DECODING HUMAN BEHAVIOUR

Understanding Human Behaviour: Why People Think, Feel and React the Way They Do

Why do people sometimes act in ways that seem irrational, defensive, withdrawn, or emotionally charged? Why do intelligent people make decisions they later regret, struggle to communicate effectively, or repeat patterns that don’t serve them?

This engaging webinar explores the psychological and emotional factors that influence human behaviour, decision-making, and interpersonal relationships. Drawing on principles of Applied Psychology, participants will gain valuable insight into how emotions, stress, cognitive biases and life experiences shape the way people respond to everyday situations.

Rather than focusing on labels or diagnoses, this session encourages a deeper understanding of behaviour as a form of communication. Participants will explore what may lie beneath common reactions such as anger, anxiety, withdrawal, overwhelm, or defiance, and learn how greater self-awareness can support more thoughtful, objective, and constructive responses in both personal and professional settings.

Whether you work with people, lead teams, support others, or simply want to better understand yourself and those around you, this webinar offers practical, evidence-informed insights that can strengthen communication, relationships and emotional intelligence.

SPEAKER

Jarryd Oberholster (Jay) is a HPCSA Psychology Registered Counsellor and Programme Coordinator for the faculty of Applied Psychology at SACAP, coordinating the academic progression and delivery of the postgraduate space including research and development.

Jarryd has a strong belief that through a shared understanding of each other and bringing a humanistic approach to your everyday life is a key aspect to engaging in a healthier world. Jarryd steps forward to state that being a human in today’s modern world is a complex task and requires us to be introspective, empathetic and adaptive, and in order to undertake these factors we need to be willing to learn, unlearn and relearn what we know so that we can progress forward and keep up to date with knowledge and information that is accurate and true.

Jarryd has a deep appreciation for the understanding of the people we interact with on a day-to-day basis, through relationships, work and research. Stating that each person we come across is unique and this uniqueness is what drives that curiosity, know that no matter how similar two people might be there are small (and big) differences that come together to coalesce into a person with their own story to share.

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