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Social workers’ knowledge, perceptions, and experiences of counselling transgender people

  • Authors: Kramer, Bianca Aimeé
  • Date: 2019
  • Subjects: Transgender people , Counseling
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/420343 , uj:35786
  • Description: Abstract: Transgender people face abuse, stigma and prejudice which leads to psychosocial issues and mental health problems. However, there are a limited number of social workers who counsel transgender clients in South Africa, resulting in a lack of service to this population. Social workers lack the required knowledge, understanding and resources to assist transgender clients thus resulting in transgender people feeling isolated. This study explores the knowledge, experiences and reflections of South African social workers who have counselled transgender people. It also explores social workers’ perceptions of their professional strengths and limitations in working with transgender clients. A qualitative exploratory research design was used to gain insight into social workers’ experiences of counselling transgender people in South Africa in order to develop a richer understanding of their first-hand experiences. Seven South African social workers were interviewed, and the interview transcripts were then analysed using thematic content analysis. Key findings show that South African social workers find counselling transgender people challenging due to their lack of knowledge and understanding of the issue. The social workers’ personal beliefs and biases challenged their ability to remain neutral in their practice with transgender clients. Therefore, the social workers emphasised the need for practitioners to remain self-reflective, insightful and aware of their own perceptions, beliefs and biases to avoid negatively impacting the client. The social workers suggested that practitioners counselling transgender clients take a trans-positive, strengths-based approach, ensuring that their responses are gender-affirming, empowering, supportive, empathic and non-judgemental. They recommended that universities and continued professional development training include gender and sexuality in education to prepare social workers for counselling transgender clients. They also recommended social workers take the initiative and responsibility to educate, lobby and research in order to inform social work practice with transgender people. This research has practical significance as it intends to inform social work practice with transgender clients. This research provides information about transgender and social workers’ experiences with, and recommendations of, tools, skills, and theory for practice. This research potentially opens doors for future research and policy recommendations, as it demonstrates the gap in literature and highlights the need for social workers to counsel transgender clients, specifically in the South African context. , M.A. (Social Work)
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Exploring educational psychologists’ personal relationships in their families using the philosophy of Solution Focused Therapy

  • Authors: Kuhn, Karla
  • Date: 2017
  • Subjects: Solution-focused brief therapy , Counseling , Psychotherapy
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/270319 , uj:28730
  • Description: M.Ed. (Educational Psychology) , Abstract: Solution-Focused Therapy is a strength-based approach that views clients as resourceful, capable, motivated to change, and existing in a state of interaction with other people. In addressing how having this strength-based philosophy influences personal interactions, the research question of this paper is: “How does a Solution-Focused philosophy influence the personal relationships of an educational psychologist in a family with young children?” This research specifically focused on female educational psychologists who are married and have young children under the age of thirteen. These educational psychologists all had worked within a school environment and used Solution-Focused Therapy in their workplace. The aim of the research was to explore and describe how having such a philosophy influenced educational psychologists’ personal relationships with their own husbands and young children. This study used a bio-ecological framework to situate this research within the understanding that we do not operate in isolation. The qualitative approach was used to provide descriptive data of the Solution-Focused philosophy phenomenon, and an interpretive paradigm was employed to allow for understanding the experiences of the research participants. The data itself included a book chapter written by each participant, and an interview with each participant, in which she was asked to name a book that she chose to read to her children, because the book has a Solution-Focused philosophy. The data collected was analysed through thematic analysis. The themes that emerged showed how having a Solution-Focused philosophy influenced educational psychologists’ personal relationships specifically, the way in which they speak, their outlook and their interactions with their family. Possible limitations to this study included the lack of previous research on the influence of being an educational psychologist on personal lives, the small sample size, possible researcher bias owing to the nature of a qualitative...
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Liar, liar : does counselling/psychotherapeutic training enhance lie detection ability?

  • Authors: Bester, Melissa
  • Date: 2016
  • Subjects: Truthfulness and falsehood , Psychotherapy , Counseling
  • Language: English
  • Type: Masters (Thesis)
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/226959 , uj:22960
  • Description: M.A. (Counselling Psychology) , Abstract: The aim of this research study was to explore whether counselling/psychotherapeutic training enhances lie detection ability. It furthermore focussed on whether sureness was related to deception detection accuracy and whether psychologists were better able to detect cues related to deception detection. The study consisted of two groups, 25 psychologists and 25 individuals who were educationally matched with the psychologist group. Participants had to watch video clips and state whether the person in the video clip was lying or telling the truth, as well as indicate which cues they used to help make their decisions. The independent variable was counselling/psychotherapeutic training and the dependent variable was lie detection. Quantitative methods were employed to analyse the study. The study design was a non-equivalent control group design. Frequency tables, independent samples t-tests and sensitivity and specificity tables were used to analyse the data. Results indicated that sureness was unrelated to lie detection accuracy and that psychologists were better able to detect cues that were related to deception. This study showed that counselling/psychotherapeutic training enhances lie detection ability.
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Beroepsbeeld van die leerling in die praktiese kursus

  • Authors: Van Zyl, Willem Jacobus
  • Date: 2015-10-14
  • Subjects: Vocational guidance , Counseling , Vocational interests , Special education
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:14303 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/14761
  • Description: M.Ed. , The rapid technological development and the resulting formation of new industries, give rise to an increasing demand for trained employees. In a country with a limited source of trained manpower, it is necessary to make optimum use of the available potential. This implies that each pupil should at school level be guided effectively to choose a career in which he can reach his highest possible niveau of work. This is also applicable to the pupil in die Practical Course, who has, due to his limited career abilities and possibilities, special need for such guidance ...
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'n Prestasiemotiveringstrategie in die konteks van 'n skoolvoorligtingsprogram

