Optimum Care (Pty) Ltd

	Psychologist Dr. Caren Scheepers Appointments @ 082 922 7072
	Profile
	Caren is a Counseling Psychologist and Management Consultant who has worked in various environments to gain experience in Psychotherapy, Assessments, Life Coaching, Leadership-, Team- and Organizational development. The financial sector, e-commerce start-ups and international consulting environments across industries, have allowed her to pursue her interest in improving performance of individuals, teams and organizations. Caren’s passion for people development has encouraged her to pursue studies and a career in the field of psychology, management consulting and executive coaching. Her career path includes two years as a registered Psychologist (at a clinic and Department of Labour), eight consecutive years as an internal Management Consultant in the Financial Services industry and four years as an International Consultant at Gemini Consulting. Caren served in multi-disciplinary teams, consisting of consultants from various countries and was involved in large – scale transformation projects. She had the opportunity to attend the MBTI Step 11, CPA (Career Path Appreciation), CPP (Cognitive Potential Profile), Ned Hermann Brain Profile Instrument and Bar-on Emotional Intelligence courses and to become an accredited user. For the past seven years she functioned as an independent psychologist and consultant. She founded the Irodo Consulting group (Industrial Relations and Organisational Development Organisation, registered with Services Seta) and has been involved with significant improvement of the performance of executives and executive teams. She has been involved in Strategy Formulation with diverse organizations, across industries and NGO’s. She lectures at various Business Schools on Leadership and Team Development, Emotional Intelligence, The People Factor, Change Management and CRM. She is a registered Facilitator, Assessor and Moderator with the Services Seta. Caren holds a Ph. D. in Psychology and certificates in Organisational Development and Clinical Hypnosis. This enables her to focus her executive coaching on strategic, emotional, political and values intelligence. She is also a registered Chata Romano Color consultant and coach clients on personal branding and image. Caren is an associate coach with The Centre for Creative Leadership in Brussels. She recently joined the Optimum Care group of professionals to provide a holistic solution to clients. Caren also holds certificates in Wine tasting and enjoys hiking (Kilimanjaro summit: peak experience), marathon running, art, scuba diving, cycling, 4 x 4’ing, traveling, parenting, charity and missionary projects.
	Some quotes from clients:
	“I would like to convey my appreciation to you who communicated a rich professional experience and expertise, whilst facilitating the topic Leadership during the seminar. The high standard of professional ethics promoted undoubtedly contributed to the success of the seminar. Thank you for delivering a product of such high standard and looking forward to future collaboration.” Department of Defence: Maj Gen M. K. Mokoena. 21 October 2008 “Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us in class. I am impressed by your dynamism.” MBA: Dr Langutani Francinah Mabasa Clinical Psychologist Mteye Human Development & Projects. „Wil net se terugvoer stroom in dat die dag internationale status het.“ Karin Swart Dept of Defence “Thank you very much for an informative and enlightening experience.” Reza Motani GIBS MBA 2008/2009 “Many thanks for the time shared with us during this course, I really enjoyed the learning journey. Also for all your expert guidance to enable become true transformational leaders.” Kenlynn Hoosen HRD & Transformation Manager Quest Flexible Staffing Solutions “It remains an honour and privilege to have gone through your passionate tutelage and dedicated inspiration. The only way one can express one’s gratitude is by not only doing well in the exams, but by continuously applying the change wisdom bestowed upon us and become distinguished change agents now henceforth! My heartfelt appreciation for the guidance!” Madimetja William Seloane South African Revenue Services “May God grant you more knowledge to share in building future leaders Ke a leboga.” Veronica Motloutsi “Thanks you....This was indeed very educational in we will need these skills definately.” Best regards Thabang Malebye “Please accept our most sincere thanks for the commitment and excellent delivery of the Leadership programme to our MDP students! We are truly proud of you and humbled, as it is a legible letter of our commitment to give them the BEST learning experience in the industry!” Stephnie Klaasen Daimler South Africa (Pty) Ltd
	About Anize van Zyl Appointments @ 082 787 4482
	Anize is a registered Counselling Psychologist who completed her Masters in 2005. She worked as a school psychologist for two years and from there expanded her horizons into private practice and industrial psychology. During this period she completed a thesis on Peer Support in Schools and also published an academic article on this subject. Working with children is on of her passions as her belief and focus have always been on identifying difficulties early on in order to prevent future imbalance. The earlier one can identify certain issues the more meaningful and lasting the transformation. She utilizes an eclectic approach to therapy and makes use of specific techniques such as Eriksonian Hypnosis, Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Impact Therapy as well as Ego State Therapy. Anize has experience in working with children, teenagers as well as adults and enjoys the variety and challenges that transpire in the different age groups. She derives her energy from working with people from all walks of life and from being part of a relationship that creates transformation. She does not see herself as an expert but rather as a collaborator in the search for each individual’s own unique truth. For more information please go to: www.anizevanzyl@iafrica.com.