Dr Sonia Joubert Psychologist

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Dr Sonia Joubert Psychologist

I am Dr Sonia Joubert, a psychologist registered with the HPCSA. Visit my website for more info.

I am a life coach, as well as a mentor that specialises in creative and critical thinking located in Linden, Jhb.

19/11/2025

THE GIFT OF IMPERFECTION

Wholeness doesn’t mean flawless - it means fully human.

We often chase an imagined version of ourselves - the healed, composed, enlightened self. But perfection is the great disconnection. Healing asks us to embrace the messy, contradictory parts of our humanity.

Dr. Sonia Joubert reminds her clients that integration, not idealisation, is the goal. The cracks are not flaws to be fixed - they are places where light enters. You are allowed to be a work in progress and still be whole.

Quote: “There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” - Leonard Cohen

17/11/2025

THE BODY REMEMBERS SAFETY

Healing begins the moment your body feels safe enough to exhale.

Our bodies store experiences long after the mind has moved on. When safety has been interrupted, even calm can feel foreign. Relearning safety is not about forcing relaxation - it’s about allowing trust to return slowly, through gentle presence.

Dr. Sonia Joubert supports clients in restoring this felt sense of safety through somatic awareness and compassion. The goal isn’t to erase memory, but to re-educate the nervous system: you are safe now.

Quote: “The body says what words cannot.” – Martha Graham

15/11/2025

LISTENING TO YOUR INNER NO

Boundaries are not barriers - they are bridges to authentic connection.

Saying “no” is often confused with rejection, but it’s an act of truth-telling. Each “no” protects your energy and preserves the integrity of your “yes.” Without boundaries, love becomes performance rather than presence.

Dr. Sonia Joubert helps clients find the courage to honour their internal limits. Through compassionate dialogue, she reframes boundaries as expressions of care - for yourself and others. A clear “no” is often the beginning of real intimacy.

Quote: “Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others.” - Brené Brown

26/10/2025

THE COURAGE TO REST
Rest is not laziness - it’s repair.

In a culture that glorifies busyness, rest is often seen as weakness. But true healing cannot happen in exhaustion. Rest is not doing nothing - it’s allowing your system to integrate, recover, and breathe.

Dr. Sonia Joubert helps clients challenge the guilt attached to slowing down. Through mindful pacing and body awareness, rest becomes an intentional act of trust. You are not falling behind; you are finally catching up to yourself.

Quote: “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass is by no means a waste of time.” – John Lubbock

24/10/2025

BENEATH THE SURFACE OF ANXIETY

Anxiety isn’t the enemy - it’s a messenger trying to protect you.

Anxiety often carries unspoken stories - of vigilance, fear, or past danger. Beneath its racing thoughts lies a nervous system that learned to survive. When we stop fighting anxiety and start listening to it, we uncover what truly needs attention.

Dr. Sonia Joubert helps clients explore the roots of anxiety with care rather than control. By creating safety and awareness, the body learns it no longer needs to stay on high alert. What feels like chaos can become communication.

Quote: “Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” – Søren Kierkegaard

23/10/2025

THE ART OF SELF-COMPASSION
You don’t have to earn kindness - especially from yourself.

Many of us treat ourselves with a harshness we would never extend to others. We equate self-criticism with accountability, thinking it will push us to improve. Yet, healing and growth rarely come from judgment - they come from care.

Dr. Sonia Joubert helps clients build an inner relationship rooted in gentleness. Through mindful awareness, she guides people toward self-acceptance that doesn’t depend on perfection. Compassion isn’t indulgence - it’s medicine.

Quote: “You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” – Buddha

09/10/2025

THIS WORK IS FOR YOU, TOO

Therapy isn’t just for when you’re in crisis – it’s for when you’re ready to grow.

Many people wait until they’re overwhelmed, burnt out, or breaking down to seek support. But emotional work is also proactive. It helps us cultivate resilience, deepen relationships, and move through life with more clarity. You don’t have to wait until things fall apart to begin healing.

Dr. Sonia Joubert offers a warm, non-judgmental space where people can explore not only their wounds, but their potential. Whether you’re navigating change, chasing growth, or simply longing for deeper connection – this work is for you.

Quote: "You don’t have to be broken to benefit from therapy." – Unknown

27/09/2025

DR. SONIA’S FAVOURITE THERAPY METAPHOR

Therapy is like gardening - it’s slow, messy, and deeply transformative.