Hulpverlening in die voorligtingsielkunde : funksionele integrasie

  • Authors: Crafford, Gert Deon
  • Date: 2014-02-04
  • Subjects: Counseling , System theory , Helping behavior
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:8010 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8946
  • Description: M.A. (Psychology) , The present study represents an attempt to develop a metatheory with regard to counseling theory and practice. The metatheory is based upon principles abstracted from the General Systems Theory, whereby it is possible to encompass all levels of client functioning in the explanation of behavior and the application of helping strategies. The present state of theory in counseling was taken as the point of departure. Counseling theory is shown to be hindered by a state of seperateness and fragmentation. It is also shown that there currently exists a tendency towards the integration of different theories and the helping strategies involved. Eclecticism is studied as a way of integrating different counseling strategies. It is shown that although applicable as a method of integration, eclecticism is theoretically unsatisfactory because of its subjective and unsystematic character. Other methods of integration and its implications to the development of a meta theory in counseling is then discussed. The General Systems Theory is then discussed in terms of its value to the development of a metatheory in counseling. It is shown that by differentiating between the complex systems representing an individual's functioning, and the cybernetic feedback cycles involved in these systems, valuable guidelines for the implementation of helping strategies can be obtained. Two cybernetic feedback cycles that ought to be closely moni- . tored during the counseling process is mentioned. They are (a) the interactions amongst biological and physiological factors, thinking, feeling and acting, and (b) the feedback patterns in the larger social systems of which the client forms part, for example family and career functioning...
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A Western model of counselling for black teachers trained as counsellors : a case study

  • Authors: Charlton, Rod
  • Date: 2012-09-05
  • Subjects: Counselors , Teachers, Black , Counseling
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:3568 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/6951
  • Description: M.Ed. , With more and more emphasis on redressing the wrongs of apartheid and the focus on improving facilities and services in previously disadvantaged communities, there has been a move to bring previously unavailable and inaccessible services to the people who live in the townships. Counselling is one such need, especially considering the past political violence and the ongoing problems of poverty, child abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, unemployment and feelings of helplessness. Trauma Counselling emerged as one of the expressed needs from the townships on the East Rand of Gauteng (Johannesburg). Consequently NG 'S, Universities and local government have become involved in delivering some sort of counselling programme within the townships. The research question emerged as a result of the researcher's work and frustration whilst working in this area. It became apparent that the counsellors who were working within a township context were not always progressing as they would like. The researcher thus decided to investigate the appropriateness of using a western model of counselling within a township context. The theoretical framework consists of a brief overview of a western model of counselling and relevant readings on cross-culturalism. The skilled helper model of counselling was used to represent a typical western counselling model. The concept of Individualism and Collectivism emerged as an important aspect on which the study is based. Further readings on Traditional Healing were also undertaken. The nature of the research question led the researcher to adopting a monographic study as a research format within a qualitative research paradigm. The study is conducted in the single case study format. This in turn directs the research to observations, focus groups and document analysis. A group of black teachers who underwent training in counselling skills is the target of this study. The findings of the study indicate that western-type counselling as it is currently practised in South Africa needs to change to be more effective within the African context. The research also indicates that it is important to include cross-cultural training as well as the theory of Traditional Healing within the training of future educational psychologists
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Social work students’ experience and management of countertransference

  • Authors: Feller, Terry
  • Date: 2012-07-31
  • Subjects: Countertransference (Psychology) , Social service , Counseling , Social work education
  • Type: Thesis
  • Identifier: uj:8860 , http://hdl.handle.net/10210/5327
  • Description: M.A. , It is widely known that countertransference that is not understood or managed can result in ineffective treatment, inaccurate diagnosis and premature termination of counselling by the client or student social worker. This dissertation seeks to answer the question: “How do social work students experience and manage countertransference with their clients in their counselling process in the absence of former knowledge of this phenomenon?” A qualitative, phenomenological research design was used. There were five participants in the study, all of whom were third year social work students at the University of Johannesburg. This study was exploratory in nature and used semi-structured interviews to expose the students‟ personal countertransference experiences with as much richness and depth as possible. The history of countertransference is outlined, followed by a review of how to understand and use this construct. The participating students‟ experience of unrecognised countertransference forms the data, from which a better understanding of this phenomenon is gained. It is observed throughout this study that the students were distressed by their countertransferential experience, which left them feeling overwhelmed and confused. Such a response is understandable, given that the students had inadequate knowledge of countertransference and therefore could not understand the dynamics of countertransference or effectively manage and utilise countertransference in counselling. Five themes emerge that are consistent with the prior literature on countertransference in the therapeutic milieu. Findings from this study may broaden insight on the various ways in which the lack of training and knowledge of managing countertransference affect the social work student-client dynamic. The study concludes that (1) countertransference clearly affects the counselling process, and when students have little former knowledge or understanding of countertransference, they often feel overwhelmed. (2) Students do struggle with their unmanaged countertransference, which produces feelings of incompetence and ineffectiveness. (3) The students showed ability and interest in understanding how their countertransference impacted on themselves and the counselling process. Supervision can be a helpful tool to foster openness and understanding, so that students can explore their countertransferential experience. (4) The need for education and training in management of countertransference in students‟ internship programme is critical. While more research is indicated, the results of this study provide a deeper understanding of countertransference, and the importance of teaching this phenomenon as part of undergraduate students‟ learning process.
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E-counselling : an investigation into the practical application of online technology as a viable intervention mode for direct counselling practice

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