Clinical leadership
Founder of The Anxiety and Trauma Clinic and developer of the Anchor-Based Approach.
His clinical work focuses on anxiety, trauma, panic, phobias and related difficulties that can disrupt mood, thinking, relationships and everyday life.
Dr Hanan founded and leads The Anxiety and Trauma Clinic in Johannesburg. His work is warm, structured and practical: helping people understand the patterns that keep distress active, identify what needs attention and turn psychological insight into meaningful change beyond the consulting room.
His doctoral work focused on the psychological processes and structures involved in creating a meaningful life. This perspective informs an approach that looks not only at symptoms, but also at how a person functions, relates and builds stability across the wider context of life.
Dr Hanan developed the Anchor-Based Approach and has published research, lectured extensively and contributed to public psychology education through media, talks and his podcast. This educational work is intended to make psychological ideas clearer and more useful; it does not replace individual assessment or treatment.