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A Psychology of Indigenous Healing in Southern Africa

Pages 335-347 | Published online: 01 May 2014

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Sunitha Swanepoel, Paul J. P. Fouché & Pravani Naidoo. (2022) A psychobiography of Oliver Reginald Tambo from an African psychology perspective. Journal of Psychology in Africa 32:2, pages 180-186.
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Patrick Celka, Niclas Granqvist, Herbert Schwabl & Stephen D. Edwards. (2020) Development and evaluation of a cardiac coherence index for sleep analysis. Journal of Psychology in Africa 30:1, pages 44-52.
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Mpsanyana W. Makgahlela & Tholene Sodi. (2016) Cultural conceptions of a bereavement-related illness in a South African indigenous community. Journal of Psychology in Africa 26:6, pages 541-545.
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Stephen D. Edwards. (2016) The Global Coherence Initiative: A global psychological paradigm for health promotion. Journal of Psychology in Africa 26:2, pages 194-198.
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Eleni Petkari. (2015) Explanatory models of mental illness: a qualitative study with Emirati future mental health practitioners. Mental Health, Religion & Culture 18:9, pages 738-752.
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Stephen D Edwards. (2014) Integral approach to South African psychology with special reference to indigenous knowledge. Journal of Psychology in Africa 24:6, pages 526-532.
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Steve Edwards, Dumisani Nzima, Sumeshni Govender, Mandla Hlongwane, Dennis Kent, Caroll Hermann, Vusi Mathe & David Edwards. (2014) Phenomenological and neurophysiologic investigation into contemplating umoya (Spirit) and its psychological applications. Journal of Psychology in Africa 24:3, pages 272-277.
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Stephen D. Edwards. (2013) Intuition as a Healing Modality: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives. Journal of Psychology in Africa 23:4, pages 669-673.
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Stephen D. Edwards. (2012) Standardization of a Spirituality Scale with a South African Sample. Journal of Psychology in Africa 22:4, pages 649-653.
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Tholene Sodi & Olaniyi Bojuwoye. (2011) Cultural Embeddedness of Health, Illness and Healing: Prospects for Integrating Indigenous and Western Healing Practices. Journal of Psychology in Africa 21:3, pages 349-356.
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Emma R Johnston. (2023) An analysis of KwaZulu-Natal clinical psychologists’ multicultural experience. South African Journal of Psychology 53:3, pages 416-428.
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Charlotte Von Fritschen & Andeline Dos Santos. (2023) Perspectives on Music Healing by Traditional Healers and Music Therapists. Music Therapy Perspectives.
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Salome Thilivhali Sigida & Tholene Sodi. (2023) Ancestral calling as identity and the rite of passage: The case of Vhavenḓa indigenous healers. Pharos Journal of Theology 104:1.
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Benjamin Obeghare Izu & Alethea de Villiers. (2022) The Functional Role of Traditional Music and Dance in Xhosa Traditional Healers’ Ceremonial Rites. E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, pages 716-729.
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Milena Claudius, Elizabeth N. Shino, Sylvanus Job, Daniel Hofmann & Amber Gayle Thalmayer. (2022) Still Standing Inside: A Local Idiom Related to Trauma among Namibian Speakers of Khoekhoegowab. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19:21, pages 14323.
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Jabulani Dennis Thwala & Stephen David Edwards. (2021) The Role of the Ancestors in Healing: A Zululand Follow up Study. DIALOGO 7:2, pages 67-74.
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Helen Oosthuizen & Katrina McFerran. (2021) Playing With Chaos: Broadening Possibilities for How Music Therapist’s Consider Chaos in Group Work With Young People. Music Therapy Perspectives 39:1, pages 2-10.
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Chioma Ohajunwa, Gubela Mji & Rosemary Chimbala-Kalenga. (2021) Framing wellbeing through spirituality, space, history, and context: Lessons from an indigenous African community. Wellbeing, Space and Society 2, pages 100042.
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Stephen D. Edwards. (2020) Global coherence, healing meditations using HeartMath applications during COVID-19 lockdown. HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies 76:1.
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Zana Marovic. (2020) Cross-cultural indigenous training: The South African experience. Culture & Psychology 26:3, pages 605-621.
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Stephen D. Edwards. (2020) Wounded healer case report of HeartMath zone experience associated with sport injury. African Journal for Physical Activity and Health Sciences (AJPHES) 26:2, pages 203-211.
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Nare J. Masola, Salome T. Sigida & Elizabeth M. Khorommbi. (2019) Spiritual diagnostic criteria in an African setting: The case of baruti in Limpopo province, South Africa. Theologia Viatorum 43:1.
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Mmamosheledi E. Mothibe & Mncengeli Sibanda. 2019. Traditional and Complementary Medicine. Traditional and Complementary Medicine.
Stephen Edwards. (2019) Empirical and Heuristic Phenomenological Case Study of the HeartMath Global Coherence Initiative. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16:7, pages 1245.
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Melanie Alperstein, Nondwe Bongokazi Mlenzana, Karen Galloway, Chioma Ohajunwa, Lieketseng Ned & Ntombekhaya TshabalalaChioma Ohajunwa. 2019. The walk without limbs: Searching for indigenous health knowledge in a rural context in South Africa. The walk without limbs: Searching for indigenous health knowledge in a rural context in South Africa 295 311 .
Chioma Ohajunwa & Gubela Mji. (2018) The African Indigenous Lens of Understanding Spirituality: Reflection on Key Emerging Concepts from a Reviewed Literature. Journal of Religion and Health 57:6, pages 2523-2537.
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Zinhle Cynthia Mthombeni & Augustine Nwoye. (2017) Black South African caregivers’ understanding and responses to their children with autism spectrum disorder symptoms: a qualitative study. South African Journal of Psychology 48:1, pages 99-111.
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Claude-Hélène Mayer & Harald Walach. 2018. The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment. The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfillment 1077 1094 .
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Augustine Nwoye. (2016) The Psychology and Content of Dreaming in Africa. Journal of Black Psychology 43:1, pages 3-26.
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Theodore T. Bartholomew. (2016) Mental Health in Namibia. Psychology and Developing Societies 28:1, pages 101-125.
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Emma R Johnston. (2015) South African clinical psychology’s response to cultural diversity, globalisation and multiculturalism: a review. South African Journal of Psychology 45:3, pages 374-385.
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Stephen D Edwards. (2014) The role of rural universities in developing psychology in South Africa. South African Journal of Psychology 45:1, pages 50-59.
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Sumaya Laher. (2014) An overview of illness conceptualizations in African, Hindu, and Islamic traditions: towards cultural competence. South African Journal of Psychology 44:2, pages 191-204.
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