Dr Boitumelo Vavani

Consulting Psychologist - B A Psychology, MA Clinical Psychology, PhD in Clinical Psychology

Ms. Boitumelo Vavani is a licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 12 years of professional experience. She holds a Bachelor of Psychology from the University of Botswana and a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. She completed her PhD in Clinical Psychology at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Ms. Vavani has extensive experience providing a broad range of psychological services, including evidence-based psychotherapy, workplace interventions, case management, and psychometric assessments. She is skilled in administering diverse assessment tools and producing comprehensive, high-quality psychological reports. At the Legato Center for Psychometric Assessment, she specializes in psychotherapy and diagnostic procedures, while also playing an active role in the supervision and mentoring of psychology interns and counsellors. Her professional practice reflects a strong commitment to advancing psychosocial support and strengthening mental health services in Botswana.
This committment is also reflected in her significant contributions to policy development and governance. She served for six years on the Gambling Authority’s Regulatory Committee (formerly the Excessive Gambling Prevention and Rehabilitation Committee), where she played an instrumental role in drafting the Responsible Gambling Framework. She has also provided expert consultation on several projects involving national-level policy development in mental health and related fields.

Ms. Vavani is also engaged in academia and has been teaching psychology since 2011. Her research interests focus on designing and implementing culturally responsive interventions for mental health challenges in diverse populations. As part of her doctoral research, she successfully designed and implemented a locally tailored intervention program that has demonstrated effectiveness in improving the mental wellbeing of individuals experiencing depressive symptoms.