WRM WELLNESS® - Key Persons
Alan found his passion for helping others get out of addiction after he was able to secure his own recovery. In 2006 He started to study pastoral counselling and was inspired to further his studies. From 2008 to 2014 he completed two further degrees in psychology, securing a BA and Bpsych. Alan registered with the HPCSA.
While studying Alan assisted 4 teams in developing rehabilitation centers in South Africa resulting in him working with a diverse demographic. He has also assisted a few communities in developing food security projects and a homeless shelter. A future passion is equipping students and scholars with the knowledge to navigate past the risk leading to substance use. Alan has a passion for inner healing and personal restoration.
Job Titles:
- Administrative Assistant
- Finance
Magda holds a PhD in multi-disciplinary studies (sociology and psychology) from the University of Calvary. Throughout the years, she has attended various courses on Counselling Techniques at the Johannesburg University in South Africa and has worked in the field of care for 25 years - predominantly within the private sector.
Magda has spent the last four years in the field of rehabilitation, in which she has had the opportunity to spend time with families of substance users, discussing life forward for both parties.
In 2014 she was selected for the VODACOM South African "Change The World" team as a volunteer for their outreach program. She has also been a contributor to the Buddies for Life magazine which focuses on the matter of life after trauma.
In 2015 Magda took the opportunity of spending time with substance users on a direct level when she accepted the position at a rehabilitation centre as the Resident Psychologist. In August 2016, she accepted an offer from White River Manor and joined the team as their resident psychologist.
For the past 13 years, Magda has been the facilitator for the CANSA Support group in Nelspruit and in 2016 received the Mariette Loots National award as the South African CANSA volunteer of the year.
Job Titles:
- Psychologist and Equine Therapist
Job Titles:
- Therapuetic Director Co - Owner
Jerry Hartless is an American entrepreneur and business leader, with a strong history of public outreach and charitable activities.
Jerry has traveled the world serving the US military and creating businesses. Jerry has worked in several war zones including the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. He has also worked in many other countries in Africa and the Middle East.
During Jerry's travels, business ventures, and humanitarian works in Mozambique (starting and funding an orphanage), a nation that borders South Africa, Jerry was exposed to the beauty of South Africa. Jerry was so captivated by South Africa's beauty that he purchased a personal residence on 600 acres in the Mpumalanga mountains of South Africa. Jerry originally set out to open the luxury rehab on the same acreage of his personal residence. While researching the rehab industry in South Africa, meeting with site planners, developers, and consultants a boutique hotel set in a 100-year old garden along beautiful White River came for sale. Jerry purchased the hotel with his partners, invested additional capital into it for renovations, and transformed it into the five-star luxury rehab known today as White River Manor.
Jerry felt inspired to develop a rehab since he had his own personal recovery experience and success. Being a high paced executive and functioning addict, with the support of family and friends, Jerry checked himself into several luxury and executive rehabs on the west coast of California, USA. Learning the luxury rehab industry through his own personal journey to recovery and doing business with rehab experts and industry leaders, Jerry was confident that White River Manor would be a success in helping executive clients from around the world.
In addition to being the co-founder and owner of White River Manor, he is the chairman, and/or CEO to substantial list of other companies including but not limited to the following. DHI Telecom (dhitelecom.com) SniperHill Internet Services (sniperhill.com) Davis Hartless International (dhilimited.com) Scopesky Communications (scopesky.com) Build-A-Box Homes (buildaboxhomes.com) Peixe Bela Vista (belavistafish.com) Rose Plaza Apartments (roseplazaapartments.com) Bellasnova Foundation (bellasnova.org) BGH Holdings
Jerry has made a lasting mark on the nations of Mozambique and South Africa through the means of philanthropy and purpose-driven business. In Mozambique, through his non-profit Bellasnova he feeds, clothes, educates, and provides a future for 80 children daily and over 400 children annually who are totally orphaned or children of single mothers that live in the most severe conditions of poverty on the planet. To sustain his efforts to children in Mozambique he built the company Peixe Bela Vista, which has become the largest poultry and fish company in the nation. His philanthropic and business efforts employ over 100 Mozambicans in the village of Bela Vista, Mozambique.
Kathy is currently in private practice as a counselling psychologist in White River. She works as a consultant psychologist to White River Manor Rehabilitation Centre where she provides psychotherapy to clients who suffer with substance abuse and addiction problems, as well as burnout and wellness related issues.
