2 nd Conference on
Integrating Traditional Healing
Practices
into
Counselling Psychology
Psychotherapy and Psychiatry
July 22 and 23, 2010
University of KwaZulu Natal, Howard College Campus, Durban,
South Africa
PROGRAMME
22nd July 2010
8.00 – 9.00
Registration
9.00 – 9.30
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
9.30 - 10.30
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
“But the man does not throw bones”
Professor Mogobe B. Ramose (University of South Africa)
Chair: Professor Adelaide Simangela Magwaza (University of Limpopo,
South Africa)
10.30 – 11.00 Tea Break
11.00 – 12.30
PARALLEL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Paper Session 1: Traditional Healing Practices and Psychotherapy
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Psychology and psychotherapy redefined from
the viewpoint of the African experience (Dr. Lesiba J. Baloyi, University
of South Africa)
From traditional psychiatric to religious rituals:
The search for what heals (Dr. Michael O. Ezenwa, Dr. A.C. Ndukuba &
Dr. J. Onebunne, Nigeria)
Enhancing family resilience through African
traditional healing practices (Nonkululeko Sheilla Sandlana, University
of Fort Hare, South Africa)
Paper Session 2: Community, Trauma and Collaborative Healing
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Collaborative healing practices for
communities facing and/or recovering from violent conflict (Prof. Anne
Goodman, University of Toronto, Canada)
Indigenous knowledge and oral histories: The
case for Testimont Therapy as a methodology for post conflict healing
and reconciliation in Africa (Zelie Pollon, UK)
Existential therapy and spiritual healing for
Aboriginal men involved with the justice system (Prof. Jason Brown,
University of Western Ontario, Canada)
Paper Session 3: Research, Traditional Healers and Counselling
Psychology
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Notions of ethical and professional behavior by
traditional healers in Limpopo Province, South Africa (Prof. Tholene
Sodi, University of Limpopo, South Africa)
Traditional healing in the Diaspora: African,
Caribbean and South Asian healers in Toronto (Prof. Roy Moodley,
University of Toronto, Canada);
Psycho-Cultural elements in the Indigenous
healing practices of mental illness in Karnataka, India (Dr. (Fr.) K. J.
Varghese, Baiju Gopal & Mariam Thomas, Christ University, Bangalore,
India)
12.30 – 1.30
1.30 – 3.00
Lunch
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: WISDOM OF THE ELDERS
Makhosi Pheph'sile Maseko (Traditional Healer, Gautang, South Africa)
Chair: Professor Nhlanhla Mkhize (University of KwaZulu Natal, South
Africa)
3.00 – 3.30
Tea Break
3.30 – 5.00
KEYNOTE PANEL PRESENTATION
Integrating African spirituality, ethics and traditional healing within
an Indigenous model for South African health care
Prof. Eleanor Ross (University of Witwatersrand, South Africa)
An ethno biopsychosocial human rights model for educating
community counsellors and psychotherapists: A British perspective
Dr. Waseem Alladin (University of Hull, UK),
Chair: Professor Tholene Sodi (University of Limpopo, South Africa)
5.30 – 7.30
TOUR of the CITY
23rd July 2010
8.00 – 9.00
Registration
9.00 – 11.00
PARALLEL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Paper Session 4: Spirituality, Psychotherapy and Healing
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Integrating Latin American traditional healing
into counselling and psychotherapy (Dr. Ruth Lijtmaer, New Jersey,
USA)
Chinese spiritual healing in Singapore (Dr.
Boon-Ooi Lee, Singapore)
Healing practices of Debteras in Ethiopia:
Implications for Indigenous psychotherapy (Dr. Bekele Workie Ayele,
University of Gondar, Ethiopia)
Spirituality, health and architecture: With
respect to stress (Dr. Adeleh Nejati, Miami University, USA)
Paper Session 5: Community, Health Promotion and Healing
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Employment of ancestral spirits in therapeutic
strategy for mental health promotion in traditional counselling (Prof.
