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Psychotherapy in South Africa: The case of Mrs. A
Author(s) -
Cooper Saths
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.20392
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , psychology , ethnic group , context (archaeology) , democracy , white (mutation) , psychotherapist , session (web analytics) , politics , sociology , anthropology , political science , history , population , archaeology , demography , biochemistry , chemistry , world wide web , gene , computer science , law
Psychotherapy in South Africa is confronted by issues that reflect the emerging nature of the nascent democracy. Historic racial patterns have characterized the production of psychotherapists and psychologists who are predominantly white female and who often have difficulty mediating the socioeconomic and ethnic reality of their black clientele. Despite this problem, psychotherapists are increasingly relied on and are equipping themselves to intervene meaningfully without their values impacting on the outcomes. These points are illustrated in the case of Mrs. A, who is treated in the cultural context of an evolving South Africa. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 63: 773–776, 2007.