Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) is one of very few relationship therapy models with evidence of effectiveness in diverse cultural contexts. However, most of this research has been conducted in North American and European contexts and more work needs to be done to investigate the model’s transferability to African contexts. [...]
As a researcher in the field of health psychology, discovering the connections between women’s physical and mental health lies at the heart of Prof Rizwana Roomaney’s work. Her passion lies in better understanding the psychological, behavioural, and social aspects of illness, health and healthcare so as to better understand people. [...]
The 3rd State of South Africa’s Fathers Report (SOSAF 2024) will be launched on 4 February 2025 at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch. Edited by Tawanda Makusha of the Africa Health Research Institute, Mandisa Malinga of the University of Cape Town, Wessel van den Berg of Equimundo: Centre for Masculinities and Social Justice, [...]
One of the members of the department, Kopano Ratele, is a co-editor of a new handbook. The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities, co-edited by Ezra Chitando and Obert Bernard of Mlambo of the Department of Philosophy, Religion and Ethics, University of Zimbabwe, Sakhumzi Mfecane of the Department of [...]
SADAGS's 'Ask the expert Friday' hosted Mariam Salie, talking about 'Panic in the workplace'. She addresses questions about panic and anxiety, identifying symptoms, some strategies to manage panic and some ideas for employers when dealing with incidences of panic.
The CBTASA (CBT Association of South Africa) was officially founded in October 2019. We are a constituted, non-profit organisation and are affiliated with the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) https://eabct.eu. Our association represents a network of vetted CBT therapists and trainers, each of which is concurrently registered with their own [...]
We, members of the Department of Psychology at Stellenbosch University, note with deep concern the ongoing massacre and continued mass displacement of the population of Gaza by the Israeli military since 7 October. We are appalled by the mass murder of innocent civilians and are dismayed that the Israeli military [...]
The International Council of Psychologists 2023 Seisoh Sukemune/Bruce Bain Encouragement of Early Career Research Award was awarded to Dr. Erinn C. Cameron. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding early career contributions to scholarly endeavors addressing psychological issues of a universal or multinational significance. Dr. Cameron is a highly [...]
In these days of pain and sorrow, times of degradation from the good human nature, Guido Veronese, a research fellow in the Department of Psychology, feels a deep sense of honor on receiving the Ignacio Martín-Baró Martin Lifetime Peace Practitioner Award. His work has been devoted over the years to [...]
Stellenbosch University MA Clinical Psychology students presented papers in a Couple Therapy Symposium at the 27th Annual Psychological Society of South Africa (PsySSA) Conference, Caesar’s Palace, Johannesburg, 5 October 2023. Imran Adams (on the left in the photo below) and Zintle Sobekwa (on the right) presented papers in the symposium [...]
