Papers by Frederik J A Snyders
This article reports on the lives and experiences of exotic dancers with the aim of understanding... more This article reports on the lives and experiences of exotic dancers with the aim of understanding their involvement in the stripping industry. Exotic dancing is often seen as deviant or pathological. These participants related their own stories and experiences, and interview narratives were analyzed by means of thematic network analysis. Common stereotypes are debunked, and and it emerged that some dancers experience healing, meaning, gratification and power within their work, and that they live responsible and productive lives.
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Countertransference themes which developed in therapeutic and research relationships with torture... more Countertransference themes which developed in therapeutic and research relationships with torturers are described and explored. These include dysregulated affect, a sense of role reversal, disconnection from others,anger, a sense of betraying victims, and the disruption of long-held beliefs.Ways of dealing with countertransference in this context are discussed.
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South African Journal of Psychology, 1979
ABSTRACT New demands on the therapeutic psychologist and a new approach to the selection of candi... more ABSTRACT New demands on the therapeutic psychologist and a new approach to the selection of candidates for postgraduate training in psychotherapy are explored. Intrapsychic approaches to selection are questioned, and a procedure based on interactional and communication approaches is devised and applied. Psychotherapy is described in terms of a conceptual structure including relationship dimensions, basic facilitative conditions, interviewing skills, group skills, and attitudinal components. On this basis a selection programme is applied. In vivo interpersonal situations where extensive use is made of ratings, are emphasized and statistical analyses of the data support the hypothesis that in vivo situations are realistic settings for the assessment of therapeutic potentialities. Rating procedures are found to be highly reliable. Interviewing skills, basic facilitative dimensions, internal frame of reference, and group proficiency, seem to be of prime importance in identifying potentialities for further training, and the feasibility of selecting candidates on the basis of measurable skills is advocated.
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Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 2006
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In order to develop culturally sensitive interventions with immigrant families, a cultural diagno... more In order to develop culturally sensitive interventions with immigrant families, a cultural diagnostic interview format is suggested. This process is illustrated by means of vignettes populated by immigrants from different countries who shared their immigration stories with graduate students from a Mid-Western university in the United States of America.
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There is a need to Africanize family therapy to serve the interests of local communities. Western... more There is a need to Africanize family therapy to serve the interests of local communities. Western approaches have been viewed as irrelevant to African contexts, and this dominant knowledge invalidates local folk and cultural psychologies. This maintains a tradition of oppressive colonial power. It is necessary to evaluate such criticism in terms of power relations between different knowledges in Africa. It is argued that many global narratives of family therapy offer congenial companionship to any number of local African narratives, but that family therapists should pay attention to local spiritual and political narratives so as to attain more legitimacy and validation by local communities.
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The film "The passion of the Christ" is discussed in terms of its possible provocative and hidden... more The film "The passion of the Christ" is discussed in terms of its possible provocative and hidden messages in the service of particular interest groups and political alliances. Violence is viewed as persuasive communication, and the possible psychological effects of such a search for power and dominance are illustrated.
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Individuals' experiences with diviners are documented in the form of thematic network analyses, a... more Individuals' experiences with diviners are documented in the form of thematic network analyses, and Levenson's Locus of Control Questionnnaire was applied to five participants who were also interviewed extensively. Contrary to the existing literature, it was found that an internal locus of control orientation predominated among participants. Implications for clinical practice are discussed.
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Three different sources of information were analyzed and integrated to shed light on resilience i... more Three different sources of information were analyzed and integrated to shed light on resilience in intimate relationships. Three family therapists were interviewed about their experiences with couples in distress, excerpts from five popular films provided information about couple interactions, and three participant couples were interviewed to elicit their responses and and experiences. Relational processes that assist the couple to rebound from shared difficulties and to become more resourceful were identified.
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This paper focusses on the impact, experiences and perceptions of the children of holocaust survi... more This paper focusses on the impact, experiences and perceptions of the children of holocaust survivors. The unique experiences of a research participant were explored in a case study design, and themes relating to the impact of being raised by parents who had survived the holocaust were identified and described.
