COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY IN SOUTH AFRICA: COUNSELLORS' EXPERIECES FOLLOWING A TRAINING PROGRAMME

Authors

  • A Kagee Stellenbosch University
  • E-J Suh Columbia University
  • AV Naidoo Stellenbosch University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/41-2-1019

Keywords:

community violence, traumaic stress, Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT), CBT, community mental health

Abstract

Many South African communities experience high level of violence and other phenomena that potentially provoke symptoms of traumatic stress among residents. Cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) has been demonstrated to be an effective psychological intervention to ameliorate symptom of trauma, but is seldom practised in South African community mental health settings. In order to determine the barriers to implementing CBT. 12 credentialed community counsellors participated in a two-day training workshop focused on CBT.  Counsellor were asked to implement CBT with their clients who presented with ymptom of PTSD. The counsellors were then asked to complete a questionnaire six-months after the training workshop in order to identify the barriers they experienced in implementing the treatment model. The chief barriers that counsellors identified included high workload and limited time, unsuitable clients, client drop out, and an inappropriate match between the counsellor's theoretical paradigm and the CBT model. These result are considered in the context of community mental health care in post-apartheid South Africa.

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Author Biographies

A Kagee, Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

E-J Suh, Columbia University

Columbia Univeristy, New York, Unitad States

AV Naidoo, Stellenbosch University

Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa

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Published

2005-04-25

How to Cite

Kagee, A., Suh, E.-J., & Naidoo, A. (2005). COGNITIVE BEHAVIOURAL THERAPY IN SOUTH AFRICA: COUNSELLORS’ EXPERIECES FOLLOWING A TRAINING PROGRAMME. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 41(2), 195–201. https://doi.org/10.15270/41-2-1019

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