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Rofhiwa Machebe

Educational Psychologist

  • BA Psychology, University of Johannesburg (2021)
  • BA Honours in Psychology, University of South Africa (2022)
  • MEd Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand (2025)
  • PhD in Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand (in progress)

Registration verified August 2026

About

Rofhiwa Machebe is a psychologist who believes that healing and growth begin in spaces where people feel truly seen, heard, and emotionally safe. With experience across school and private practice settings, she works with individuals across the lifespan, offering support through emotional, academic, behavioural, and life challenges with warmth, care, and compassion.

Rofhiwa provides psychotherapy, psycho-educational assessments, play therapy, medico-legal assessments, career assessments, and learning support services. Her therapeutic work is grounded in psychodynamic, person-centred, and relational approaches, allowing her to offer care that is emotionally attuned, thoughtful, and deeply supportive of each individual’s personal journey and wellbeing.

Areas of focus

  • anxiety
  • trauma
  • grief
  • learning difficulties
  • neurodiversity
  • relationships
  • career development
  • adjustment
  • parenting
  • workplace wellbeing

Assessments offered

  • psychoeducational assessment
  • career assessment
  • medico legal assessment

Who they work with

  • children
  • adolescents
  • adults
  • families
  • groups