I’m Ruth Levin-Vorster
A Theatre Director turned Relationship Specialist (PhD in Neuroscience).
As a relationship specialist and mental health practitioner, my goal is to enable your relationships to thrive. What you’ll find with me is not diagnosis or prescription, but a partnership. A space that is intelligent yet non-threatening, where playfulness and humour sit alongside rigour and depth, and where compassion is the holding container
For 15 years, I directed and taught theatre in London and South Africa before bringing those creative processes into facilitation and mediation. What began as using theatre processes to grow self-awareness and empathy in groups evolved into a deep inquiry into how our earliest relational experiences shape the way we communicate, listen, and connect. During this period, I completed several continued professional education courses in positive psychology, social psychology, mindfulness and interpersonal neurobiology with Daniel Siegel. I further qualified as an Accredited Mediator (UCT Law) in 2016 and served as an ad-hoc coach on their training team.
In 2016, in response to South Africa’s shifting social climate, I developed the Theatre-Based Relational Health framework — an approach that integrates neuroscience, psychology, and experiential creative process to cultivate self-awareness, emotional regulation, and compassion in stressful relationships. This framework is evidence-based through my PhD in Social Neuroscience in UCT’s Psychiatry and Mental Health department, supported by the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust.
My philosophy is simple:
I believe in people and their capacity for growth and healing. I stand for equality, fairness and I advocate for compassionate relationships. I endeavour to be present, self-aware and kind, both to myself and to others.
“Ruth has a gentle but direct way of helping you uncover what’s really going on beneath the surface. She doesn’t rush the process, but she also doesn’t let you stay stuck…Each session feels balanced between understanding why I react the way I do and how I can approach things differently next time. If I had to describe working with her in a few words, I’d say: grounding, insightful, compassionate, and transformative.”
- O, Sales Manager