About

Dr Yumna Mayet is a Registered Practitioner of Unani Tibb and a Registered Counsellor practising in Cape Town, South Africa. Her work brings together classical Unani medical philosophy and contemporary therapeutic practice, with a particular interest in whole-person care.

Her practice offers personalised care for physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing, recognising that these aspects of health are often deeply connected. She is able to speak to both physical and emotional concerns without treating them as separate or unrelated, allowing care to consider the body, mind, lifestyle, individuality, and lived experience of each person.

Illness is understood not only as a set of symptoms, but as an experience shaped by meaning, mizaj, environment, habits, stress, relationships, and the unique context of the individual. A consultation therefore involves careful attention to the person behind the concern, rather than a focus on symptoms alone.

Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment are guided by classical principles alongside contemporary clinical understanding. Care may include lifestyle guidance, counselling-informed support, regimenal therapies such as cupping, herbal medicine where appropriate, and thoughtful integration with other healthcare approaches when needed.

Beyond the consulting room, Dr Mayet’s work extends into professional education, regulation, and interdisciplinary dialogue within traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine. She has represented Unani Medicine in national and international forums and has presented on both clinical applications and the responsible integration of traditional systems within contemporary healthcare frameworks. 

Her work is guided by the conviction that health extends beyond the relief of symptoms. It also involves balance, resilience, coherence, and a steadier relationship with oneself and the world one inhabits. In practice, this is expressed through careful attention, discernment, confidentiality, and respect for the complexity of each person’s experience of health and healing.

Rooted in classical Unani Medicine. Practised professionally in a contemporary South African healthcare context.

_{Dr Yumna Mayet
BSc (CHS) BCM (UT) (UWC), BA (Psych) (UCT) BA Hons (Psych) (SU), PG Dip (HPE) (UCT)
Practitioner of Unani Tibb AHPCSA Reg. no.: A10909, Practice no.: 0697044
Registered Counsellor HPCSA Reg. no.: PRC0022071, Practice no.: 0697192}