The psycho-educational use of narrative therapy among Nguni speaking children

• Main Author: Kabanyane, Nompumelelo Eucalist
• Other Authors: Roets, H. E. (Hester Elizabeth)
• Format: Others
• Language: en
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: Values; Narrative therapy; Nguni speaking children; Stories in Nguni culture; Folktales; Traumatised; Externalising a problem; SOS Children's Village; Institution or institutionalised children; Death; Poverty; Abandonment; Abuse; 372.140968; Educational counseling > South Africa; Narrative therapy > South Africa; Counseling in elementary education > South Africa
• Online Access: Kabanyane, Nompumelelo Eucalist (2009) The psycho-educational use of narrative therapy among Nguni speaking children, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2551>; http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2551

Narrative therapy provides an opportunity for children to identify what is important to them. The aim of therapy in this research is to open up space for Nguni speaking children, who in their culture, are not allowed to express their feelings freely. The researcher has found that stories allow children an opportunity to realise that they are all human and that we have come through a process where we have to acknowledge that our existence today is largely dependent on the fact that we are not denying our stories as Nguni speaking people. From looking at the results of study, it would appear that these children have benefited from the therapy sessions. From three clients a sense of pride and self-worth was often evident at the end of a session and the overall comment made was that each one felt far better than when they had started the sessions. === Educational Studies === M. Ed. (specialisation in Guidance and Counseling)