JO STEENKAMP

Dr JO Steenkamp (DLitt et Phil) is a Clinical Psychologist in Pretoria, South Africa. He completed his master’s in Psychology in 1984 and started his full-time private practice in 1985. During his second year of private practice he stumbled on spontaneous healing, and began what was to become a meticulous experiential research study of intra-systemic healing processes.

In 1991 he obtained his doctorate in SHIP®. Dr JO spent the past 33 years refining this method continuously. His book 'SHIP®: Spontaneous Healing Intrasystemic Process: The Age-Old Art of Facilitating Healing' was reprinted 19 times. The latest book in his publications 'An Integrated Theory & Psychotherapy for Trauma-spectrum Manifestations' was released in September 2018.

Dr Steenkamp is the CEO of THE SHIP® Foundation (2001), a training facility for registered psychologists who want to specialize in SHIP®. He is also a registered SHIP®forAdults trainer. In addition to running his full-time private practice, he has authored & co-authored articles, conducted clinical workshops and spoken at numerous academic institutions, public and business forums, and national and international conferences. Dr Steenkamp also appeared on a radio show that addressed various topics on male psychology.

'I am indebted to so many people who have had psychotherapeutic encounters with me. This relational experience is at the core of the opening of our consciousness. The continuous interaction and exploration nudges itself through the meandering vines and shrubs in the forest of consciousness. Our openings within are sometimes incremental in preparation for what we need to see so that we can make the shift that is necessary for the energy to evolve. We all have this internal knowledge. It is not mine and I am not the author of its life. It is a matter of submerging ourselves into the energy so that its flow can take us where we need to go. And to go, you need to let go of what you know. Only then can you get to know what you did not know that you do know; else you will keep believing that you don’t.

There is no end to exploring the beauty and the so-called cruelty of life. My decision to share these avenues with you is so that you may find your own self and your place in life. The medium I use is story-telling, through intuition and grounded science and through reflection on what you might venture to expose. And no, I do not have your answer. The fact that I have found mine only means that I can potentially facilitate you to find yours.'

-Dr JO Steenkamp