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Drama-Based Techniques
Role-play, storytelling, movement and imagination can offer safe and creative ways to express emotions, explore perspectives and build confidence.
Specialist Wellness Counselling · Makhanda
It's not about acting like you're okay.
Act to Wellness is a safe and welcoming counselling support practice in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, where support is shaped around you — your needs, your interests and your pace.
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What is Act to Wellness?
A counselling space that works with you just as you are, not against you.
Act to Wellness is a counselling support practice in Makhanda that welcomes anyone who needs a safe space to talk, reflect and grow.
The approach is client-centred, which means the process is shaped around your individual needs, interests and pace. The space is supportive, non-judgmental and flexible — whether you're dealing with stress, navigating a life transition, or simply looking for someone to walk alongside you.
Creative counselling techniques inspired by drama and play can also provide different ways to explore experiences, emotions and perspectives when words alone don't feel like enough.
Why “Act to Wellness”?
It isn't about acting like you're okay. It's about taking action towards your own wellbeing and equipping yourself with tools and techniques that are tailored to your needs.
Support doesn't always have to look the same.
Every person is different. The counselling techniques used at Act to Wellness are selected according to the client's interests, comfort level and personal goals.
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Play-Based Techniques
Games, creative exercises and symbolic play can encourage self-expression while helping counselling feel approachable and engaging.
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Client-Centred Counselling
The counselling process adapts to you. Techniques are chosen according to your needs, interests, comfort level and personal goals.
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Practical Tools
Strategies and coping tools are designed to extend beyond counselling sessions and support resilience and wellbeing in everyday life.
Wellness Counselling Services
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Support shaped around what you need.
Act to Wellness offers individual counselling, group sessions, parental support and workshops for schools and teachers. Counselling is available in person in Makhanda, online, or through a combination of both.
One-on-One Counselling
Personalised wellness counselling tailored to the individual, using creative and client-centred approaches where appropriate.
Group Counselling Sessions
Small, supportive groups where participants can share experiences, learn from one another and explore creative techniques together.
Parental Support
Guidance for parents who want to strengthen communication, support their children's wellbeing and explore creative strategies for family connection.
School & Teacher Workshops
Practical, creative workshops designed to equip educators with tools for classroom understanding, emotional support and learner resilience.
Who Is Act to Wellness For?
Meeting people where they are.
Act to Wellness welcomes children, young people, adults, families, parents, schools and community organisations seeking counselling support.
Stress & overwhelm
Life transitions
Emotional support
Self-expression
Building resilience
Communication
Children & Youth
Adults
Families
Parents & Caregivers
Schools & Teachers
Community Organisations
Meet the Person Behind Act to Wellness
Suné Jurgens
Specialist Wellness Counsellor
My approach brings together an understanding of human behaviour with creative expression to provide counselling support that is safe, practical and shaped around the individual.
I majored in Drama and Psychology during my Bachelor of Arts at Rhodes University, giving me a foundation in both creative expression and understanding human behaviour.
I later completed my BA Honours in Drama at Rhodes University, deepening my knowledge of performance, storytelling and therapeutic techniques that use creativity as a pathway to exploration and healing.
I also completed an Occupational Certificate in Social Counselling Work through the QCTO, strengthening the practical counselling skills I use to support resilience and wellbeing.
BA — Drama & Psychology, Rhodes University
BA Honours in Drama — Rhodes University
Occupational Certificate in Social Counselling Work — QCTO
Currently in the process of registering with the ASCHP
The Colourful Side of Act to Wellness
Sensory play, colour, texture and imagination.
Kid Konfetti is the playful, colourful heart of Act to Wellness — offering sensory-based products designed to support children's regulation, creativity, imaginative play and wellbeing.
Products include themed sensory packs, bulk sensory materials and custom orders using tactile natural materials such as samp, rice and pasta. Kid Konfetti products can be used by children, families, teachers, schools and counselling clients.
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Let's Talk
Taking the first step can be simple.
Looking for wellness counselling in Makhanda or online? Get in touch and tell us a little about what you're looking for. We'll start by understanding your needs and whether Act to Wellness is the right fit.
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Make contact. Send an enquiry by completing the form.
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Understand your needs. We'll explore what support you're looking for and whether it falls within the scope of the practice.
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Complete the intake. If counselling is appropriate, the formal intake, confidentiality and consent process follows.
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Begin. Once intake is complete, the counselling process can start.
Please use this form for initial enquiries only and avoid including confidential clinical, medical or highly sensitive personal information.
Wellness Counselling in Makhanda
Find Act to Wellness.
In-person wellness counselling sessions take place at Act to Wellness in Grahamstown (Makhanda), Eastern Cape. Online counselling is also available.
Visit Us
51 African Street
Grahamstown (Makhanda)
Eastern Cape, South Africa
Opening Hours
Monday – Friday
08:00 – 17:00
Get in Touch
A note about the scope of Act to Wellness
Act to Wellness provides wellness counselling and counselling support. It does not provide psychotherapy, psychiatric or medical treatment, clinical psychological diagnosis, emergency crisis intervention, legal or forensic assessments, or services requiring specialised medical expertise. Where a person's needs fall outside the scope of the practice, appropriate professional support should be sought.