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Exotic dance is often falsely associated with illegal forms of sexual labour, as well as with "de... more Exotic dance is often falsely associated with illegal forms of sexual labour, as well as with "deviance"; thus promoting the view that exotic dancing is somehow pathological. These views undermine the dancers' ability to be seen as individuals with their own stories and experiences. Participants in this study were interviewed with the focus on experiences in the exotic dance industry, family histories, relationships, and personal networks. narratives were analyzed by means of thematic network analysis. Common stereotypes were debunked, and some dancers clearly experience meaning, healing, gratification and power in their work, and they live responsible, productive lives.
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The traditional type of learning is an outside-in approach where students are expected to absorb ... more The traditional type of learning is an outside-in approach where students are expected to absorb information in a passive manner. Some innovative multi-cultural family therapy techniques can be used to create an inside-out approach to learning with prospective family therapists. Learning by doing as well as using a self-reflective stance by the therapist are advocated, and the learning context revolves around personal encounters and experiential processes in the classroom, as well as analyzing real life experiences. methods include self-reflective exercises, cultural genograms, ecological maps, role-playing, interviews with immigrant families, and elaboration of immigrant odysseys.
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Journal of Family Therapy, 2006
In order to develop culturally sensitive interventions for immigrant families, therapists need a ... more In order to develop culturally sensitive interventions for immigrant families, therapists need a framework from which to work. A cultural diagnostic interview differs from from the traditional interview approach , and the utility of the cultural interview is demonstrated through vignettes of several immigrants who share their emigration stories with graduate students from a mid-western university in the United States of America.
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Language Matters : Studies in the languages of Africa, Jul 19, 2003
This paper addresses how language MATTERS in the choreography of the social organization known as... more This paper addresses how language MATTERS in the choreography of the social organization known as war. The language of MECHOLOGY is well-suited to the description of car engines, electricity, space travel, and the formulation of simple certainties, but war may follow from such reductionistic descriptions and denial of others' identities and social organization. The language of ECOLOGY opens the way to exploration of the "truths" of others, and the suspension of one's own certainties.
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Poor compliance with medication is a serious problem in chronic and terminal illness, and remains... more Poor compliance with medication is a serious problem in chronic and terminal illness, and remains poorly understood. The authors narrate the experiences of a psychotherapist working in a state hospital and facing issues of non-compliance in a serious childhood illness - thalassemia major. Interventions started at a time of iron overload at life threatening levels, in a group of thalassemic patients. After six years of multi-level interventions with end-of-study patient follow-up, it was found that the target group eventually reached the ideal treatment regimen and levels. Compliance was addressed as one epiphenomenon of the problematic interface between the thalassemia group and the provider system.
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Journal of Literary Studies, 2005
The film The Passion of the Christ is discussed in terms of its possible provocative and hidden m... more The film The Passion of the Christ is discussed in terms of its possible provocative and hidden messages in the service of particular interest groups and political alliances. Violence is viewed as persuasive communication, and the possible psychological effects of such a search for power and dominance are illustrated.
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Contemporary Family Therapy, 1999
There is a need to Africanise family therapy so as to serve the interest of local communities. We... more There is a need to Africanise family therapy so as to serve the interest of local communities. Western approaches to family therapy have been accused of being irrelevant to African contexts. They are seen as forming part of a dominant scientific knowledge which invalidates local folk and cultural psychologies and thereby continuing a historical tradition of oppressive colonial power relations. This paper aims at archaeologising and evaluating such criticism by situating family therapy within different fields of knowledge that have emerged historically and are currently co-existing in Africa. The advantages and disadvantages of dominant family therapy approaches in African contexts are explored by focussing on power relations between different knowledges in Africa. It is argued that many global narratives of family therapy offer congenial companionship to many local African narratives, but that family therapists should pay more attention to local spiritual and political narratives so as to attain more legitimacy and validation by local communities.
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