Vanessa Hemp is a Clinical Psychologist who trained at Wits University. She worked at Tara Hospital with children, adolescents and their parents, on an outpatient basis.  She then became head of the psychology department, managing and supervising the psychological service provision throughout the hospital, including the outpatient and outreach services at Alexandra Clinic. Since leaving the hospital, Vanessa has been in private practice, focusing on adolescents, individual adult therapy and parenting. She continues to present at conferences on topics relating to children, adolescence and parenting. Addressing issues of affect regulation and assisting children, teens and their parents to manage stressful situations and overwhelming feelings has been a major focus of her work.