Sometimes, therapy feels like weeding out old beliefs. Other times, it’s about preparing soil for new growth. The process is slow, seasonal, and not always visible on the surface. But with time, care, and trust, new life begins to emerge.

Dr. Sonia Joubert often uses metaphors in her sessions to make complex emotional work more accessible. The garden metaphor reminds us that transformation is organic. Nothing blooms overnight - but everything changes with enough light, nourishment, and patience.

Quote: "To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow." - Audrey Hepburn

23/09/2025

ARE YOU?

A STERLING parent? Are you? In all honesty, I certainly wasn’t. Many, many mistakes when raising my own children. I had limited knowledge. About myself, marriage and parenting practices. Unfortunately. My mental landscape was still rather shoddy. I was young and inexperienced…

I destroyed at times and loaded my children with negative emotional baggage which played out in their own lives. Ha, Ha! An anonymous quote reads “Why was Huckleberry Finn so happy?” The answer? “He had no parents!” Rather cynical.

Looking back with openness and honesty, I had to UNLEARN and LEARN. It was the only way to make amends to my children. I was immature, impatient, and at times self-absorbed and had a “I am right, and you are wrong” attitude. How embarrassing!

I had to learn that my children don’t belong to me. They belong to a future of which I can never be part. As a parent I was the foundation from which they set off to build their own lives.

So back to YOU as a modern-day parent. There are many skills parents need to master. Professor Paul Torrance established scientific research in Creative Thinking. The springboard for INNOVATION. He wrote a manifesto for children. It can be applied to adults too! A life recipe.

MANIFESTO FOR CHILDREN (Adults?)
1. Don’t be afraid to fall in love with something and pursue this with intensity.
ARE YOU?
2. Know, understand, take pride in, practice and develop, exploit and enjoy your greatest strengths.
ARE YOU?
3. Learn to free yourself from the game’s others impose on you and walk away.
HAVE YOU?
4. Find a great teacher or mentor who will help you.
DID YOU?
5. Don’t waste energy to be well-rounded.
DO YOU?
6. Do what you love and do it well.
ARE YOU?
7. Learn the skills of inter-dependence.
HAVE YOU?

Good Luck With Your Journey…

Dr. Sonia

19/09/2025

SELF-DOUBT ISN’T TRUTH
That voice telling you you're not good enough? It’s not your truth - it’s your fear.

Self-doubt often comes from early conditioning - critical voices we’ve internalised and made our own. It whispers that we’re unworthy, incapable, or too much. But these are protective strategies, not reality. Learning to recognise and respond to that inner critic is part of healing.

Dr. Sonia Joubert supports clients in building a more supportive inner dialogue. She helps them untangle their worth from achievement, appearance, or perfectionism, and reconnect with their inherent value. Your voice deserves to be louder than your doubt.

Quote: "Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will." – Suzy Kassem

12/09/2025

EMBODIMENT OVER ESCAPE

Healing doesn’t happen in your head alone - your body must be invited too.

Trauma and stress don’t just live in memories - they live in the nervous system. That’s why talk therapy alone sometimes isn’t enough. The body needs to feel safe, grounded, and present in order to process and integrate emotional wounds.

Dr. Sonia Joubert uses body-oriented practices to help clients reconnect with their physical selves. Through breathwork, grounding exercises, and somatic awareness, clients learn to come home to their bodies rather than escape them. Your body is not the enemy - it’s the key.

Quote: "The body keeps the score." - Bessel van der Kolk

09/09/2025

WHY WE NUMB

Numbing isn’t weakness - it’s a survival strategy.

Scrolling, overworking, overeating, isolating - these are just a few of the ways we disconnect from pain. We numb because the feelings underneath feel too big, too messy, or too threatening to face. But what we push down doesn’t disappear. It waits.

Dr. Sonia Joubert helps clients explore the underlying emotions behind numbing behaviours with compassion, not shame. By learning safe ways to sit with discomfort, we begin to release it. Healing means replacing self-judgment with curiosity.

Quote: "We cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also numb the positive emotions." - Brené Brown

Address

47 4th Street, Linden
Johannesburg
2195

Website

http://www.thinkingfit.co.za/, https://soniajoubert.com/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/drsoniajoubertpsychologist/

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