Dubai Health Authority (DHA) Licensed Clinical Psychologist | Health Professions Council South Africa (HPCSA) Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Ronette Zaaiman is a South African Clinical Psychologist with over a decade of experience providing psychotherapy, training and clinical supervision across public and private healthcare, tertiary academic and private practice settings in South Africa and the UAE.
Ronette works with adults and adolescents experiencing a broad range of emotional and psychological difficulties. She offers psychotherapy in both English and Afrikaans. She provides a warm, thoughtful and collaborative therapeutic space where clients can develop a deeper understanding of themselves, their relationships and the challenges they face. Her work is grounded in a psychodynamic approach, while integrating evidence-based modalities including Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and humanistic approaches. Therapy is tailored to each individual’s unique history, current circumstances and therapeutic goals.
Ronette has a particular interest in early relationships and the ways in which early life experiences shape emotional wellbeing across the lifespan. She also has experience working with neurodivergent adults, including Autistic adults and adults with ADHD, recognising each individual’s unique way of experiencing themselves, others, and the world, while supporting insight into identity, relationships, emotional wellbeing, burnout and the demands of daily life. In addition, she offers parent-infant psychotherapy, supporting early parent-child relationships, infant development and parental mental health.
Special interests include:
- Anxiety, stress-related difficulties and depression
- Grief, loss and major life transitions
- Early childhood relational trauma and abuse
- Identity, self-understanding and interpersonal relationships
- Neurodivergent adults (Autism and ADHD)
- Maternal and parental mental health
- Parent-infant psychotherapy and early attachment
- Parenting support and family relationship difficulties
Ronette is committed to providing a compassionate, reflective and authentic therapeutic relationship in which clients can feel understood, supported and empowered to create meaningful and lasting change.