title: An African therapy in dialogue with Freudian psychoanalysis.
abstract: This article summarizes and compares selected characteristics of Freudian psychoanalysis and of African psychotherapy. The author concludes that the Freudian emphasis on the individual and the African therapy's emphasis on the community may both lead to the positive restoration of both therapies' clients.
authors.affiliation: Department of African & General Studies, University of Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana, Africa.
authors.forename: Abraham A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Berinyuu
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000883:Anthropology; D004532:Ego; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D010327:Pastoral Care; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods*