Cawood, Anne

Anne Cawood is a registered social worker with many years’ experience. Currently working as a school counsellor at Herschel Preparatory School as well as running a private practice in the afternoons, she also worked at the Parent Centre for several years. Trained to run Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) she’s been involved in developing and presenting workshops on a host of parenting related topics. Anne is a popular speaker and is often invited to do presentations at schools, parenting workshops and on radio shows. She has written several parenting related articles for the print media, and presented lectures and workshops at the UCT Summer and Winter Schools. In her work she places a strong emphasis on problem-solving and life-skills training, and her workshops for children on topics related to self-esteem, peer relationships and assertiveness are very popular. Anne is married with four children and four grandchildren and lives in Cape Town. She regards her role as a parent as having been the most challenging, daunting, rewarding, exciting, exhausting and emotionally satisfying aspect of her adult life, with endless and ongoing opportunities for personal growth.

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