The South African Team
ORGANISER FOR SOUTH AFRICA
Minnie Jeanné Loubser
Minnie Jeanné Loubser is a Clinical Psychologist, International presenter, trainer and supervisor with more than 40 years of experience. Minnie qualified in 1980 and lectured at the University of the Western Cape, in South Africa until 1989 before moving to KZN with her family in 1990. She completed a second masters degree in Clinical Psychology. She worked in her private practice which she developed into a multidisciplinary group practice. She specialised in helping people with Complex Trauma and Neurodiversity (ADHD/ASD). She also supervised Interns in a Community Psychology project which she co-developed with the University of Zululand.
Minnie moved to Stellenbosch where she had her practice from 2011 to 2020. Currently she lives and works in Switzerland and teaches and supervises Internationally. She’s usually in SA for 3 months per year. Minnie works mostly online but prefers in person sessions (whenever possible.)
Minnie trained in everything she could access over the past 40+ years; Brain based and Body based – because of being ever curious and in trying to find therapies that really work: CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Hypnosis, Ego state therapy, IFS, Play therapy, Sand Play therapy, Narrative therapy, EFT, EMDR, EMI, Brainspotting, Neurofeedback, Impact therapy, Resource therapy, Developmental Touch Therapy, TRE, Somatic Experiencing and BWRT.
Somatic Experiencing® is fundamental in all her work and is an integral part of all her sessions, whatever other modality may also be utilised. She follows an individualised, integrated, multi-dimensional approach. She teaches EMI (Eye Movement Integration) and Resource Therapy internationally and supervises psychologists.
It has been her dream for many years to bring SE training to therapists in South Africa.
TRAINER
Rachporn Sangkasaad
Rachaporn (Rachi) is a licensed psychologist, body-oriented psychotherapist, embodied SE practitioner and Faculty member. For more than 20 years, she has been specialising in Trauma healing in her private practice, in companies as well as teaching and presenting at international congresses.
Rachi was born in Thailand, grew up in Switzerland and lived in the Netherlands. She brings elements of East, West and now also Africa, together in the best way, connecting between countries and cultures. She is passionate about SE and teaches in a playful, joyful and relaxed way, supporting her students’ curiosity and interactions.
Since Rachi’s own SE journey began, she has been assisting Peter Levine and many SE teachers in Europe, Brazil, Hong Kong and she assisted Maggie Philips in South Africa. She continues to assist Peter Levine’s post-advanced workshops in Switzerland, where she now lives again.
Since 2019 Rachi teaches as Faculty member in many different European countries. She speaks fluent Thai, German, Swiss German, Dutch and English.
Rachi will be teaching the Beginner and Intermediate Levels for Cohort 3.
TRAINER
Dr Abi Blakeslee
Founder of Implicit Psychotherapy® and Up-Level Dream Work™. Dr. Abi is a trusted leader in healing and psychology. Her distillation of knowledge and practice strives to inspire, illuminate & empower. Her impact as a world-renowned Somatic Experiencing International® Senior Faculty, Keynote speaker, Cambridge-published author, PESI Certification Trainer, and Master Class and Retreat facilitator aims to vitalize global change and progress.
Abi will be leading the Advanced Level 1 training.
TRAINER
Glyndie Nickerson
Glyndie Nickerson , M.A., Ph.D. is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute Faculty Member, a somatic psychotherapist and holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. She offers online consultations and sessions, and works with adults, adolescents, and children, and specializes in nervous system dysregulation due to chronic stress & trauma, attachment ruptures, chronic illness, syndromes, and creative and spiritual development. As a psychotherapist and bodyworker her work is informed by current neurophysiological research, object relations, attachment theory, Jungian, and relational psychoanalysis perspectives. Her meditation practice anchors her work. She recognizes and supports awareness of collective and personal trauma due to cultural, racial, political, sexual orientation, and gender difference as part of the healing process. community mental health in Western Massachusetts. as well as overseas with tsunami victims, domestic abuse survivors, and torture survivors in India.
Glyndie is a graduate of Kathy Kain’s touch training, former faculty of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing, and a former massage therapist. Her practice is based in Northampton, Massachusetts but she also lives part-time in Kenmare, Ireland. Her doctoral research involved a three-year project working with Tibetan expolitical prisoners in Northern India exploring autonomic regulation skills and Tibetans’ own cultural healing skills. Glyndie finds listening to a different experience opens a doorway to healing dialogue. She is presently investigating how communal drumming and rhythm build resilience in the nervous system. Glyndie has worked in community mental health in Los Angeles and Western Massachusetts, as well as overseas.
You’ll find Glyndie to be your trainer for Advanced Level 2.
