Marita De Wet

Marita De Wet is a counselling psychologist and Jungian analyst practicing in Paarl, South Africa. She holds a Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology from Rand Afrikaans University (now the University of Johannesburg) and is registered with both the Health Professions Council of South Africa and the International Association for Analytical Psychology in Zurich. Her professional path began in mathematics and information technology, where she worked as a systems engineer at IBM before recognizing the central role of relationships in human experience and transitioning into psychology.

De Wet registered as a counselling psychologist in 1992 and maintained a practice in Boksburg, Gauteng, where she consulted with corporations on leadership development. She completed a four-year postgraduate diploma in Analytical Psychology through SAAJA in 2010, deepening her commitment to depth psychological work. She subsequently relocated to the Western Cape and joined Paarl Practice, a multidisciplinary healing centre.

Her clinical focus centres on depth psychology work with individual adults, with particular interest in the healing process for wounds inflicted by life's unavoidable challenges, including adverse childhood experiences, losses, trauma, and relational difficulties. She is an active member of the Southern African Association of Jungian Analysts, serving on its Public Programme, Curriculum, and Library committees. She works in both Afrikaans and English.