About dr planting
Welcome
Dr Planting is a Specialist General Psychiatrist practicing at Vincent Palloti hospital in Cape Town. She is dedicated to better understanding mental illness and optimizing mental health. This includes a patient-centred approach with focus on the biological, psychological and social aspects of care.
She completed her undergraduate medical training at the University of Cape Town, after which she did her internship in Kwazulu Natal and a community service year in rural Mpumalanga. During this time she completed various acute life support courses for adult and neonatal emergencies, along with her Diploma in Mental Health. After two years as a medical officer in psychiatry she joined the registrar training program at the University of Cape Town and completed her specialist training in psychiatry along with a masters in psychiatry.
After qualifying as a specialist, Dr Planting worked as a consultant both at Tygerberg Hospital Psychiatric Unit and Stikland Psychiatric Hospital. This entailed both clinical work and supervising/ teaching of trainees in psychiatry and medical students. Thereafter she spent time overseas gaining international experience in both adult, and child and adolescent psychiatry. Currently she is working as a private psychiatrist at Vincent Palloti Hospital.
The practice
Dr Planting believes in following a holistic and tailored approach when treating her patients to ensure individuals receive the support needed to achieve personal recovery in the fullest sense. She aims to ensure patients feel safe, secure and connected throughout their individual healing journeys; which she recognises are unique for each person. Her practice is a place where individuals are treated with compassion, kindness, respect and integrity.
