Dr. Jacques Livingston

Professional Experience

While completing my undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of South Africa, I volunteered as a lay counsellor at the Amanzimtoti Trauma Room in 1999/2000 and at the Durban Lesbian and Gay Community and Health Centre in 2001. From 2002 to 2004 I remained at the Centre in a full-time position as Personal Counselling and Support Groups Project Coordinator.

I left the Centre in 2004 to pursue a Masters Degree in Psychology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. The following year I completed a psychology internship at the Student Counselling Centre at the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine. I remained at the Student Counselling Centre in 2006 as Student Counsellor. It is during this time that I set up a psychology practice and started seeing private clients after-hours.

In 2007 I moved from Durban to accept a position as Health and Well-being Manager at OUT Well-being in Pretoria. While at OUT, I managed large scale HIV prevention programmes targeting sexual minorities and coordinated health and well-being services that included clinic and counselling services.

In 2012 I left OUT to take up a position as Key Populations Program Manager at ICAP. In this position I was responsible for Health Programmes being implemented in Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal, and Northern Cape. It is during this time that I completed a Doctorate in Philosophy (in Psychology).

In 2015, I joined the Unites States Agency for International Development as Youth Advisor, where I took on various roles until 2023. I continue to see private clients after hours during this time.

In 2023, I relocated to the UK to join the NHS where I am the lead psychologist for a service across three hospitals in North-West London.

Education

• Bachelor of Arts Degree

Institution: University of South Africa

Year: 2007-2009

• Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree

Institution: University of South Africa

Year: 2000-2001

• Master of Social Science (Psychology)

Institution: University of KwaZulu-Natal

Year: 2004-2005

• Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology)

Institution: University of South Africa

Year: 2010-2014

Additional Training

• 1999: Certificate in Supportive Trauma Care (Amanzimtoti Trauma Room)
• 2001: Certificate in Trauma and Crisis Counselling (Opendoor Crisis Centre)
• 2002: Certificate in HIV/AIDS Care and Counselling (UNISA Centre for Applied Psychology)
• 2003: Certificate in Victim Empowerment and Support (UNISA Centre for Applied Psychology)
• 2007: Certificate for Elementary Level Training in Clinical Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy (The South African Society of Clinical Hypnosis)
• 2007: Training for HIV Prevention Outreach to Drug Users, and Monitoring and Evaluation (Medical Research Council)
• 2012: Sex Workers – An Introductory Training for Healthcare Workers in South Africa (Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation)
• 2014: Certificate in Motivational Interviewing (Stellenbosch University)
• 2016: Certificate in Adolescent Health in Developing Countries (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
• 2023: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (PsychWire)
• 2025: Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (Richman EMDR Training)

Professional Registration & Affiliation

• Health Professions Council of South Africa (2006)
• UK Health and Care Professions Council (2022)
• British Psychological Society (2025)

Publications

• Livingston J. (2010). Towards a multi-dimensional approach to preventing STI/HIV transmission among gay men and lesbian women in South Africa (Poster presented at International AIDS Conference in Vienna, 2010). OUT Well-being, Pretoria.
• Livingston, J. (2010). Book Review: Trans – Transgender Life Stories from South Africa (edited by Ruth Morgan, Charl Marais & Joy Rosemary Wellbeloved), New Voices, July/August. UNISA, Pretoria.
• Livingston, J, (2011). Contribution to Module 7: Mental Health: Anxiety, Depression and Substance Abuse (pp. 78-91) in MSM: An Introductory Guide for Health Workers in Africa (edited by Ben Brown, Zoe Duby, Andrew Scheibe & Eduard Saunders). Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, Cape Town.
• Scheibe, A., Fipaza, Chikwava, F., & Livingtston, J. (2013). Communities of Practice: Increasing Coverage and Coordination of MSM Services in SA (Poster presented at 6th SA AIDS Conference, 2013). ICAP, Pretoria.
• Chikwava, F., Livingston, J., Fipaza, Z., Scheibe A. (2013). Developing a Monitoring System to Track Linkages to HIV Care and Services for MSM in Five SA Provinces (Poster presented at the 6th SA AIDS Conference, 2013). ICAP, Pretoria.
• Livingston, J., Fipaza, Z., & Scheibe, A. (2013). Strengthening Networks and Building Capacity to Reduce the Effects of HIV Among MSM, Sex workers and PWID in SA (Poster presented at the 6th SA AIDS Conference,
  2013). ICAP, Pretoria.
• Key Populations Technical Working Group (2014). Operational Guidelines for HIV, STI and TB Programmes for Key Populations in South Africa. Pretoria.
• Livingston J. (2014). The experiences and meanings that shape heterosexual fathers’ relationships with their gay sons (Doctoral thesis). University of South Africa, Pretoria.
• Livingston J., & Fourie, E. (2016). The experiences and meanings that shape heterosexual fathers’ relationships with their gay sons. Journal of Homosexuality, DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2016.1158009
• Madibane, M., Livingston, J., & Mashamba, M. (2017). District, sub-district and ward level mapping to support the multi-sectoral implementation of HIV prevention interventions targeting AGYW in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces of South Africa (Poster presented at the 8th SA AIDS Conference, 2017). USAID, Pretoria.
• Milimu, J.W., Parmley, L., Matjeng, M., Madibane, M., Mabika, M., Livingston, J., Lawrence, J., Motlhaoleng, O., Subedar, H., Tsekoa, R., & Mthembu, Z. (2024). Oral pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation in South Africa: A case study of USAID-supported programs. Frontiers Reproductive Health, 7.
• Livingston, J., Jackson, C., Metz, K., Passera, E., Zungu, M., & McSorley, J. (2025). Unmet psychological needs among people living with HIV attending two outpatient services in north west London (Poster to be presented at 2025 Bhiva Spring Conference). Brighton, United Kingdom).

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