Zeenat Osman

Zeenat Osman-Nieftagodien is a Registered Counsellor and Psychometrist (Independent Practice) with over 15 years’ experience, accredited by the HPCSA (PRC 0015687, PMT 0088498), and a member of the Golden Key Society. She is also a qualified school teacher with broad experience in education, having taught locally and internationally, mentored graduates, facilitated psychological workshops, and supported youth in disadvantaged communities.

She completed her counselling internship at the Saartjie Baartman Centre for Abused Women and Children (SBCWC), where she developed a strong interest in child development, trauma counselling, and psycho-education. At SBCWC, she founded and managed the children’s counselling division, oversaw interns, and handled media outreach after completion of her internship.

Later, she worked at Hout Bay International School (HBIS), where she created the school’s counselling division, taught PSHE, and coordinated the CAS programme. Since 2019, she has been permanently based at The Claremont Practice, offering both in-person and online sessions.

Zeenat’s counselling expertise includes trauma, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, parental guidance, play therapy, family and couples counselling, and career coaching. In psychometry, she provides assessments for school readiness, learning barriers, exam concessions, subject and career choice, and medico-legal cases.

She remains active in community development through the Mustadafin and other foundations, supporting programme design, mentoring, and fundraising.

Other areas of interest for counselling include (but are not limited to);

• Adjustment (including areas of anxiety and depression),
• Play therapy,
• Parental Guidance,
• Family therapy and or couples counselling,
• Substance abuse counselling,
• Career guidance,
• Skills training,
• Mentoring and Board examination preparations.

Within the realm of psychometry, she offers the following assessments:

• School-readiness assessments,
• Cognitive-Scholastic assessments to identify barriers to learning,
• Exam Concession assessments (primary school, high school, university),
• Subject Choice and Career Choice assessment and guidance,
• Parent and Teacher Guidance,
• Medico-Legal (in conjunction with the practice director).