Different stories : multicultural issues in the training of clinical psychologists

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dc.contributor.advisorSwartz, Sallyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorAhrends, Ilseen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-14T08:55:48Z
dc.date.available2015-07-14T08:55:48Z
dc.date.issued1995en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 51-55.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractDespite an ever-growing body of international literature on multicultural counselling or psychotherapy, comparatively little has been written on multicultural counselling in South Africa, or the need to train South African clinical psychologists to work in a multicultural milieu. My own experience of the training course in clinical psychology at the University of Cape Town was that there had been very little formal or informal discussion of multicultural issues in counselling. Considering South Africa's multicultural population, I wondered whether we had been sufficiently equipped to work with a culturally, racially and socio-economically diverse clientele. Seventeen clinical psychology interns at the University of Cape Town were interviewed to find out their perceptions of this aspect of the course. A qualitative, ethnomethodological approach to the study was taken. A semi-structured interview schedule was used so that the interns' responses could be explored further. Analysis of the data was guided by social constructionist and discourse theory. The interns felt that it had been difficult to talk about multicultural issues during the training. Their reasons for this are discussed in the light of a politically motivated preference for talk about similarities rather than differences between people. Recommendations are made for an awareness component in the training to increase sensitivity among interns to their own biases and prejudices, and to their cultural heritage; and for a multicultural perspective to all training in counselling and psychotherapy.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationAhrends, I. (1995). <i>Different stories : multicultural issues in the training of clinical psychologists</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13459en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationAhrends, Ilse. <i>"Different stories : multicultural issues in the training of clinical psychologists."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13459en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAhrends, I. 1995. Different stories : multicultural issues in the training of clinical psychologists. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Ahrends, Ilse AB - Despite an ever-growing body of international literature on multicultural counselling or psychotherapy, comparatively little has been written on multicultural counselling in South Africa, or the need to train South African clinical psychologists to work in a multicultural milieu. My own experience of the training course in clinical psychology at the University of Cape Town was that there had been very little formal or informal discussion of multicultural issues in counselling. Considering South Africa's multicultural population, I wondered whether we had been sufficiently equipped to work with a culturally, racially and socio-economically diverse clientele. Seventeen clinical psychology interns at the University of Cape Town were interviewed to find out their perceptions of this aspect of the course. A qualitative, ethnomethodological approach to the study was taken. A semi-structured interview schedule was used so that the interns' responses could be explored further. Analysis of the data was guided by social constructionist and discourse theory. The interns felt that it had been difficult to talk about multicultural issues during the training. Their reasons for this are discussed in the light of a politically motivated preference for talk about similarities rather than differences between people. Recommendations are made for an awareness component in the training to increase sensitivity among interns to their own biases and prejudices, and to their cultural heritage; and for a multicultural perspective to all training in counselling and psychotherapy. DA - 1995 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1995 T1 - Different stories : multicultural issues in the training of clinical psychologists TI - Different stories : multicultural issues in the training of clinical psychologists UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13459 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13459
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationAhrends I. Different stories : multicultural issues in the training of clinical psychologists. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Psychology, 1995 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13459en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Psychologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherClinical Psychologyen_ZA
dc.titleDifferent stories : multicultural issues in the training of clinical psychologistsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMAen_ZA
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