Gauteng-based Psychologists’ Constructions of Polyamorous Clients

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dc.contributor.authorSpilka, Avri
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-28T06:38:56Z
dc.date.available2019-11-28T06:38:56Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionSubmitted in partial fulfilment of the degree Master of Community-Based Counselling in Psychology at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, July 2018en_ZA
dc.description.abstractPolyamory is a relationship practice rooted in the belief that it is possible to pursue meaningful romantic, sexual, and/or emotional partnerships with more than one person simultaneously. This research sought to explore how South African psychologists construct polyamory, as international research suggests polyamory is produced as problematic within mental health contexts. Six Gauteng-based psychologists were recruited using purposive sampling. Data was collected using semi-structured interviews. Interview transcripts were analysed using Foucauldian informed critical discourse analysis. Findings reveal that a discourse of damage informs psychologists’ constructions of polyamory: Polyamorists are presented as pathological, primitive and infantile individuals. Their relationships are constructed as risky, complicated arrangements which oppress women and break up homes. These constructions justify the need for intervention and reproduce Western, Christian, cisgender and heterosexual monogamy as the pinnacle of ‘healthy’ and ‘real’ love. These findings form part of an initial critical engagement with polyamory in the South African context.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianXL2019en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (101 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationSpilka, Avri (2018) Gauteng-based Psychologists' constructions of polyamorous clients, , University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/28611>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/28611
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFeminist theory
dc.subject.lcshQueer theory
dc.subject.lcshGroup sex
dc.titleGauteng-based Psychologists’ Constructions of Polyamorous Clientsen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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