PORTRAYAL OF TRADITIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC CONTEXT IN J. P.CLARK’SSONG OF A GOAT
Traditionalmedicine,initsrealcontext,isthetotalityoftheancientmannerandmeansofrestoring,preservingandprotectinghealth.Theobjectiveistosustainpracticesthatpromotethewellbeingofthepeopleparticularly,beforetheadventofmodernmedicine.Theapproachestothesustenanceofhealthasasocialwelfarepackageforpeoplesar...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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| In: |
Religions' educator
Year: 2021, Volume: 20, Issue: 1, Pages: 194-205 |
| Further subjects: | B
Outrage
B Psychotherapy B Traditional medicine B Body psychotherapy |
| Summary: | Traditionalmedicine,initsrealcontext,isthetotalityoftheancientmannerandmeansofrestoring,preservingandprotectinghealth.Theobjectiveistosustainpracticesthatpromotethewellbeingofthepeopleparticularly,beforetheadventofmodernmedicine.Theapproachestothesustenanceofhealthasasocialwelfarepackageforpeoplesareadaptedfromandtotraditional,religiousbeliefsandvaluesofeachcommunity,whicharegenerationallytransferred.Traditionalmedicineoffersdiverseareasofspecialisationwhichincludeherbalmedicine,midwifery,andtreatmentofinfertility,mentalhealingandsomatictherapy.ThispaperthereforeunpacksthetraditionalpsychotherapeuticcontextportrayedinJ.PClark’sSongofaGoat.Throughdescriptivequalitativeresearchdesignandinstrumentalitiesofcombinationofbothtraditionalpsychotherapyandbehaviourtherapy,thepaperunderscorestherolesatraditionalpsychotherapistplaysamongtheUrhoboandIzonpeoplesofNigerDelta,onfamilymattersandtheresponsesoftheclientsportrayedunderpsycho-socialandculturalcontexts.Theseforegroundexistingpsychotherapeuticforms,peculiarlythesystemicwhichcomprisesof:counsellingpsychology,marriageandfamilytherapyandbodypsychotherapy:exercise,massageandsexuality.Thesymptomsportrayedinthecasesexaminedinthisstudy,chieflyonfamilytherapeuticdiscourse,furtherreinforcetherealityofthediagnosisofdisorders;defencesandoutrage in particular and it’s rippling effects. |
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| ISSN: | 1115-5035 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: National Association for the Study of Religions and Education, Religions' educator
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