Human, Werner Jacobus (PhD)
Werner Human is a registered clinical psychologist. He obtained his BA (Psychology) degree in 2001 and Honours (Psychology) degree in 2003 from the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) and his MA (Clinical Psychology) degree with distinction in 2007 from the University of South Africa (UNISA). He is currently Director of HumanPsyc (Pty) Ltd, a company that renders psychological treatment services with a specialised focus on addiction and dual diagnosis. The purpose of this study was to develop a psycho-educational model to facilitate self-awareness of young adults as an integral part of mental health. Eight purposively sampled young adults were individually interviewed to explore how they experienced becoming self-aware. The findings were analysed and contextualised through a literature control. Findings indicated that the young adults experienced becoming self-aware as a difficult and tough process. Self-awareness created the opportunity to change their behaviour and beliefs to make choices and decisions. They experienced that self-awareness asked a purposeful commitment. Different environments also created contexts and opportunities to become self- aware. The central concept was identified as “facilitating self - awareness”. A psycho - educational model was developed based on this concept. This served as a frame of reference to facilitate self-awareness in young adults as an integral part of mental health. The unique contribution is the developed psycho-educational model and the guidelines to implement it.
Supervisor: Prof CPH Myburgh Co-supervisor: Prof M Poggenpoel
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