CONTACT: E-Mail: craigmtraub@gmail.com | Cell: +27(0)76 485 6826 (SMS/WhatsApp Only) || REGISTRATIONS: HPCSA: PS 0117480 | BHF: 086 001 0486841 | BPS(UK): 339834 | PSI(IRE): M14160

About Me

About Me

Health Professions Council of South Africa: HPCSA Independent Practitioner Registration
The WIEBGE acronym stands for Will I Ever Be Good Enough? and signifies level I certification in Dr. Karyl McBride’s five-step recovery model for treating adult children of narcissistic parents
Professional Certificate: End-of-Life (EoL) Doula (University of Vermont)

Craig M. Traub

Clinical psychologist & Criminologist

BSocSc (Psych. & Phil.) UCT BAHons (Psych.)(cum laude) Stell MPhil (Crim.) UCT MA (Clin. Psych. & Comm. Couns.) Stell ICPT CTSC (USA) CPsychol AFBPsS (UK) MPsSI (IRE)
I am HPCSA registered Clinical Psychologist & Criminologist with 10+ years of experience. In addition, I am a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow with the British Psychological Society (BPS). I am an individual adult psychotherapist. I qualified with a BSocSc (Psychology & Philosophy) in 2006 from the University of Cape Town (UCT), and a BAHons (Psychology) (cum laude) in 2007 from Stellenbosch University (SU). I obtained an MPhil (Criminal Justice) in 2009 from UCT, & an MA (Clinical Psychology & Community Counselling) in 2010 from SU. I completed my internship at Lentegeur & Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospitals in Cape Town. I completed my community service in the Department of Defence: South African Military Health Service (SAMHS), at the Heidelberg Military Sickbay in Gauteng. I then worked for Akeso: Specialised Psychiatric Clinics at Crescent Clinic, Randburg. Also, I have worked previously as a trauma & HIV/AIDS counsellor for the South African Police Service (SAPS) & the Department of Correctional Services at several South African prisons.

My Experience

  • Private Practice (Current)
  • Akeso: Specialised Psychiatric Clinics | Crescent Clinic Randburg, Gauteng: Centre Of Psychotherapy Excellence (COPE): Dual Diagnosis Unit (DDU), General Psychiatric Unit, Young Adult Programme (YAP), Eating Disorder Unit (EDU), Dual Diagnosis Adolescent Programme (DAP)
  • Department of Defence (DoD) | South African Military Health Service (SAMHS), Heidelberg Military Sickbay, Gauteng: Military psychologist for the entire East Rand for members and dependants
  • Department of Health (DoH) | Lentegeur Psychiatric Hospital, Mitchell's Plain, Cape Town: Intellectual Disability Services (IDS), Therapeutic Unit, Forensic Units, Child & Family Unit (CFU), Daily Patient Unit (DPU), Out-Patients Department (OPD), Mitchell's Plain Community Health Centre (CHC)
  • New Start: Voluntary Counselling & Testing (VCT) | HIV/AIDS Counselling, Cape Town: Pollsmoor Prison, Drakenstein Prison, and Community Out-Reach in underdeveloped / impoverished areas
  • Milnerton Medi-Clinic | Community Intervention Centre (CIC): Trauma Counselling, Cape Town: South African Police Service (SAPS), Milnerton Medi-Clinic, Blaauwberg Netcare Hospital, and in personal residences

My Registrations / Certifications

  • Associate Fellow (AFBPsS): British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Graduate Member (MPsSI): Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI)
  • Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol): British Psychological Society (BPS)
  • Certified Traumatic Stress Consultant (CTSC), New York, USA
  • Board of Healthcare Funders of Southern Africa (BHF): 086 001 0486841
  • Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA): PS 0117480

My Formal Qualifications

  • Master of Arts (MA) in Clinical Psychology & Community Counselling Stellenbosch University (SU)
  • Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Criminal Justice University of Cape Town (UCT)
  • Bachelor of Arts with Honours (BAHons) in Psychology (cum laude) Stellenbosch University (SU)
  • Bachelor of Social Science (BSocSc) in Philosophy & Psychology University of Cape Town (UCT)

My Publications

Book(s)

  • Sesay, A., & Traub, C. M. (2008). Audit of police oversight in central African countries: Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, and the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe. Cape Town, South Africa: Centre of Criminology, University of Cape Town Press.

Journal Article(s)

Website(s)

  • Traub, C. M. (2014). Can you have too much of a good thing? Is compulsive over-eating a ‘real’ eating disorder? [Online Newsletter]. Retrieved from the Addictionology.co.za website: http://www.addictionology.co.za/
  • Traub, C. M. (July 22, 2014). Cutting in adolescence. Retrieved from the Parenting Hub Online Magazine website: http://parentinghub.co.za/
  • Traub, C. M. (2013). Do you remember? Retrieved from the South African Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse (SAMSOSA) website: http://www.samsosa.org/wp/

Newspaper(s) / Magazine(s) / Radio / Television