After a corporate start in Unilever, she spent over a decade with JvR Africa, the largest group of consulting psychologists in Africa. There she developed her skills and passion for training and people development as Director of the Training Division, alongside building her private practise. In 2017, she relocated back to White River, her hometown, and continued to work in private practice, where she is currently specialising in individual and group therapy in the context of wellness and addiction challenges.
She is a Narrative therapist with a keen interest in her client's life stories. She believes that telling our stories is not an end in itself, but an attempt to release ourselves from them, to evolve and grow beyond them. Stories connect the past and present to the future. Kathy has also worked in the Career Pathing field since 2004, helping her clients find meaningful work that aligns with their skills, passion and values. Kathy believes in person-centred empowering processes which drive individual initiative and growth, leading to fulfilling relationships and a life filled with meaning.
Larissa completed her Pastoral Counselling and BA Psychology Degree at the University of Potchefstroom, but felt she wanted to gain further life experience while she did her Honours Degree online. This journey proved to be quite interesting, and she decided to work at a long-term rehabilitation centre. Larissa became passionate about the social, emotional and developmental impact on the life of someone who struggles with a process or substance addiction.
Now, almost 5 years later since this journey has started, Larissa worked with men and women in addiction, spoke on CapeTalk to raise awareness on addiction as she felt people and professionals alike misunderstand the complexities of addiction. She also managed a female programme in a long-term rehabilitation centre, started a community outreach programme and actively engaged in empowering women, while completing her honours degree in psychology.
She spent thousands of hours listening to the incredible and transformative stories of people who experienced sexual trauma, abusive relationships, adolescent neglect, work or commitment strain, failed marriages or relationships and people who lived in abundance and lost everything.
Lindsey is currently in private practice as a clinical psychologist in White River. She works as a consultant psychologist to White River Manor Rehabilitation Centre where she provides psychotherapy to clients who suffer with substance abuse and addiction problems.
She started her career as a clinical psychologist at Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital, Pretoria. After completing her community service at Weskoppies hospital, she stayed on as an employee and worked as the head of psychology in the adolescent unit, where she conducted psychometric assessments, did forensic observations, and individual and group psychotherapy.
In 2009 she started a successful private practice in Johannesburg, where she focussed on adult individual therapy, child centred play therapy and family therapy. In 2014 she started working in the field of neuropsychological assessment and report writing.
In 2015, she relocated to White River and continued to work in private practice, where she is currently specialising in individual and group therapy in the context of addiction problems and neuropsychological/clinical assessment and report writing.
Experience 2009 - Present: Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice
Nicola Munro is one of our Clinical Psychologists. She divides her time between private clinical practice in Nelspruit, White River Manor and neuropsychological medico-legal report writing. She has been practising as a Clinical Psychologist for 14 years.
Nicola believes in a client-centred and tailored approach to psychotherapy that is driven by the client's needs and considers each individual holistically, including one's context, personality, communication style, background, spirituality and biology.
Cognitive behavioural Therapy, Solution Focused Methods, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Enneagram Work, Narrative Approaches, Guided Imagery and Psychodynamics are some of the approaches she draws from.
Nicola completed her Bachelor of Social Science Degree in Psychology (2001, Summa Cum Laude), an Honours Degree in Psychology (2002, Cum Laude) and an MA Degree in Clinical Psychology (2004, Cum Laude) at the University of KwaZulu Natal.
She is a member of the Golden Key Society and has completed an honours research in the field of sport psychology and exercise and running addiction. Her Master's Thesis investigated the role of forgiveness and unforgiveness in psychological health.
She completed her internship at two psychiatric hospitals (Fort Napier Psychiatric Hospital and Town Hill Psychiatric Hospital) as well as a trauma counselling centre and a child and family assessment centre. Nicola has also worked in Durban in the field of Neuropsychology, doing an assessment, therapy and cognitive rehabilitation with patients who had sustained head trauma or who were diagnosed with neuropsychiatric disorders. This is where her passion and fascination with the brain began. Since then, Nicola has annually attended the NASA (Neurological Association of South Africa) Congress and continues to work in the field of neuropsychology part-time.
Job Titles:
- Admissions
- Manager for White River Manor
Renier Coetzee is the Admissions manager for White River Manor, and is thus the first point of contact for clients and families. Renier has a passion for helping people and his empathetic nature makes him the perfect person to guide those in need of assistance through the enquiry and admission process. His warm manner and professional efficiency allow him to calm any crisis situation to ensure a smooth transition.
Job Titles:
- Senior Professional Nurse
Job Titles:
- Social Worker, Addiction & After Care Specialist