Olaniyi Bojuwoye, University of Western Cape, South Africa)
The praxis of spiritual-psychotherapy in the
African diaspora: Canadian and Brazillian examples (Prof. Nene Ernest
Khalema & Dr. Abiel T. Khalema, University of Calgary, Canada)
TCM concept in insomnia treatment (Shapour
Badiee Aval Baghyahi & Hamid Reza Dadiee Aval Baghsiahi (Beijing
University, China)
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Constructions of multicultural therapeutic
training in the South African context (Dr. Ilse Ruane, University of
Pretoria, South Africa)
Paper Session 6: Religion, Spirituality and Healing
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Istikhare and dreaming: An Islamic traditional
method of spiritual support (Prof. Hidayat Aydar & Prof. Mehmet Atalay,
University of Istanbul, Turkey)
Interaction of religion, brain, and therapy: A
Biopsychosocial approach (Dr. Rael Strous, Beer Yaakov Mental Health
Center, Israel)
What Krishna meant (Dr. Alok Bajpai, Kanpur,
UP, India)
Attitudes and practices of Australian
pentecostal pastors regarding deliverance ministry (Dr. Stephen
Beaumont, Australia)
11.00 – 11.30 Tea Break
11.00 – 12.00 POSTER PRESENTATIONS
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11.00 - 12.30
The Role of traditional healers in counselling
and psychotherapy: The case of Grenada (Patsy Sutherland, University
of Toronto, Canada)
Using the visual arts as a bridge to Healing (J.
Olivia Drum, USA & R. Danayi Nyadenga, South Africa)
Critical encounters in the promotion of mental
health for Canadian immigrant and refugee patients: Bridging Western
psychotherapies and Indigenous naturopathy (Dr. Nene Ernest
Khalema, Dr. Abiel T. Khalema, Dr. Sophie Yohani, & Dr. Janki Shankar,
University of Calgary, Canada)
Manas Rog Vijana (Psychopathology) in
Ayurveda (Dr. Suresh Parekh, Shree M.M. Ghodasara College, JunagadhGujarat, India)
Cabunianism and pneumasomatic sickness of
the Cordillera Tribal People in the Philippines (Dr. Thomas Janetius,
Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Tamil Nadu, India)
The utilization of traditional healers in the
promotion of health and community development: The St. Lucian
experience (Dr. Wendy Crawford-Daniel & Jicinta Alexis, St. George
University, Grenada)
EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS
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Workshop 1: How do traditional healers see
working with outsiders? Presentation through narrative theatre (Mrs.
Bhengu & Yvonne Sliep, Inanda Healers of the Valley of a Thousand
Hills, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)
Workshop 2: Bio-psycho-social impact of
laughter yoga on senior citizens (Dr. Gourie Suraj-Narayan, University
of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)
Workshop 3: Developing intra psychic health
(Dr. Nanubhai D. Desai, India)
12.30 – 1.30
Lunch
1.30 – 3. 30
PARALLEL PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Paper Session 7: Traditional Healing, Health Promotion and
Education
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The role of traditional healers in counselling,
health promotion and community education in Nigeria (Dr. Andrew A.
Mogaji, Benue State University, Nigeria)
Incorporating Indigenous healing practices
into the counsellor education curriculum: A Cross-cultural
understanding of counselor educators’ perception (Prof. Claire Sham
Choy, California State University, USA)
The role of traditional healers in counseling,
health and community education in South Africa (Dr. Nkeke
Lesolang, University of Limpopo, South Africa)
Paper Session 8: Spirituality, Cultural Traditions and Therapeutic
Healing
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The animal arm bangle (isiphandla) and its
therapeutic function in the Nguni culture (Jabulani Thwala & Nomahlubi
Makunga, University of Zululand, South Africa)
A study of pathway care in first episode nonaffective psychosis at a tertiary care centre in Northern India (Dr.
