Overview
Tanya Kriel is a registered social worker in private practice, the practice is registered with the Board of Health Care Workers under practice number 089 000 0084913.
Tanya is registered with The South African Council for Social Service Professions (SACSSP) and The South African Association of Social Workers in Private Practice (SAASWIPP).
Tanya served as a member of SAASWIPP’s medical aid committee. She has her own practice which has been operational since 2002 and which has proved to be successful with exceptional results.
Qualifications
• North-West University – BA (Social Work) degree.
• North-West University – MSW (Social work) degree.
Tanya completed her Master’s Dissertation at North-West University with the focus of her degree on Parent Alienation Syndrome and the detection thereof. Tanya is currently studying towards a PhD degree at the North-West University with her research topic being, Disrupting the cycle of parental alienation: An intervention strategy for social workers.
Further to the above, Tanya has completed a mediation course with Social Justice, and is a qualified court annexed mediator.
Tanya has completed several supplementary courses to further her field of expertise. These include:
• Botswadi Parent Guidance Programme
• Women’s Outreach Foundation (10 Programme Leaders’ Training)
• Parent Enrichment Course (Based on the STEP)
• Care of the terminally ill
• The Life Skills Training-Trainer Programme (MASTER TRAINER)
• Tots and Teens Testify: A Preparation of Children for Criminal Court Procedure
• Legal Course: Probation Officers in Criminal Courts
• Legal Course: Intermediaries
• HIV/AIDS Course
• HIV/AIDS Advanced Training and Counselling (MASTER TRAINER)
• Human Rights course
• Certificate in Neuroscience Coaching; University of Pretoria (Cum Laude)
Experience
Tanya has 25 years of experience in the field of Clinical and Forensic Social Work. Her scope of practice embraces all ages, including working with special needs children and a variety of services.
Tanya has established a Supervised Visitation and Bonding Therapy Centre at her practice. The practice is situated in the residential area of Malanshof, Randburg, Gauteng. We work closely with the Reginal Courts and investigate matters for the South Gauteng High Court.
Fields of Expertise
• Dealing with behaviour difficulty in children
• Anxiety disorders
• Parent enrichment programs
• Alcohol and drug addiction (counselling, preventative services, rehabilitation and after care)
• Access and parental responsibilities and rights investigations
• Sexual abuse investigations and counselling (including preparing a child as a witness in Court)
• Counselling to the terminally ill
• HIV / AIDS preventative services and counselling
• Life skills
• Social Skills
• Emotional Intelligence skills
• Trauma Debriefing
• Family therapy
• Individual therapy
• Marital / Couples therapy
• Mediation
• Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Study skills (young children and teenagers)
• Play therapy
• Supervised visitations and interactional analysis between parent and child
• Directive therapy
• Probation reports (investigations in a criminal case to indicate special and compelling circumstances)
• Animal assisted therapy
• Life skills to children who need assisted learning on a pre-primary level
• Parent mediation and the facilitating and constructing of a parenting plan
• Neuroscientific coaching
• Full court investigations
• Independent parent co-ordinator, resolving disputes in the best interest of the child / children
KIDSBUZZ
Supervised visitations and bonding therapy take place under the guidance of an independent Social Worker who guide and direct parents and children. A report with recommendations is provided after each visitation.
Kidsbuzz is designed for parents and children to have safe interaction.
Contact will take place at our tranquil premises, supervised by a social worker. The role of the social worker is not only to supervise contact, but we can also assist with bonding therapy and guidance should any issues occur during the visit.
Ms Kirstyn Layton joined Kidsbuzz during 2019. She is currently a long-distance student at North-West University completing her Master’s degree.
In the past, the practice has provided in service training and supervision for Honour Students in conjunction with the University of Johannesburg and UNISA.