Anthony is a qualified Clinical Psychologist – with special interests in Neuropsychology and Forensic Psychology – in private practice in Sandton, Johannesburg, and has been in practice for over 10 years. He is the co-founder and clinical director of Equanimity Wellness, a company dedicated to reducing unnecessary suffering by combining traditional forms of therapy with evidence-based alternative medicines such as psychedelics and other forms of modern and ancient wisdom.
Anthony holds a Masters Degree in Clinical Psychology (summa cum laude) from the University of the Witwatersrand and attained his Doctorate (D. Litt et Phill (Psych)) through UNISA.
Anthony attended the 10th and 11th Annual Neurology Courses at Oxford University hosted by the Nuffield Department of Neuroscience. He holds numerous academic honours, including the prestigious Vice-Chancellor’s Medal for Academic Excellence as one of the top graduates from the University of Pretoria in 2010 and a place as a finalist for the 2011 Rhodes Scholarship.
In 2016, he was nominated as one Barclay’s 100 Brightest Young Minds in South Africa. Anthony has worked in several psychiatric and general hospitals including Chris Hani Baragwanath Child Psychiatry Unit, the Tara H. Moross Hospital, Pretoria West Hospital and Kalafong Hospital; and currently consults for private hospitals, among them Life Riverfield Lodge and Life Fourways Hospital. When Anthony is not seeing patients, he serves as a member of the Medical Appeal Board of South African Civil Aviation (SACAA), a co-founder of Insight Now (SA’s first virtual reality therapy venture) and a guest lecturer and researcher for post-graduate courses for the Department of Psychology at the University of Pretoria.
Recently, in 2024, Anthony was appointed as Vice Chairperson of the Society of Interventional Practitioners in South Africa (SIPSA) promoting the legitimate practice of psychedelic-assisted therapy in the country. Anthony has completed several international trainings in psychedelic-assisted therapy and has co-developed a therapeutic model for ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy which he has been practicing with and refining since 2021.
Anthony uses an integrative therapeutic approach that combines neuropsychotherapy, cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) and psychoanalysis, to help people master their emotional worlds, deepen their relationships and live more fulfilling lives. He works with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families from all walks of life and has special focusses on anxiety, panic attacks, depression, bipolar, personality vulnerabilities, ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, trauma and addiction. Anthony is also trained in psychedelic-assisted therapy which he often combines with traditional approaches to offer deep healing for people seeking to break rigid life-limiting patterns.
In addition to being a qualified yoga instructor, Anthony is an avid traveller, wine-enthusiast and bibliophile.
