Cross-cultural training in southern africa: A call for psychoecological pluralism

Abstract

This article provides a description of counseling services in one southern African nation and documents the results of a qualitative investigation of that nation's counselor training needs. Implications for cross-cultural training are drawn from the study, and related complexities are elaborated. The findings of the study are synthesized with the outcomes of a follow-up study and with the results of subsequent related research on indigenous healing practices in three southern African nations. The synthesis supports a rationale for considering psychoecological pluralism in designing cross-cultural training in human services.