Psychotherapeutic Praxis in India: Incorporation and Application of Indigenous Worldviews
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Title
Psychotherapeutic Praxis in India: Incorporation and Application of Indigenous Worldviews
Subject
Counsellors
Indigenous Worldviews
Phenomenological
Description
This research aims to gain insight into the incorporation of indigenous worldviews on mental health. Unstructured interviews were used on 16 counsellors who practised in Bangalore following the phenomenological paradigm. The interviews were audio- recorded and transcribed following which it underwent the 4 stages in Giorgi’s method. The revelatory themes obtained from this study were that clients viewed counsellors as authority figures, they experienced shame and guilt, lack of social support, ostracism, isolation, faced language barriers, feared diagnosis and medication and so on. The main conduit of religion and culture, the family, is influenced by class, education, rural or urban origin, joint or nuclear setup and so on. Counsellors developed the skills and sensitivity to respond to these demands.
Creator
Ballal, Rijul Jayaraj
Source
Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2020): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 77 - 89
0000-0000
0975-329X
Publisher
Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore
Date
2020-01-01
Rights
Copyright (c) 2020 Artha Journal of Social Sciences
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
Relation
Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
text
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Collection
Citation
Rijul Ballal Jayaraj, Psychotherapeutic Praxis in India: Incorporation and Application of Indigenous Worldviews, Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore, 2020, accessed October 30, 2024, https://igi.indrastra.com/items/show/497