Office in 1, Queens Terrace, Amanzimtoti (open 7 days a week),
083 754 2662
Email: [email protected]
The Durban South Centre is situated in Amanzimtoti in Kwa-Zulu Natal and services Durban South, South Coast, Hibiscus Coast, Central, Surrounds and the interior. This Centre has been operating since January 2012.
The satelite offices are operated on the following days:

Nottingham Road the last Saturday and 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month
Hibiscus Coast the second Saturday and 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month

Alan Symons is the owner and qualified consultant of the Durban South Centre and has 44 years experience in counselling. Alan is well known and respected in his community and has been much involved dealing with stress, anger and conflict management throughout his career.

Alan started his career in 1970 and gained a lot of organisational and people experience in his position as Regional Human Resources Manager. Serving as the Chairman of the Staff Association, Alan was also selected to serve as Chairman of the largest Trade Union in the factory.

Alan has got a passion to see people "set free from unmanaged anger and stress". He welcomes all individuals, couples and organisations to make contact with him to assist with supporting them with managing their emotions.

Contact Alan for more information on their anger management classes in Durban and how he can help you with stress management. He can also provide you with a Zulu interpreter to make your consultation easier.

This Centre operates from Monday to Friday from 8:30 to 17:00 and on Saturday 8:00 to 15.00. Alan is now also available on Sundays 10:00 to 15.00.

Some recent testimonials of Alan include:

"This process was a great help to me. I have learned skills that will help me to be a better and less angry person." P.S. April 2017
"I'm able to now listen and talk to others with much more patience" E.C. Mar 2017
"I found this course very informative. We don't practice what is common sense!" DJ Feb 2017
"We surely have to be amongst your top success stories of couples whose quality of marriage has just soared exponentially due to the daily application of practical input you gave us. Quite honestly, what you taught us was a huge, radical turning point for us in our ability to process challenges or differences of opinion in our marriage, and we have just not looked back!! We feel indescribably grateful for the healing - just being able to better understand each other - it has brought us. How we thank the Lord for you Alan" K and D – June 2015

"This programme is easy to understand and relate to. I am now learning to break my bad habits and see things from a whole new perspective. I could not ask for a more amazing counsellor. Alan is understanding and easy to talk to and has made me a happy man again. I am learning to control my anger instead of my anger controlling me. I highly recommend it" Ewan – April 2015

"I would highly recommend this training to young people starting out on life's journey. Alan has also put all my stress into perspective" Phillips – Durban South March 2015

"These sessions with Alan helped me a lot. I am now able to deal with my anger problems much better as a result of his help. I am now able to assess my anger and control it" R – October 2014

"I want to say thank you to Alan for giving me a chance to be a better person for my family and everyone I interact with. Furthermore thank you for making me realise that my past and family background do not have to define my life and that of my family. This programme was very useful and I was thought a lot of things I did not know about myself and life in general, especially how to control my anger and avoid unnecessary confrontations" Sifiso - Aug 2014

"Alan has helped me realise that anger controlled my life, but no longer does. This programme has helped me overcome anger issues and helped me handle situations in a better way. Anger does not control me anymore" Natasha – Aug 2014

"The programme was very helpful and made me see things differently. It is a good self-investment and I will advise everyone to do it." T.B. - July 2014

"The programme was very well presented. I learned to channel my anger from bad into something good. This I now can apply in all my day to day tasks, work and home. This helped me a lot, I will practise what I have learned. Thank you for this programme." James - Feb 2014

"I knew we needed Anger Management to save our marriage. Our marriage was heading for the rocks. I knew I had to do something and that something was the time we've spent here. My best friend told me to come see Alan and I am thankful that we did, because through all this we are now heading to good things and a good life together" Ansie - Feb 2014