Carla van Zijl

Carla van Zijl is a Registered Counsellor (PRC 0024627) and Psychometrist (PMT 0091332) in Independent Practice with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. She holds a BA Hons in Psychology (UWC), BA Hons Criminology (UNISA), and us currently working toward her MPhil Criminology at UCT.

Since registering with the HPCSA in 2015, Carla has been actively involved with Claremont Practice as a psychometrist and counsellor. In addition, Carla has offered student counselling services at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology. She also spent some time as a School Counsellor at Edgemead High School. Her interest in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) led to her working at the Neurodiversity Centre where she offered psychometric testing for children with ADHD or who presented with ASD. Carla offered assessments to she Boland School for Autism in Paarl as well. In her own private practice in Stellenbosch, Carla focusses mainly on psychometric testing for children struggling academically.

Contact Carla for: 

• Scholastic assessment (learning/behaviour difficulties, exam concessions)
• Career guidance counselling/assessment
• Counselling (adolescents)