Dain Peters is a qualified musician, Clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst. He serves on the executives of the SAPC (The South African Psychoanalytic Confederation) and SAAJA (South African Association of Jungian Analysts).
Previously Dain managed the Midlands office of Sinani (Kwazulu-Natal Programme for Survivors of Violence), an NGO addressing the multiple consequences of socio-political violence in Kwazulu-Natal. In Cape Town, where he runs a private Psychotherapy practice, he is regularly contracted to support, develop and run workshops, retreats as well as programmes to train local NGO employees. These include the Trauma Centre, the Quaker Peace Centre, Buddhist Retreat Centre, Dharmagiri hermitage and Triangle Project with whom he has worked closely for over 10 years in support of local and international LGBTI communities.
ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy/Theory): Fusion vs Defusion and Avoidance vs Acceptance