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Understanding Islamic Perspective of Mental Health and Psychotherapy
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Yasmin Nilofer Farooqi --- University of the Punjab,This paper is an attempt to provide foundational information about Islamic perspective of mental health and psychotherapy. It further highlights the historical contribution of Muslim philosophers and physicians to the field of psychotherapy. In the aftermath of the 9/11 and... -
The Description and Evaluation of an African Breath Psychotherapeutic Workshop
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Stephen D. Edwards --- University of Zululand,An African breath psychotherapeutic workshop is described and evaluated with a small group of participants (students =9, males = 3, females =6, age range =24 to 59 years, mean age 40.3 years) all of whom were professionally registered psychologists. There... -
Responsive Integrative Treatment of Clients with PTSD and Trauma-Related Disorders: An Expanded Evidence-Based Model
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: David Edwards --- Rhodes University,In this article a practitioner oriented review of the literature on the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder is used to construct a phase-based model that can serve as a basis for case formulation and treatment planning. Treatments shown to be... -
“It's Like Uprooting Trees”: Responsive Treatment for a Case of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Multiple Rapes
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Francois van der Linde --- Rhodes University, David Edwards --- Rhodes University,This systematic case study documents 27 sessions of assessment and treatment with cognitive therapy of Bongi (23) who presented with major depression, posttraumatic stress disorder and borderline traits. Bongi had been raised in a punitive environment, had been raped three... -
A Psycho-Diagnostic Tool for Psychotherapy: Interactional Pattern Analysis (IPA)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Charl Vorster --- North-West University, South Africa Vera Roos --- North-West University, South Africa Mari Beukes --- North-West University, South AfricaThis article proposes a description of a psycho-diagnostic tool for psychotherapists, the Interactional Pattern Analysis (IPA). Sixteen interpersonal variables are proposed to describe the observable behaviour that constitutes a client's interpersonal style within the context of a particular relationship, such... -
Exploring Expressive Sandwork as a Form of Psychosocial Care: A Case Study of a Vulnerable Adolescent
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Carien Lubbe-De Beer --- University of Pretoria, Imme Thom --- University of Pretoria,This paper explores the use of expressive sandwork as a form of psychological support for a youth with psychosocial vulnerability. A case study, which emanated from a community outreach project, is briefly described of a male black participant, from a... -
Interactional Therapy: Prospects for treating mental health conditions
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Kobus du Plooy --- Community Psychosocial Research (COMPRES), South AfricaThis practice-oriented article proposes Interactional Therapy (IT) for the treatment of mental health conditions. A case example illustrates the IT application and purpose. From this example, IT appears to be of incremental advantage for treating mental health conditions. Additionally, a... -
Traditional healing and counselling services partnership in multicultural South Africa: A multiple case study
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Petro van der Merwe --- Department of Psychology, South AfricaThis study explored partnership opportunities between traditional healing and counselling psychology services in South Africa. Informants comprised a traditional healer and two counselling psychologists who completed interviews on practices in which they engaged and that could be bridged for the... -
Therapeutic tool or a hindrance? A phenomenological investigation into the experiences of countertransference in the treatment of sexually abused children
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology • Authors: Tshepo Tlali --- University of Johannesburg,Since its inception in the 1900s, the concept of countertransference has been mired in controversy. Psychoanalytic literature is divided on its utility, significance and its clinical value in psychotherapy. While some psychotherapists have advocated for the importance of therapists’ expertise... -
Psychotherapy in South African indigenous languages: Positioning isiXhosa as a language of symbolisation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of African Languages • Authors: Ntokozo Gqweta --- University of the Witwatersrand, South AfricaThe sociopolitical history of language use in South Africa is controversial and complex. This article utilises postcolonial theory to problematise the historical pattern of language use in South Africa to oppress black people. African psychology and Afrocentricity are used to...