Counselling services as provided by non-professional counsellors have been in place for a
number of decades. Counselling traumatised people demands a significant amount of
emotional investment from the counsellor. A ...
Because of the inability to deal with traumatic and stressful situations it often happens that a person
dissociates. These people then 'move out of the situation', so to speak. The dissociated person can
be spiritually, ...
This study deals with the importance of the steps of grief and forgiveness in the recovery
of the emotionally wounded person.
The basis theoretical research clearly showed that God is the source of healing and
forgiveness. ...
This study focused on the pastoral guidance of the emotional wounded teen on the basis of
a number of broad markers from the book Ecclesiastes.
From the basis–theoretical research (Chapters 2 and 3) it was clear that it ...
There are many people in South Afrika that yearly get affected by crisis and trauma for example rape, murder, child molestation, divorce, loss of work, floods, fire, gang violence and critical motor, aircraft or industrial ...
Awareness due to increase crime has highlighted the occurrence of immense personal and
social problems. Problems resulting from disorders such as Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's and
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) are ...
The aim of this qualitative study was to explore and describe the experiences and needs
of mothers of sexually abused children. A conceptual framework outlined the theoretical
underpinnings of this study which focused ...
Children often need to be placed in substitute care as the result of inadequate
carers / parents who abuse and mistreat them. Children in substitute care find it
very difficult to adapt to mo re positive circumstances ...
The aim of this study was to explore and describe the Grade 7 adolescents’ meaning of the phenomenon of trauma to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their perceptions in order to contribute to dialogue and discourse. ...
This aerticle provides an overview of current issues in metahistoty. Basic
categories of historical thinking, such as memory and historical culture, or historical
consciousness, are outlined and contextualised in the ...
The motivation for the study had its origin in the fact that sexual abuse in South Africa seems to be a formidable problem which has a detrimental effect on the adolescent’s development and functioning. Social workers have ...
This study deals with pastoral guidance for persons who, due to unresolved trauma, are often emotionally and spiritually wounded and consequently exhibit internalised lies. Some important questions relating to this theme ...
This study deals with the pastoral counselling of people who became ill as a result of
unresolved trauma. Some of the important questions raised in this study, included:
Why are certain traumatic events physically harmful ...
South Africa, after ten years of democracy should have been a secure and
peaceful place. It has however developed into a cesspool of violence.
Violent crime is currently a common factor in everyday life. It is
especially ...