Material Type:
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Article : printed text
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Title:
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Nafsiyat Therapy Centre: Challenges, Insights and Developments (2022)
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Authors:
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Baffour ABABIO
, Author
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In :
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Psychoanalysis and History (vol. 24, n° 3, 2022)
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Article on page:
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pp. 311-318
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Languages:
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English
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Keywords :
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Psychothérapie communautaire
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Interculturel
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Langue maternelle
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Race
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Abstract:
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This article details the efforts of a small coalition of professionals of all colours who founded the psychotherapy service called Nafsiyat in the 1980s in order to counteract a particular set of psychotherapeutic assumptions: notably, that non-Europeans would not benefit from dynamic talking therapy. The article delves into the way the service endeavours to overcome a number of barriers, including scant resources, fear, stigma; at the same time, it seeks to acknowledge Nafsiyat's attempts to incorporate the enduring wealth of culturally affirming practices into its intercultural therapeutic model.
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