SA therapist / psychologist Repaint scrape (2026-07-21)
⚠️ Partly superseded 2026-07-30 — see
2026-07-30-therapist-shortlist.mdfor a live re-verification + 7 new regions. Stale claims in this file: Charlene Wessels (#1) now serves valid HTTPS — the "HTTP-only" opener is dead (her IIS/ASP.NET pain is still real); Madeleine Kelly (#8) and Jonathan Bosworth have no insecure-canonical defect. Upgraded: Lisa Dales (#4, broken HTTPS confirmed) and Kelly Jacobs (runner-up, still 503 after 9 days) are now the two best leads here.
Quick prospecting sweep of SA therapist / psychologist private-practice websites
via Psychology Today (ZA) + Google (Cape Town, Joburg, Pretoria, Centurion, Durban),
plus an educational-psychologist sub-focus (matches the hot nadiaoedpsych lead and
the berleinpsych client — Daniel already has the template). ~40 sites assessed; every
platform verified from real evidence (generator tags, CDN hosts, server headers), not
domain names. Ranked by Repaint pain × niche fit × solo-owner (affordable).
Excluded/known: nadiaoedpsych.co.za (hot lead), berleinpsych.com (client),
physioscpt.co.za (existing lead), citt.ai. Group practices deprioritised (diffuse
decision-maker). jeanlouw.com = dead domain (NXDOMAIN).
⭐ Ranked shortlist — strongest Repaint leads
| # | Practitioner | URL | City | Niche | Pain (platform / signal) | Funnel | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlene Wessels | charlenewessels.co.za | Durbanville, CT | Ed-psych (PS0137545) | "Site Designer" IIS/ASP.NET relic, HTTP-only (no HTTPS enforce), early-2000s | email-only, no form | 079 357 7334 · info@charlenewessels.co.za |
| 2 | Rianie De Bruin | psychologist-pretoria.co.za | Villieria, Pretoria | Ed-psych | Pre-responsive PHP table-layout, no mobile viewport, <font>/<center>, misspelled keyword-stuffed title |
Gmail + WhatsApp, no form | 082 377 0411 · rianiedb@gmail.com |
| 3 | Liizl Miller | lmiller.co.za | Monumentpark, Pretoria | Ed-psych + clinical | Legacy hand-coded, <title> = bare domain "LMILLER.CO.ZA", ~early-2010s |
form + mailto to a different domain | 082 783 7155 · lmiller@neeco.co.za |
| 4 | Lisa Dales | lisadales.co.za | Durban North | Psych (assessments) | BROKEN HTTPS (port-443 reset), HTTP-only legacy IIS/ASP.NET | basic form + Gmail | via site |
| 5 | Judy Grant | psychologist-capetown.co.za | Claremont, CT | Clinical | Early-2000s hand-coded (no CMS), footer typo "Pscyhologist", ISP email | mailto + phone only | 072 252 5646 · judygrant@cybersmart.co.za |
| 6 | Kevin Suter | kevinsuter.co.za | Glenwood, Durban | Counselling | ASP.NET / IIS, © frozen 2014, ~27 KB brochure | email + phone, no form/WhatsApp | 031 312 2323 |
| 7 | Melissa Morton | melissamorton.co.za | Durbanville, CT | Counselling + coach | End-of-life PHP 7.3.33 | obfuscated Gmail mailto only | 072 226 3263 · mortonpractice@gmail.com |
| 8 | Madeleine Kelly | madeleinekelly-psychologist.co.za | Sandton, JHB | Clinical | Hand-coded, © 2018, free Hotmail; solo since 1996 (established → can pay) | WhatsApp + mailto, no form | 082 925 9623 |
| 9 | Ronélle Hart | ronellehartpsychologist.com | Parkwood, JHB | Counselling | Weebly w/ visible "Proudly powered by Weebly" badge (DIY/free-builder) | rudimentary Weebly form | 082 560 2803 |
| 10 | Dr Annalize Green | annalizegreen.com | Sinoville, Pretoria | Ed-psych (PS0051535) | Dated WordPress, "functionality over design"; already owns domain email + form → easiest = visual-only repaint | form + domain email | 012 567 4768 · greena@annalizegreen.com |
Runners-up (STRONG-ish, second wave)
- Gabi Levine — gabilevine.co.za (Sandton) — WP/Elementor, © 2019, no form, gmail; affluent-area solo since 2003.
- Jonathan Bosworth — thejoburgpsychologist.co.za (Melville) — Weebly, no owned funnel.
- Dr Marisa van Niekerk — educationalpsychologisttherapist.com (Paarl) — ed-psych on an absurd WP+WooCommerce stack, phone-only booking.
- Kelly Jacobs — kellyjacobspsychologist.co.za (Sandton) — site down (persistent HTTP 503) = live breakage lead; re-check when up.
🎯 The play: the educational-psychologist cluster
Four STRONG leads are educational psychologists — the exact sub-niche of the hot
nadiaoedpsych lead, and Daniel already has a built ed-psych site + nadiapreview
before/after to show: Charlene Wessels, Rianie De Bruin, Liizl Miller, Dr Annalize
Green (+ runner-up Marisa van Niekerk). This is a repeatable, warm-able pitch — one
template, one before/after proof, ~5 near-identical prospects. Lead with the
nadiapreview case; open on the visible defect (Wessels: no HTTPS; De Bruin: no
mobile; Miller: domain-as-title; Green: pure visual dated-ness).
Method notes / honesty
- SSL was rarely the differentiator this batch — only Lisa Dales (broken HTTPS) and Charlene Wessels (HTTP-only) had the physioscpt-style break. Most pain is platform age + non-existent owned funnel (mailto/Gmail/WhatsApp instead of a form).
- Skipped as WEAK (already modern / own their funnel): Barnardt & Fleming, Sian Green, Naeema Parker, Robbie Pearman, Anthony Townsend, Michelle Scholtz, Dr Susan Kriegler, rtpsychology, pumzaphakathi, Claire Lund, Paul Brusser.
- Group practices (Oakdale, Pretoria Psychologists) noted but deprioritised — diffuse decision-maker.