Sexual violence against women is an ongoing social problem that carries serious social and
health implications. Although a large body of empirical literature has documented the …

Given high rates of trauma exposure in South Africa, mental health practitioners often need
to deliver interventions to trauma survivors. While there have been few local trauma …

BACKGROUND: Sexual assault (SA) is a serious crime that is a prevalent mental and public
health problem. AIMS: Addressing the needs of SA victims and providing appropriate …

This article highlights the emerging literature on therapist responsiveness in psychotherapy
and examines several concepts used to identify dimensions of responsiveness. Some …

152 Section Two: Qualitative methods are famous for being beautifully written (Billig, 1999)
and, although his conclusions on specific issues have been regularly disputed by critics, his …

Few clinical studies have examined victimisation in the lives of lesbian women in South
Africa and whether there are distinct implications for psychological treatment. This paper …

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 …

Cognitive therapy could be more widely promoted in South Africa given the great disparity
between the need and provision of psychological therapies. Three possible objections to the …

An intake assessment is the first step in a process whose aim is to deliver meaningful help to
clients in distress. The second step is to use the information gathered during the assessment …

This article describes the psychological assessment and treatment of Paul (12). For several
years, he had received numerous diagnoses from a range of specialists and been …