Meet your counsellor
Brian Muhumuza
Brian Muhumuza is an addictions counsellor at River Manor since 2019 offering personalised care, practical skills and family focused therapy to aid recovery.
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Brian supports clients through assessments, creating treatment plans, identifying achievable goals, skills development, improving employability, running group and individual therapy, writing reports to the courts as well as meeting with families and providing them with guidance.
Previously he spent three years as a counsellor and house manager for another Johannesburg-based rehabilitation centre.
He has worked in Botswana helping addicts find help and support on a part-time basis while he worked as a Managing Editor for a local magazine. Brian also held the Managing Editor title at a newspaper in South Sudan for almost three years.
He qualified with an honour’s degree in journalism and mass communication in his home country Uganda. His strengths include excellent communication skills, genuine compassion for others, resilience, patience and humility.
Brian has been in stable recovery from active addiction for six years.
Did you know Changes Rehab is accredited by all major healthcare associations and national health organisations and adheres to internal protocols that far exceed the codes of conduct or norms and standards for effective treatment of patients with addictions and other mental health issues.
Premium South African Medical Aid associations pay for patient treatment for the first 21 days in our private primary care facility in Johannesburg.
Changes addiction counsellors are registered professionals who use a proven track record and therapeutic techniques to help your loved one overcome their addiction. With expertise and compassionate approaches, we are able to guide individuals towards leading a healthy, normal life, free from addiction.
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With over 100 years of collective experience, the majority of the Changes Multidisciplinary Addiction Counselling Team has faced addiction firsthand. They not only hold the qualifications but also possess the personal experience to truly understand and assist loved ones that are struggling through addiction. It is a privilege to work alongside some of the best counselling minds in South Africa.