About
Annelie Smith Qualified with a BSc Honours Degree in Clinical Dietietics from UCT in 1992. She has since gained experience in all fields of nutrition including Sports Nutrition, Clinical Nutrition for the treatment of lifestyle diseases such as Diabetes, Heart Disease and Cancer as well as health problems where dietary treatment is crucial. These include diseases of the Kidney, Liver and Pancreas. She has been in Private practice since 1993. Having seen more than 3000 clients she has a wealth of experience in solving people of all age’s health and wellness issues through correct eating habits |
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She uses a "Coaching" approach in her practise where each person will be assessed and "coached to better eating and lifestyle creating a long term solution to a current or long term problem. She has assisted various companies and restaurants including Fedics Food Services, Simply Asia and Osumo with health campaigns, menu evaluations and product development. Annelie advises writers for various magazines incluyding Shape magazine, Women’s Health, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Ideas, You as well as newspapers to promote correct scientific evidence based nutrition knowledge to the public. She has been interviewed by various Radio stations and for television productions (SABC 2 – women in Science 2008 and SABC 2 Keeping it real 2011) Annelie also enjoys working in groups and regularly presents talks and workshops to companies and groups on the subject of wellness and nutrition. She has presented various workshops including Cooking Workshops in association with Shape Magazine in 2009 and 2010 and “Healthy Habits” workshops in association with Psychologies Magazine at the Look and Feel Good Expo in 2010. She is often involved with wellness days which have become popular and corporations recently and presents workshops on healthy habits at work to improve energy, mood and health status. She has also organized numerous workshops for the public at great locations such as Buitenverwagting, Clara Anna Fontein and Houw Hoek Inn. |
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Sarah Bailey is a Registered Clinical Psychologist with more than 20 years experience in working with eating disorders.
Sarah Bailey qualified in 1986 with a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology. In a career spanning over twenty years, Sarah has held a number of prestigious positions in the field of eating disorders. She has been involved in both the in-patient and out-patient treatment of adults/adolescents and children with this illness, as well as having been responsible for the setting up and running of a number of eating disorder treatment programs within hospitals and private clinics abroad.
Sarah has lectured and trained Clinical Psychology Master students in all aspects of the theory and treatment of eating disorders and has provided ongoing supervision to qualified psychologists working within this field.
In addition, she has for many years run a private practice concurrently with her other positions. In this she has specialized in eating disorders across the complete spectrum (adult/adolescent/child/female and male).
Sarah Bailey is registered with the Health Professionals Council of South Africa (www.hpcsa.co.za).This means not only are services covered by medical aid societies, but it also means Sarah has to stay abreast of new developments in the field of psychology in general and eating disorders in particular, in order to remain a member.
Sarah offers the following services:
1. Assessment and treatment of all aspects of eating disorders across both genders and all age groups-adult, adolescent, child.
2. Family interventions and family therapy where required.
3. Treatment of co-morbid symptoms-depression, anxiety.
Due to the potential risk associated with eating issues, where necessary Sarah works in conjunction with a nominated doctor or dietician.
Sarah feels it is important to know that while there is evidence that some approaches are more likely to be effective with certain age groups or particular types of disorder, it is important to remember that there is no one treatment method which has been shown to be effective for all cases of eating disorders. Different therapies and treatment plans may be effective for different people, depending on the age of the person experiencing the eating disorder, the stage of the illness, the type and severity of the eating disorder, the underlying causes, and many other factors. This is the crucial aspect of the assessment process, where the best approach can be tailored to the needs of the individual client.
HPCSA Registration number: 0023680