Traditional healing and counselling services partnership in multicultural South Africa: A multiple case study

Abstract

This study explored partnership opportunities between traditional healing and counselling psychology services in South Africa. Informants comprised a traditional healer and two counselling psychologists who completed interviews on practices in which they engaged and that could be bridged for the benefit of the client. Following thematic analysis, findings indicated opportunities for collaborative services as ways to transform the lives of others as facilitators.

Keywords:

• lay counselling
• multicultural
• professional counselling
• traditional healers
• Western psychotherapy