Lethabo Motloung

Lethabo Motloung is a Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Professional at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation. She is a Social Worker with a strong background in counselling, psychotherapy and social development, having worked for years in both local and provincial government. Skilled in working with diverse populations, she focuses on empowering clients to develop trauma-informed coping strategies, improve self-awareness, and foster healing.

Some of her more recent research interests include issues around school mental health within urban communities and how access to quality psychosocial care should be attainable for all learners in public schools. She has also gained a keen interest in investigating the sociocultural and psychosocial factors to pupil wellbeing in post-pandemic South Africa.