“Motho ke motho ka batho ba bangwe” –
“You are because of those around you”, “I am, because you are.”
Everyone belongs to a family, it doesn’t matter how that family is constituted, but we all are born and live in this thing called family, that shapes our perceptions of the world and how we relate to it and to others around us. The strength of our family relations determines to a large extend, the way we see and experience life, and how we relate to those around us. The nature of our relations in turn, affects our mental health. The Marriage and family Institute exists to offer educational and therapeutic services to individuals, couples and families, including children, who are pained by the anomalies and disappointments in life towards self-mastery, healthy ad effective relations within couples and families.
The Marriage and Family Institute of South Africa places great value on the wellbeing of individuals, marriages, and families, including children. We are committed to provide services to enhance the quality of relationships at every level of human interaction.
We recognise family in its many varied forms, and define it whichever way that you define it.
Our Vision
Changing relationships for the better, one at a time.
Our Mission
Be catalysts in providing services to anchor, support and build Happy families, fulfilled couples and psychologically healthy individuals.
Our Values
Our professional service is distinguished by the values that we adhere to, which include: Authenticity; Unconditional Acceptance; Confidentiality; Integrity & Love.
Partnerships
The Institute recognises the power of partnerships with other organisations that share the same vision of building families and strengthening communities and therefore continuously forges relations with these organisation. The Institute’s partners include the following:
- Advocates for Women
- More to follow…..
The Management Team
Sebitloane Omphile Oaitse Helen
Sebitloane Omphile Oaitse Helen
M Sc. Clinical Psychology (MEDUNSA), Master of Business Leadership/MBL (UNISA); Certificate Business Management (UNISA, SBL),Certified NLP Coach
Omphile is the founder and CEO of TMFISA, she is a registered Clinical Psychologist, an accredited NLP Coach and has been running a psychotherapy as well as a coaching practice since 2002, She has worked extensively with couples helping them deal with a variety of psychological conditions which include depression, anxiety, stress, bereavement, intra-personal problems to gain personal mastery and relationship problems.
Her experience transcends beyond the therapy room; in addition to Clinical Psychology experience, Omphile has a vast range of experience in the corporate world, specifically in the HR space, acquired a range of internal and external consulting skills in the following: Recruitment, Assessment and Selections, both of managerial and non-managerial employees, Employee well-being services, Organisational Development, Change Management in restructuring projects, co-ordination and management of Learning and Development and Skills Audits, Performance Management, Career Development and Succession Planning and Employment Equity Facilitation and Diversity Management.
Her passion about personal mastery, marriages and family led her to establish the Institution, as well as the Marriage and Family Foundation, the giving arm of the Institute, which provides bona fide services to those who are less privileged to afford such.