Karin completed a BA Social Sciences from the University of South Africa,
MA Clinical Social Science at the Rand Afrikaans University and D.Litt Et Phil with a special interest in Self-esteem Enhancement of Learners in Primary School Context at the University of Johannesburg.

Karin has also achieved numerous certificates including;
certificate of assessment standards in sexual abuse from the University of Johannesburg,
ECO AD Adult Assessment Perspektief Training College Potchefstroom,
ECO CA Career Assessment Perspektief Training College Potchefstroom,
ECO CH Child Assessment Perspektief Training College Potchefstroom,
ECO FO Foundations Perspektief Training College Potchefstroom.

Karin has also excelled in numerous courses including;
Talking to Parents,
Advanced Trauma Counselling,
Rape Wise Advanced Course,
Perspectives on Depression,
Self-Mutilation and Suicide in South African Children,
Play Therapy with a child who has been sexually abused,
Perspectives on Bipolar Disorder in South African Children and Adolescents,
Therapeutic Techniques for the Traumatized Child,
Therapeutic Techniques for Adolescents,
Perspectives on Adolescence in South Africa,
Children who abuse other children Sexually and Assessment of children and families during divorce.