zwischen den chaotischen Strömungen des Lebens bewegt
– Carl Jung, Swiss psychologist

Talk to Me

Therapy takes courage; if we don’t fix ourselves, we’re simply passing the losing baton to our children.

Don’t feel bad or hopeless if you are struggling.

Together, in a safe and confidential space we can untangle and explore the difficulties you are having.

It’s hard to be emotionally vulnerable – if we aren’t open in our relationships, the connection that we so dearly long for, will be missing.

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Years Of Experience

A unique therapeutic relationshipthat is safe

Michael will offer you warmth, understanding, honesty and reliability. He brings psychoanalytic approaches into play to help support you in finding solutions and ways of being that bring you greater fulfilment.

Michael offers brief and long-term work to couples and individuals, helping them work through a wide range of emotional and behavioural difficulties. He has a very real conviction in the usefulness and value of psychotherapy.

In therapy, it’s important to create a safe space for authentic and open discussion, encouraging self-reflection and facilitating change.

+27 64 950 7000

michael@kall.co.za

I immediately felt at ease with you; our work has brought clarity and progress. Knowing you were there for us, week after week, really helped. You showed such forthrightness and compassion.

Thank you for seeing us, for asking the hard and pertinent question/s, for giving me a space to be honest, for making me feel heard.

Thank you for your patience, prompting and insights, which I think continue to help us.

I liked how you challenged me to confront or consider certain elements; it was very valuable.

Michael is an intelligent and thoughtful observer with a clear thinking approach – he is an astute listener and a natural admirer of the mind. He is curious to understand why people act as they do and his interventions in the consulting room are vibrant and creative.

We are not always aware of the whys and wherefores of our actions, or what motivates us to feel or behave a certain way. Shedding light on your unconscious fears and desires may enable you to understand yourself better, and in doing so, take greater responsibility for the changes you want to make.

Therapy can really work for menBlokes are very bad at talking about their problems

– Alex James, musician and bass player for Blur

Individual Therapy

Couples Therapy

Relationship Therapy

Marriage Counselling

Contact Michael

Call (+27 64 9507000) or email (michael@kall.co.za) for an initial appointment.

First Session

This will be an opportunity for you to see how I work and whether I’m the right therapist for you.

The Work

Michael is an attentive couples therapist who has been in private practice for many years. He sees couples and individuals.

In The Room

During counselling, Michael will bring clarity and sensitivity to the room. This will allow you to hear your story and come to your own conclusions.

We all begin our relationships with love, excitement and fervour in the hope that we’ll have a great life together. But we often don’t anticipate how difficult it can be to navigate the hurdles that become obstacles to a happy and safe relationship.

Michael works across the heterosexual and LGBTQ+ spectrum, however emotionally rich or challenging the material might be. He is passionate about helping couples and individuals, and does so in an affirmative, therapeutic way; he believes that when people are listened to with respect, problems and conflicts can be explored in a non-judgmental environment.

Michael has a wide range of relevant experience. He completed an in-depth training, longer than the majority of others, qualifying at the Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships in London (now Tavistock Relationships), the world’s leading organisation for couple psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

This photo of Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, is an etching that was gifted by Freud to Max Halberstadt, a portrait photographer who was married to Freud’s daughter Sophie before she died of Spanish flu in the early 20s. Halberstadt was born in Hamburg, and emigrated to Johannesburg in 1936. The photograph now hangs in my consulting rooms in Parkhurst and shows Freud’s devotion to Max, his then son-in-law, dated September 20th, 1921. It was a gift from the Rosenthal/Spangenthal families.