Born and raised in vibrant South Africa, my adventures took me across the pond to the UK where I worked and lived for 16 years before immigrating to Canada in 2016.
I envision a world where living in quiet desperation & shame is replaced with UNAPOLOGETIC Self Awareness & BOLD Transformative Healing.
I have always held strong views about the Western healthcare system being too diagnosis-focused. Typically, it's all about managing symptoms and dis-ease, with far too much hand-holding from big pharma.
I knew there had to be a better way to treat people as MULTI-DIMENSIONAL BEINGS, not just a diagnostic code in the DSM-5.
I’ve taken everything I’ve lived, studied, survived, and alchemised—from Forensic Psychology to Hypnotherapy, from rave culture to RTT, from trauma work to cosmology—and created a radically different approach to healing. One that meets you where you are but refuses to leave you there.
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Let’s find out what’s really possible when you stop shrinking and start showing up fully.
I’ve Been Where You Are...
In 2018, I decided to "DITCH THE DIAGNOSIS" and pivot from a qualified Forensic Psychologist to an Integrative Health & Wellness Therapist. I utilize evidence-based integrative therapies, including Counselling-Hypnotherapy, Mentoring & Spiritual Psychology, as well as Adventure Therapy. Further training with the internationally renowned Marisa Peer allowed me to further become one of Canada's first certified Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) Associates in 2020.
They describe my style as bold yet gentle, non-judgmental, and deeply attuned and intuitive. They feel seen and safe in our sessions and...
Clients love my humour and no-sugarcoating approach.
For years, I did what most people do—I ticked the boxes. Career. Education. Credentials. Resilience, they called it. But under the surface? I was burnt out, disembodied, and silently drowning in a life that looked “successful” from the outside but felt like slow Spiritual suffocation on the inside. I had memory loss from chronic stress. I stood at the gravesides of friends who didn’t make it through addiction and depression. I survived toxic systems that needed dismantling. And when my body finally said “enough,” I didn’t just break down...
I’ve Been Where You Are...
That’s why I get you. I understand what it’s like to crave real change—not more coping mechanisms, but actual liberation. To want therapy that doesn’t waste time or sugar-coat, but cuts through the noise and gets to the Soul of it. You’re awakening.
And I’m not here to fix you—I’m here to walk you back to your power!
I BROKE OPEN.
After years in the UK working in education, safeguarding and behavioural intervention with young people in high-risk environments, I found myself burned out, silenced, and punished for blowing the whistle in a toxic system. The cost? Chronic stress, memory loss, emotional collapse. My body kept the score demanding a new story.
This isn’t just therapy. IT'S A(R)EVOLUTION.
I’ve survived domestic violence, corrupt police brutality, addiction culture, spiritual disconnection, and the Rave scenes of the 90s. I’ve walked through the abyss more than once, and every time I came out, I came back with a torch. Not for myself—for others. Because I know what it feels like to dissociate. To forget who you are. To stop trusting your own voice.
But I also know what it takes to reclaim it.
I didn’t start this business because it was a good idea. I started it because my life depended on it.
Degrees in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Investigation gave me structure. Professional registrations in RTT, NLP, and Hypnotherapy gave me tools. And diving into Spiritual Psychology, Cosmology, and Biohacking gave me the real magic: the permission to heal at the level of Soul.
This Work Is My RECLAMATION—and Yours
My mission is to obliterate outdated models of healing, to tear down performative therapy and co-create a new blueprint—one rooted in radical awareness, spiritual sovereignty, and unapologetic wholeness.
I’m here to help you remember who the hell you are and what you came here to do.
I’m not just here to help people feel better.
I didn’t just study therapy. I LIVED IT.
Achievements I'm celebrating
8 +
professional QUALIFICATIONS
2000 +
rebel journeys supported
25 +
years of experience
I'm the Therapist for YOU if...
YOU WANT PERSONALISED SESSIONS WITH CUTTING-EDGE RESOURCES, TO HELP YOU REMEMBER YOUR OWN POWER!
You're ready to, BE FUCKING BRAVE!
You feel compelled to help humanity evolve, but know you need to sort your shit out first and get out of your own way!
You want timely humour to be injected into difficult conversations.
You're ready for a heartfelt connection with the person you're about to bare your soul to.
You want to be seen as the multidimensional human being you are, not just a diagnosis.
You want a badass therapist who is unflappable, not easily offended, and can walk beside you with grace, even in the abyss.
You crave a more Integrative and Personalised approach, combining different cutting-edge tools and approaches to fit your individual needs.
you're destined to live!
I will call you out on your bullshit, initiate you into your power, and reconnect you to your fire whenever the world tries to dim it.
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I will stir up the things within you that need to be brought to the surface so they can be healed, alchemized, or expressed. I will activate you into a bigger vision of what's possible for you, and awaken you to the beautiful life...
As your THERAPIST...
NOW...If you're ready for a newfound appreciation of your Authentic Self and the magic you're here to bring to the world...
then, I'm the Therapist for you!
You're ready to be seen, valued and celebrated for who you really are, that's kinda my thing!
Oh, and if you'd rather keep things light and surface level, I'm NOT the therapist for you! Going DEEP is my nature, so YES, we're going to go there.
Don't hire me UNLESS...
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A sense of humour & unfiltered Language !
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Not Your Average Therapist—And That’s Exactly the Point
I don’t sugarcoat. I don’t perform therapy. I get to the root, FAST.
YOLANDE
Herbst
BOLD!
When you want MORE than what boring ass conventional therapies provide.
MORE than what your standard insurance dictates you have access to.
MORE CONNECTION.
No psychobabble, my sessions are real and unfiltered conversations!
I bring a fresh perspective through INTEGRATIVE & PERSONALISED SESSIONS.
If you're looking for a therapist who brings a FRESH PERSPECTIVE, a wealth of experience, compassion, is non-judgemental, and brings an unwavering commitment to helping you live your best life...then let's connect!
Education & EXPERIENCE
For the curious.
Guiding your (R)EVOLUTION.
Registered member of the Complimentary and Natural Healthcare Council (CNHC)
General Hypnotherapy Standards Council (GHSC)
General Hypnotherapy Register (GHR)
REGISTERED
One of Canada's first Rapid Transformational Therapy (RTT) Associates.
HeartMath® Health Professional.
Certifications in Medicine & Law.
Time-Based Techniques Practitioner.
Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Psychology.
Neuro-Linguistics Programming.
CERTIFIED:
Master of Science in Forensic Psychology and Criminal Investigation;
A Bachelor of Arts in Community Safety and Socio-Legal Studies *specialising in Offender Profiling.
For more than 25 years, I have been helping people align with their powerful potential by reconnecting them with their AUTHENTIC SELVES AND OWN INNER WISDOM.
Fortune favours the
I cut through the B#S! and listen to what's NOT being said...
I notice behaviour and language patterns and identify connections.
I guide and support clients to ignite their inner (R)Evolution, with consistent incredible results!