Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling Centre (JPCCC)

About us

The Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling Centre (JPCCC) was established in 1944 as the Johannesburg Child Guidance Clinic to provide counselling and guidance for parents and children with emotional and developmental needs. For the past years the service has gone from strength to strength, and now operates under the name of the Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling Centre. Our services extend throughout Gauteng and we operate from premises in Soweto and Parktown.
The Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling Centre (JPCCC) is a counselling, training and development agency which provides short or long term therapy for adolescents, families, adults, couples, and play therapy for children. We provide consulting, training and mentoring for schools and other organisations and educational, psychological, and career assessments are undertaken for children and youth ranging in age from 3 - 21 years.

Our Vision
We aim to strengthen and preserve family life in order to keep children within family groupings. We work to enhance the functioning and capacity of the systems which impact on children and their families.

Our mission is the holistic development of individuals, families and communities through counselling and therapy, assessments, life skills, training, and community development. We strive towards a contained, positive and functional society, where all people have access to therapeutic assistance to deal with their challenges. Our work enables us to improve the mental health of children and families in Johannesburg and Soweto.

What we offer:
• Therapy and Counselling: JPCCC provides long and short term counselling and therapeutic interventions to adults, children, couples, and families: Individual therapy for all ages; Parenting support counseling; Play therapy; Couple counselling and family therapy; Trauma debriefing and counselling
• Assessment: We do assessments with the aim of improving overall functioning and development. The following assessments are available: Psycho-educational assessment; School readiness assessment; Career assessment; Subject choice assessment
• School Counselling Service: We place volunteers, students, interns, social workers and educational psychologists in schools across Gauteng. The number of schools that we service is growing and includes both primary and high schools. Our counsellors consist of intern psychologists, social workers, counsellors, and, volunteers. Our counsellors offer emotional support, and involve parents, caregivers, and teachers.
• Training and Workshops: JPCCC offers a selection of courses for psychologists, students, and volunteers: Basic and intermediate counselling skills; Working with trauma and bereavement; Working with children; Peer counselling training; Ethics in Psychology; Weekly case conference (CPD accredited)
• Add Hope: JPCCC has partnered up with KFC´s Add Hope campaing, to assist resource-constrained clients through the provision of regular food parcels. Both our Parktown and Soweto offices are distribution centres for the project.

Claudine Ribeiro is the Director at the Johannesburg Parent and Child Counselling Centre (JPCCC).

For other net participants we can offer an expert guidance through trained staff, give an expert opinion, procure expert information and establish new contacts in the field of our work.