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Acing Classroom to Courtroom | Dorrithe Labuschagne

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In this episode of The Knowledge Hub South Africa, host Professor Ignatius Gous speaks with Dorrithe Labuschagne, a registered educational psychologist in private practice in Pretoria. Labuschagne holds a master’s degree in educational psychology from the University of South Africa (UNISA), where she also completed honours degrees in early childhood development, inclusive education, and guidance and counselling. She began her career as a primary school teacher, then returned to studying while raising her children and teaching at a pre-primary school. She has since worked as a school-based psychologist, completed training in forensic assessment, family mediation, and neuropsychology, and now runs a private practice offering individual therapy, parent seminars, medico-legal assessments, and a structured journaling programme called Journaling: A Laboratory for Life.
Chapters
  • 00:00 Meet Dorrithe Labuschagne
  • 01:37 A Rural Start & the Call to Teach
  • 06:44 Motherhood as Its Own Classroom
  • 13:21 Finding Educational Psychology
  • 19:13 The High-Achieving School & the Thesis
  • 25:11 Forensic Training & Being Ready
  • 26:25 Covid, Medico-Legal Work & 600 Cases
  • 29:14 Journaling: A Laboratory for Life
28 Mar English South Africa Education · Business

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