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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF VERA M. BUHRMANN

JOURNAL ARTICLES

1. Dream Therapy through the Ages. Psychotherapeia 3:1 Jan. 1977

2. Western Psychiatry and the Xhosa Patient, S. African Med. J. 51, April 1977.

3. Xhosa Diviners as Psychotherapists, Psychotherapeia 3:4 Oct., 1977

4. An Existential-Phenomenological Interpretation of thwasa among the Xhosa, Psychotherapeia 4: 2 April 1978

5. Tentative Views on Dream Therapy by Xhosa Diviners, J. anal. Psychology 23:2, 1978

6. Why are certain procedures of the indigenous healers effective? Psychotherapeia 5: 3 July 1979.

7. "Disintegrative effect of death among Southern African Black people." International Mental Health Research Newsletter 22:1, 1980.

8. "The inner reality of the Black man and his criminal responsibility." S. Afr Med J. 58, 1980.

9. "Growth and development of Xhosa amagqira." Humanitas 7:4, 1981.

10. Inthlombi and Xhentsa: A Xhosa Healing Ritual. J. anal. Psychology, vol. 26, No. 4, 1981. pp. 187-201.

11. Exploration of the meaning of songs sung during an Inthlombi. J. anal. Psychology, vol. 26, No. 2, 1981. pp.

12. A family therapy session with a dream as a central content, J. anal. Psychology, vol. 27, No. 1, 1982. pp. 41-57.

13. Isiko Lentambo: A renewal sacrifice. J. anal. Psychology, vol. 27, No. 2, 1981. pp. 163-173.

14. The intlombe (ritual dance) as applied to dream material. J. anal. Psychology, vol. 26, No. 4, 1981.

15. Thwasa and bewitchment. S. Afr Med J. 61, June 1982.

16. The Role of the Indigenous Healer, Africa Insight, 13:3 June, 1982. pp. 877-879.

17. Community Health and Traditional Healers, Psychotherapeia 30:1, November 15-18, 1983

18. The mental health care of an igqira (indiginous healer), in Contemporary Approaches to Jungian Thought, ed. by R. Papadopoulos and G. Saayman. A.D. Donker, Johannesburg, 1984;

19. "Indigenous healers: Mental health and ill-health." In Freed, Edgar (ed): Aspects of psychiatry among the Black population of Southern Africa. University of Witwatersrand Press, 1984.

20. Initiation of Xhosa Indigenous Healers, In Mahdi, Louise (ed.): Rites of Passage and initiation at significant stages of life. Evanston: Open Court Publishers, 1984

21. Living in Two Worlds, Human & Rousseau, 1984.

22. "Training of Xhosa medicine men and analytical psychologists: A comparitive study" and "Archetypal transference as observed in the healing procedures of Xhosa amagqira." In Beebe, John E. (ed.): Money, food, drink and fashion in analytical training (Depth dimensions of physical existence). Stuttgart: Bonz-Verlag, 1984.

23. The feminine in witchcraft: part I. Journal of Analytical Psychology, vol. 32, No. 2, 1987. pp. 139-156.

ARTICLES ABOUT VERA BUHRMANN

Schoemann, J.B. Vera Buhrmann's Approach to Cultural Psychiatry, Psychotherapeia No.

OTHER RESOURCES

Holdstock, L. (1981): "Indiginous healing in South Africa and the person-centred approach of Carl Rogers". Curare 4, pp. 31-46.