Psychotherapeutic Praxis in India: Incorporation and Application of Indigenous Worldviews

Psychotherapeutic Praxis in India: Incorporation and Application of Indigenous Worldviews

Counsellors

Indigenous Worldviews

Phenomenological

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.

Ballal, Rijul Jayaraj

Artha Journal of Social Sciences; Vol. 19 No. 1 (2020): Artha Journal of Social Sciences; 77 - 89

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Centre for Publications, CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore

2020-01-01

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