Professional Staff JHB HH Addiction & Mental Health Treatment Centres

Dan Wolf

Mar 1, 2019Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

Dan Wolf, Director of Houghton House Group of Treatment Centres

Certifications: click to see >>Masters. Ed. Psych, BA, BA Psychology. <<

http://www.danwolf.co.za/ see – Dan Wolf Psychologist Webpage

“The first step is always the most difficult, but also the most rewarding, to take…”

Dan Wolf, director of Houghton House Group of Treatment Centres, is a registered psychologist who specialises in dealing with addictive disorders. He graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand and completed his internship at Phoenix House.

Dan has had extensive exposure to the major drug rehabilitation centres in South Africa and is recognized as a national expert on addiction treatment.

Dan Wolf : a 2020 discussion on Drugs and alcohol in the family <<<click here >>>

In 2000, Dan established the First Step Drug and Alcohol Outpatient Recovery Centre, which pioneered as the first intensive outpatient program established in Johannesburg.

Alex Hamlyn

Mar 1, 2019Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

Founder and Director of Houghton House Alex Hamlyn

Certifications: click to see >> NAADAC; UKPCBADC <<

https://alexhamlyn.co.za/

“If you want to stop using, you are going to have to stop using”

Alex Hamlyn is a nationally recognised expert in addiction rehabilitation.

Since 1995 Alex has been involved with several prominent addiction recovery practices and participated in numerous road-shows, seminars, training programmes, authorship and advisories on the field of addiction rehabilitation. As a certified member of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counsellors (NAADAC) and an accredited additions counsellor in the United Kingdom Professional Certification Board of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counsellors (UKPCBADC) since 2000, Alex is well qualified to handle virtually any substance abuse case.

Kenneth Wilson

Feb 4, 2019Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

“Act as if” M.A. Psych. (Natal) Director of Outpatient Services Kenneth is a registered Counselling Psychologist and Executive Coach. His work has included child, adult, couples and group psychotherapy, psychological assessments, and supervision of intern psychologists and lay counsellors. He has specific interests in Addictive Disorders, Chronic Pain and Executive Coaching. In 2007, he established

Dr Hashendra Ramjee

Feb 1, 2019Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

MBBCh – GP with an interest in addiction treatment “A multidisciplinary approach gives people in recovery the best chance of staying clean” Dr Ramjee completed his medical degree at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1997. He worked and trained for two years in the United Kingdom in the field of specialised addiction medicine. He

Dr David Webb

Dec 4, 2018Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

BSc(Hons), MBBCh (Wits), N Cert Ex Sc (HFPA) Associate Personal Website – www.poetryofaddiction.com Recovery from addiction means learning to live differently Stopping drinking and using drugs is easy. Many of us have done that several times! What, for most of us, is very difficult is to stay stopped. In active addiction, using is not a choice.

Aasiyah Mia

Nov 21, 2017Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

Unisa Social Work Honours “It’s your road and yours alone others may walk it with you, but no one can walk it for you” I completed my honours degree at the University of South Africa (Unisa), majoring in social work and criminology. My internship was spent at Sparrow Schools. These schools focuses on enhancing the

Jacqui Russon

Nov 21, 2017Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

BSc. Occupational Therapy (Hons.) “Every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.” -Viktor Frankl Jacqui completed her honours degree through the University of Cape Town in 2007 and is currently registered as an Occupational Therapist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. Prior to joining the Houghton House team, Jacqui worked as

Victoria Webster

Oct 2, 2017Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

Clinical Psychologist “If you keep going where you are going, you will end up where you are heading” Victoria completed her Masters degree in Clinical Psychology through the University of Witwatersrand. Victoria has also completed a Masters degree in research psychology at the University of Cape Town. Prior to joining Houghton House in 2015, Victoria

Zippy Gaven

Apr 4, 2014Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

SANC – Professional Nurse “Don’t be hard on yourself… You have taken the first step towards a better life.” Zippy is a South African Council registered professional nurse with over ten years experience in psychiatry and substance abuse nursing. She trained and qualified in 1987 at the George Sterkman Hospital in the former Boputhatswana. She

Ashley Wilkinson

Dec 1, 2013Houghton HouseProfessional Staff

Admissions Co-ordinator The boy bent down to pick up another starfish, smiling as he threw it back into the sea. He replied, “I made a huge difference to that one!” Ashley is a trainee counsellor who has worked at Houghton House for over two years. Prior to her appointment as admissions co-ordinator she was responsible