Psychotherapy researchers have developed a body of research on the construct of therapist
responsiveness. This literature seeks a clearer picture of how therapists adapt their …

Background: Hearing about trauma can leave a mark on an individual, leading to a
significant change in worldview that shatters their existing beliefs and is pervasive across …

Taking both a historical and contemporary perspective, the book covers the extent of and
manner in which traumatic stress manifests, including the way in which exposure to such …

This article discusses the condition of continuous traumatic stress as common on the African
continent and in other international settings characterised by very high levels of ongoing …

Traumatic events are highly prevalent in South African society and psychologists who work
with survivors of trauma have been identified as particularly at risk of being adversely …

Understanding the collective trauma that colonisation wrought is fundamental to any
liberatory or transformative engagement in such contexts. Fanon (1986) impresses on us …

There are increasing calls for brief, strength-based trauma interventions. We propose a
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) intervention model that may facilitate hope and …

It is widely accepted that the understanding of any psychological disorder needs to be
contextualised within cultural parameters. The notion that current diagnostic taxonomies are …

Purpose: This study evaluated the benefits of a “survivor to thriver” strengths-based group
intervention program to facilitate posttraumatic growth in women survivors of child sexual …

Objective: South Africa has a high prevalence of sexual abuse of children and adolescents.
Among the numerous adverse consequences of sexual abuse is the difficulty survivors may …