Wietske Boon B.Socsci (Hons) Psychology UP. MDIAC (Play Therapy) Unisa.

Specialises in the following aspects regarding children and adolescents:

Behavioural problems.

Trauma and grieving.

The effects due to divorce of parents.

Parental planning after divorce.

Medical conditions that affect the client, either self or someone in the family.

Stress, anxiety and depression.

Adaptation to changes in environment or difficult situations.

Child abuse.

Emotional assessment.

Parental guidance.

Recent publication: Siblings of children with cancer's experience in the family dynamics after treatment.

The problem that motivated the study was that siblings of children with cancer may experience the relationships within the family differently after cancer treatment. The purpose was to investigate and describe how family dynamics are experienced by the siblings of a cancer patient after his/her treatment for cancer.

The research methodology includes qualitative research of an explorative and descriptive nature. Data were collected through unstructured interviews with siblings of children who had received treatment for cancer. From this data eight categories were identified accordingly. Although the data do not indicate that siblings experienced family dynamics after treatment as problematic, as expected, the information contributes by making parents of cancer patients more aware of the siblings' emotions and needs.