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A photo of wellness therapist, Dora Pelizzari, taken in her counselling room.

Welcome. You're taking a brave first step.

Making the decision to seek help is a powerful and courageous act. You’ve chosen to invest in yourself, and that’s something to be proud of. Whether you’re looking for healing, clarity, or growth, you don’t have to do it alone.
More than 80% of clients who complete counselling report significant improvement in the challenges they came in with. You can be one of them.

Your Journey to Wholeness Begins Here

Through a unique blend of counselling and life coaching, I offer a compassionate space where you can be heard, seen, and supported. This “talking therapy” approach is designed to help you shift your mindset, feel better emotionally, and create meaningful, lasting change in your life.

Together, we’ll work toward a version of you that feels more grounded, empowered, and whole.

Welcome. You're taking a brave first step.

Making the decision to seek help is a powerful and courageous act. You’ve chosen to invest in yourself, and that’s something to be proud of. Whether you’re looking for healing, clarity, or growth, you don’t have to do it alone.
More than 80% of clients who complete counselling report significant improvement in the challenges they came in with. You can be one of them.

Your Journey to Wholeness Begins Here

Through a unique blend of counselling and life coaching, I offer a compassionate space where you can be heard, seen, and supported. This “talking therapy” approach is designed to help you shift your mindset, feel better emotionally, and create meaningful, lasting change in your life.

Together, we’ll work toward a version of you that feels more grounded, empowered, and whole.

How I can support you

Each person’s journey is different. That’s why I offer personalized support in the following areas:

 

Relationship counselling
Youth counselling & life skills 
Spiritual encouragement
Personal growth & development
Lifestyle coaching
Anxiety & burnout recovery
Despair, doom & gloom detox
Marriage counselling
Trauma debriefing & victim empowerment

Here to Walk With You Through Life’s Difficult Moments

I’m not here to fix you — because you’re not broken.
What I offer is a space where you can be fully seen, deeply heard, and gently guided back to the parts of yourself that may have been forgotten, overwhelmed, or pushed aside.

As a qualified therapist and wellness coach, I blend compassionate counselling with practical, holistic coaching tools to help you find clarity, healing, and forward momentum in your life.

I believe every person has the capacity for growth, healing, and transformation — no matter where they’re starting from.

Many of the people I work with come to me feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or like they’ve lost their sense of direction. Some are navigating deep emotional pain, relationship challenges, burnout, or trauma. Others are simply seeking more meaning, purpose, and balance in their lives.

I’m here to walk beside you on your journey — not as an authority, but as a compassionate guide and collaborator.

My Approach: Holistic. Ethical. Client-Centered.

I practice according to five key professional values:

Human dignity and worth
Social justice
Service to humanity
Integrity
Competence

These aren’t just words—they guide everything I do. Our work is collaborative, and with the right tools and guidance, you’ll learn to tap into your most powerful resource: your mind.

My Approach: Holistic. Ethical. Client-Centered.

I practice according to five key professional values:

Human dignity and worth
Social justice
Service to humanity
Integrity
Competence

These aren’t just words—they guide everything I do. Our work is collaborative, and with the right tools and guidance, you’ll learn to tap into your most powerful resource: your mind.

A desk with a journal, a cup of coffee and beautiful roses symbolising self-care.

Professional Credentials

Dora Pelizzari is a listed Wellness Counsellor with the
Association for Supportive Counsellors and Holistic Practitioners (ASCHP) —
a SAQA-recognised professional body under the National Qualifications Framework (Act 67 of 2008).
ASCHP Reg. No: WC20/785
All services are provided in the non-statutory domain.

Congratulations!

You have made the decision to get help with your personal upgrade to be a better version of yourself. This is a significant and courageous step for you. Over eighty per cent of clients who have completed counselling report resolution of their presenting concerns.

Welcome. You're taking a brave first step.

Making the decision to seek help is a powerful and courageous act. You’ve chosen to invest in yourself, and that’s something to be proud of. Whether you’re looking for healing, clarity, or growth, you don’t have to do it alone.
More than 80% of clients who complete counselling report significant improvement in the challenges they came in with. You can be one of them.

Your Journey to Wholeness Begins Here

Through a unique blend of counselling and life coaching, I offer a compassionate space where you can be heard, seen, and supported. This “talking therapy” approach is designed to help you shift your mindset, feel better emotionally, and create meaningful, lasting change in your life.

Together, we’ll work toward a version of you that feels more grounded, empowered, and whole.

In the process of Counselling / Life Coaching, I engage in a form of Talking Therapy that will offer a chance to change how you feel, to shift your mindset to live better, and to transform your life for the long run.

I operate in line with the five main key principles recognised in the services professions, such as human dignity and worth, social justice, service to humanity, integrity and competence; all in collaboration with you. By using the skills I impart to you,  you will take control of your most powerful resource, your own mind.

I am here as your Wellness Enhancer to support your self-discovery to help you heal, understand yourself and guide you back to optimum mental wellness and wholeness through holistic-therapeutic-coaching to restore balance of any disrupted life factors:

  • Relationship counselling
  • Youth counselling and life skills
  • Spiritual encouragement
  • Personal growth and development
  • Lifestyle coaching
  • Anxiety and burnout
  • Despair, doom and gloom detox
  • Marriage counselling
  • Trauma debriefing and victim empowerment
A desk with a journal, a cup of coffee and beautiful roses symbolising self-care.

 

 

 

Congratulations!

You have made the decision to get help with your personal upgrade to be a better version of yourself. This is a significant and courageous step for you. Over eighty per cent of clients who have completed counselling report resolution of their presenting concerns.

In the process of Counselling / Life Coaching, I engage in a form of Talking Therapy that will offer a chance to change how you feel, to shift your mindset to live better, and to transform your life for the long run.

I operate in line with the five main key principles recognised in the services professions  such as human dignity and worth, social justice, service to humanity, integrity and competence; all in collaboration with You, by using the skills I impart to you,  you will take control of your most powerful resource, Your own Mind.

I work in tandem with ASCHP’s mission so that together we can build wellness counselling into a force of empowerment in South Africa for all. Already many of our members participate in CPD production and training initiatives, but let us do what we do professionally.  This is the only kind of investment that really pays off. 

COUNSELLING THERAPY:

Personal Life Coaching and Wellness counselling, helps individuals experiencing difficulties in emotional, interpersonal, educational, spiritual, and vocational areas of life. Pre-marital, marriage, family and addiction counselling are offered to help resolve conflicts, establish open communication, and foster personal growth in relationships.

Counselling is a collaborative effort in which the client participates actively in setting goals, working through the problem, overcoming obstacles, doing homework assignments and giving honest feedback. The therapist empowers and provides structure, guidance, education, skills, and insight to help the client reach his or her goals. 

 

 

 

An illustration of an eye with a kaleidoscopic iris around the pupil.

Kaleidoscope reflections

Dora Pelizzari:
THE Life coach & Wellness therapist

Reflections of YOU producing beautiful different versions of yourself.