ACT Mastery Group

Bertus Swanepoel is a highly qualified and experienced Counselling Psychologist.

He has helped countless individuals and couples gain a deep understanding of their emotional processes and helped them develop new skills and techniques to enhance intentional living.

Bertus's qualifications include a B.SocSci Hons in Psychology, and a MA in Counselling Psychology, which he received from the University of Pretoria. Bertus initiated and is the founding member of the South African Chapter of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS) which was started in 2016. 

He has successfully organised several CPD workshops presented by international presenters, bringing the latest knowledge and techniques in ACT to South Africa.

Since 2019, he started to present numerous CPD workshops in ACT himself with great feedback.

Dr David Rosenstein is an experienced clinical psychologist and cognitive behaviour therapist. He earned his Master's degree cum laude at the University of Witwatersrand and his PhD in Psychiatry at Stellenbosch University. He has also published in the clinical neurosciences.

David is Director at Cape Behavior Therapists,  Neural Sense and MindMetrics. He was on the board of directors for the South African chapter of Contextual and Behavioral Science and is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Cape Town, where he supervises clinical cases in the Psychiatry Department and Masters/Doctoral level research at the Department of Marketing. He has been involved in mindfulness meditation for years and is both a Zen and Kyudo (Japanese Archery) practitioner and is currently completing his Master’s degree in Buddhism (psychology focus) at the University of South Wales.

Hannes Wessels is a therapist and educational psychologist based in Cape Town with extensive experience working with adults and adolescents. Hannes has a passion for using evidence-based approaches to provide quality services to his clients. His areas of expertise include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Life Design Career Counselling, and Psychometrics.
In addition to his work as a therapist, Hannes provides training to clinicians in Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Career Counselling and Psychometrics. Hannes has fulfilled lecturing roles in psychology (pre-and postgraduate) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), University of Witwatersrand (Wits), and the South African College of Applied Psychology (SACAP).
Hannes is the Chair-Elect for the Association for Behavioural Contextual Sciences of South Africa (ACBS South Africa), as voted by his peers. He has also provided his expert opinion on various radio and television shows, including 5FM, RSG, KykNet, eNCA, SABC News, and more. One of the highlights of his career was presenting at the International Congress of Psychology in Yokohama, Japan. Hannes completed his graduate and post-graduate studies at the University of Johannesburg, holding several degrees, including M.Ed. Educational Psychology, MA, BEd(Hons)(Ed Psych), BA(Hons), BA, PGCE, and TESOL(Wits).
With a passion for helping individuals achieve their full potential, Hannes is committed to guiding parents in helping their children make constructive career decisions.