In this qualitative, interpretive, multi-perspective study a new and promising
salutogenic imagery approach developed in Germany, called Value-Oriented
Imagery (Wertimagination/WIM®) was researched in regard to its applicability in
multicultural (non-European) contexts. A second question researched was whether
specific cultural or regional “dialects” would be encountered in the universal inner
picture language of persons from other (non-European) cultural backgrounds than
the one the approach was developed within.
A WIM® study with eighteen participants from African South African, Asian South
African and European South African cultural backgrounds was conducted in
Johannesburg in 2011 and 2012. The results were analysed and compared with
WIM® work experiences from Germany. Subsequently the results of the
comparison were discussed in three WIM® expert interviews: with Uwe
Boeschemeyer, Stephan Peeck and Andreas Boeschemeyer.
The main outcome of this research study is that Value-Oriented Imagery can be
seen as a rewarding contribution to South African multicultural (logo)therapy/
counselling contexts. Only minor cultural and regional “dialects” occurred in the
universal inner symbols of the RSA study participants, such as the occurrence of
more water features, especially waterfalls, and more spontaneous, unintended
Healthy Inner Child encounters. The present study suggests that work with Value-
Oriented Imagery could make a valuable contribution within any cultural and
multicultural (logo)therapy/counselling context. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:umkn-dsp01.int.unisa.ac.za:10500/11995 |
| Date | 12 November 2013 |
| Creators | Meyer-Prentice, Monika |
| Contributors | Cronje, Elsje Margaretha, Nieuwoudt, Johannes Marthinus |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (xi, 360 p.) |
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