“New Beginnings” In South African Shelters for The Homeless: Piloting of A Group Psychotherapy Intervention for High-Risk Mother–Infant Dyads

This study was a collaboration between the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg; the Anna Freud Centre, London; and the Ububele Educational and Psychotherapy Trust (NGO), Johannesburg. We thank the following people: the mothers and infants who participated in this study; Tessa Baradon of the Anna Freud Centre, who acted as clinical supervisor on the study, for her generosity with her program and her time; and the group facilitators: Linda Rosenbaum, Melanie Esterhuizen, and Katharine Frost. This study was funded by the Carnegie Transformation Cooperation and supported by an ad hoc grant from the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand.

Publication Date: 
2014
Publisher(s): 
Wiley Online Library
Location: 
South Africa