Jitehdra Kumar Trivedi, Medical University, India)
The psychological role of traditional healers in
the African community (Dr. Mashakgene Ramokgopa, University of
Limpopo, South Africa)
Conceptualizing depression as possession by
Jinn: A path to healing (Humair Yusuf, University of Toronto, Canada)
Paper Session 9: Finding the Link between Traditional Healing and
Counselling Psychology
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Traditional healers and Western trained
psychological counsellor’s attitudes towards collaboration and crossreferrals: A dialogue between equals (Siyabulela Zondi & Prof. Nhlanhla
Mkhize, University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)
Negotiating the encounter of health care
systems in Africa: Some anthropological and meaning-orientated
therapy insights(Alphonse Meba Kanda (Polokwane, South Africa)
Delusive healing: Implications for Indigenous
therapeutic counselling (Dr. Thomas Janetius, Sree Sarawathi
Thyagaraja College, Tamil Nadu, India)
Paper Session 10: Contemporary Formulations, Traditional Healing
and Psychotherapy
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Preventing a cycle of disruptive behaviour in
girls: Trauma counselling across cultures (Dalena Vogel, University of
South Africa)
Using discourse analysis to explore
psychological resources in the South African context (Dr. Ilse Ruane,
University of Pretoria, South Africa)
Culture as anchor and culture as impediment:
The plight of the childcare workers (CCW’s) in dealing with HIV related
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deaths in a children’s home (Dr. V. L. Makhaba & N. C. Memela,
University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)
Identifying African solutions to psychosocial
problems: Promoting connectivity towards resolving relationship issues
(Letta M. Mosue, Tlhabane, South Africa)
Paper Session 11: Traditional Healing in Special Health Care
Settings
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Traditional healing and hearing impairment in
South Africa (Victor de Andrade, University of Witwatersrand, South
Africa)
Contrast of traditional procedures and modern
knowledge in health affairs of neonatals: A psychological approach
(Mehdi Damali Amiri, Negin Damali Amiri, Ahmad Tajfar, Reihaneh
Alihassani & Firouzeh Akbari, Iran)
Traditional Sri Lanka methods for
psychosomatic ailments (Dr. Asha Nimali Fernando, Sri Lanka)
3.30 – 3.30
Tea Break
3.30 – 4.30
MEETING of the Society for the Integration of Traditional Healing
into Counselling Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychiatry
(SITHCP3)
Discussion on the formation of the Africa Chapter & Elections of Executive
Committee
Chair: Dr. Niyi Bojuwoye (University of Western Cape, South Africa)
4.30 – 5.30
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION
Cultural contextualization of work with an African client: An inevitable
paradigm shift long overdue
Prof. Terry Mashego (University of Limpopo, South Africa)
Chair: Dr. Lesiba Baloyi (University of South Africa)
5.30 - 6.00
Plenary and Conclusion
Chair: Dr. Nhlanhla Mkhize (University of KwaZulu Natal, South Africa)
PUBLICATIONS (arising from this Conference)
Selected papers from this conference will be published in the following:
1.
JOURNAL: SITHCP3 journal – Society for the Integration of Traditional Healing into Counselling
Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychiatry. SPECIAL ISSUE on African Traditional Healers and
Healing. For more information contact Professor Olaniyi Bojuwoye. Email: obojuwoye@uwc.ac.za
2.
JOURNAL: CPQ Journal – (Counselling Psychology Quarterly). SPECIAL ISSUE on Critical Issues in
Integrating Traditional healing into Counselling and Psychotherapy. For more information contact
Professor Nhlanhla Mkhize. Email: Mkhize@ukzn.ac.za
3.
JOURNAL: IJHPE journal - International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. SPECIAL
ISSUE on The Role of Traditional Healers in Counselling, Health Promotion and Education. For more
information contact Professor Roy Moodley. Email: roy.moodley@utoronto.ca
4.
BOOK: African Healing Traditions: Implications for Health and Mental Health. For more information
contact Professor Tholene Sodi. Email: sodit@ul.ac.za