Nina Striglia is a dual registered HPCSA psychometrist and clinical psychologist. She is registered with the board of healthcare funders (BHF) and registered with most major medical aid schemes. She provides psychotherapy and psychological assessment to individuals across the lifespan (children, adolescent and adults) for various concerns/conditions relating to their mental health and functioning.

Nina’s professional training in psychology spans ten years and across four provinces. She completed her undergraduate training at the University of the Free State and UNISA. She then completed her honours degree in psychology through UNISA, before being selected for B Psych Equivalent programme in psychometry. After completing the 720 hour practicum at the Nelson Mandela University clinic (UCLIN), Nina wrote and passed the psychometry board exam in 2020. She then registered as a psychometrist in independent practice. A psychometrist is a category of mental healthcare professional that specializes in the administration and interpretation of psychological assessments/psychometric tests. She then spent 2 formative years working in private practice where she focused on psychoeducational assessment of learners with intellectual disabilities

In 2022, Nina was accepted into the masters degree programme in clinical psychology at the University of KwaZulu Natal in Durban. She was one of ten candidates selected for training. She completed her academic coursework year while partaking in weekly practical exposure at the Durban hospital complex and consulting outpatients at the university clinic. In 2023, she submitted her masters research dissertation that focused on assessment in complex PTSD. Following successful completion of the first year of her masters degree, Nina completed her internship year in Cape Town, at Stikland Psychiatric hospital. This exposed her to a broad cohort of psychiatric cases, including rotations in therapeutic wards, addiction units, neuropsychology and psychogeriatric wards, acute male and female wards and general outpatient adult psychotherapy. She was fortunate to engage in individual and group therapy, across inpatient and outpatient contexts. Her internship year also included two biweekly community clinics in the cape flats that focused on child and adolescent primary healthcare level intervention. Nina was also afforded the opportunity to engage in forensic observation rounds at Valkenberg Hospital. Nina engaged in weekly supervision and evaluation during this year, and was able to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team (MDT) including nursing staff, psychiatrists, occupational therapists and social workers, to effectively manage and holistically treat patients. Nina passed her HPCSA board exam in October 2023  to successfully register as an independent clinical psychologist.

In 2024, Nina completed her compulsory community service year at a correctional centre in the Eastern Cape. Her role involved providing psychotherapy and group psychoeducation to the offenders in the centre, as well as assessing offenders with life sentences and determinate sentences to evaluate their potential for parole. She compiled profile reports based on psychological risk assessment and these would be reviewed by the parole board and minister of correctional services. Currently, Nina is committed to ongoing professional and academic development, and is pursuing her doctoral degree in psychology at the University of KwaZulu Natal.