Meet your counsellor

Otsile Ramarumo

Otsile Ramarumo is a Johannesburg recovery assistant offering peer support through twelve step fellowships to help maintain stability after treatment.

Confidential • Registered clinical team • Johannesburg

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Otsile is very active in 12-step fellowships and helps clients understand the importance of using this resource when they are discharged from treatment. He has worked in the addiction treatment industry since 2019 in various roles including as a night manager and halfway house manager.

Otsile is also an avid media professional with a diploma in media practices from Boston Media House.

I find working in the treatment environment to be a calling. I enjoy being helpful to people suffering from addiction and assisting them to see that there is hope: That addiction recovery is not the end of life, but the beginning of a life worth living. It has been a fulfilling experience being a part of this experienced team who cares so much about their clients.

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.

Clients Questions

What strengths does Otsile bring into addiction and mental health work?

Otsile brings a steady, grounded presence and a clear understanding of how masculinity, culture and stigma shape the way South Africans talk about or hide their struggles.

How does he approach conversations about masculinity and help seeking?

He challenges the idea that real men must cope alone, linking that belief directly to hospital visits, broken families and violence, while offering a version of strength that includes asking for help.

What can families expect when Otsile is part of their loved one’s team?

You can expect him to be honest about risk, clear about boundaries and attentive to how family patterns either support or sabotage the work being done.

How does he challenge street myths and misinformation about substances?

Otsile meets those myths head on, bringing medical facts, lived experience and examples from local communities, so people can see the difference between what the corner says and what actually happens over time.

How does he help patients build a recovery plan that fits their real life?

He works with the resources, pressures and opportunities they actually have, not an imagined ideal, which makes it more likely that the plan will survive outside the therapy room.

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