- Title
- Psychologists’ perceptions of cultural competence in working with clients from diverse cultures in psychotherapy within the Nelson Mandela Bay area
- Creator
- Sdinane, Thembeka Gloria
- Subject
- Cultural competence
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/46453
- Identifier
- vital:39597
- Description
- There has beenanincreasedacknowledgement of the need for current psychological interventions to meet the needs of the diverse cultural contexts reflective of the SouthAfrican clients. As such, researchers began exploring, enhancing,and evaluating modelsof psychotherapy, applicable to the cultures of the diverse clients. To address disparities caused by Eurocentricepistemologies that fail to recognise the impact of culture on clients, the concept of cultural competence was introduced.While there is international literature available on cultural competence in psychotherapy, there is still a significant gap in South African literature.Consequently, this study explored psychologists’ perceptions of cultural competence when working with diverse clients in psychotherapy. A general exploratory qualitative approach informed this study. The qualitative data was collected using semi-structured interviews. Using a purposive sampling strategy, registered clinical and counselling psychologists who are in private practice were selected. A total of 6 participants were interviewed.The interviews were transcribed verbatim, and the thematic analysis method was used to analyse data with aid from the Atlas.ti coding Software. Findings of this study are presented using the four identified themes i) Complexities of working with diverse cultures, ii) knowledge limitation hinders complete cultural competence, iii) Actions towards cultural competence and iv) The geographical context. The findings of this study suggest that the idea of complete cultural competence in psychological therapyis not plausible, given the nuances embedded within South African society. As such, the researcher suggests a move from cultural competence to cultural effectiveness as an alternative that could potentially create aplatform that bridges the gap between psychological science and the nuances posed by cultures.
- Format
- vi, 107 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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