The Riverview Manor Specialist Recovery Team

The development of Riverview Manor is my own vision and based on my personal life experience. We consider Riverview Manor to be an extension of the referring practitioner’s practice and keep the practitioner informed of the clients progress.

Dr King has been a Psychiatrist since 2002 and has practiced in South Africa, Namibia as well as Australia. In South Africa Dr King has practiced at Town Hill, Umzimkulu Psychiatric hospital and at a pain clinic at Grey’s hospital. Dr King has been a convenor, lecturer, trainer and examiner of Medical Officers, General Practitioners as well as Psychiatrists over the past 20 years. Dr King was a lecturer at the department of Psychiatry at UKZN for 6 years and lectured at the University of Namibia for over 3 years. Over the years Dr King has sat on Mental Health panels and contributed to a chapter in a South African textbook on Psychiatric disorders.

His special interest lies in the field of Neuropsychiatry, specifically Epilepsy and associated disorders.

Sheena completed her studies at the University of Johannesburg where she obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology (BA Psychology), her Honors degree in Psychology (BA Hons), as well as her Masters in Clinical Psychology (MA). She went on to complete her Internship for Clinical Psychology at 1 military Hospital, and her Community Service at Tambo Memorial Hospital. Sheena is a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA).

Sheena is trained in the appropriate support and response techniques known as Psychological First Aid (PFA), in which she obtained her course certificate at the John Hopkins University. She further completed and obtained her certificate in a PFA course that focused on frontline workers dealing with the psychological impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of the course was to train and equip staff to provide support and recognise people at risk of distress. The course was provided by the Public Health of England.

Sheena views her therapeutic style as Client-centred and Solution-focused. She strives to work with clients in achieving a greater understanding of how current and past thoughts, actions, and circumstances affect current emotions. Her goal is to assist clients in developing and utilizing their own personal resources in their therapeutic treatment.

As a young and developing professional in this country, it has become my passion to assist individuals in understanding what it means to look after their mental health. I believe that we are living in a time during which our mental health is under attack by our everyday experiences – Which makes it important, now more than ever, to make sure that we have the necessary tools and skills that we need to experience our lives as; Beautiful, Meaningful and Fruitful. I am dedicated to enabling and empowering clients that are in recovery; to the point that they have achieved the best possible results from engaging with our programme.

Brenda Pule brings a wealth of experience having worked extensively as a Clinical Psychologist in private practice, and past membership of the Health Committee of the HPCSA. The highlights of her work, both in corporate and private practice, in providing comprehensive therapy to patients suffering from a variety of psychological conditions and disorders, is complemented by her previous work at Fisha Wellness Hospital which is a Voluntary Psychiatric hospital that provides vital psychological counselling and treatment services to adult patients of all ages suffering from a broad range of afflictions including eating disorders, sexual abuse, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety, bereavement and other chronic illnesses including victims of gender-based violence.