About Selome

Counsellor

As a child I grew up in Willowmore, where I was born and also completed my schooling. I pursued further studies in Social Work at Hugenote College in Wellington and obtained a Bachelor of Social work. After studies, I started my career in Knysna in the Child protection field, where I worked for 5 years.

I’ve been married for the past five years and have a toddler and a baby who keep life full of wonder, adventure & who keep our family quite busy after work and on weekends.

I have been a Victim Empowerment Social worker at FAMSA Outeniqua for the past 6 years, where I primarily work with adult victims of Gender based violence. My role includes coordinating the after-hour services with a group of victim supporters who render services at the George Thuthuzela care centre. 

Working in this field, requires a lot of mental, emotional and psychological agility. FAMSA provides a highly supportive professional environment which allows me to navigate my role & responsibilities here, well. I have a great passion for working with victims of crime, especially victims of Sexual assault and Domestic violence.  It allows me to assist a victim to navigate the system, provide resources, psycho-legal information and advocating for someone who is not treated fairly to avoid secondary victimisation. 

Over the past 6 years I have been in the great position to receive extensive, cutting-edge training in the field of Trauma and working with victims. I have had the opportunity to be mentored and worked closely with pioneers in the Traumatology field. I’ve embraced every learning opportunity as I continue learning how to provide the most effective counselling and therapeutic methods & approaches in working with victims of crime and violence.  It remains a privilege to help people navigate their journey towards healing after traumatic events.