Counselling Implications of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Psycho-Social Adjustment of Vesico Vaginal Fistulae (VVF) Patients in Kano State, Nigeria
Abstract
People with Vesico Vaginal Fistulae (VVF) have been suffering severely. In some communities, they are treated as outcast, while others are stigmatized. They suffer physical, emotional, and social maladjustment. Little position has been established about the counselling implications of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBTH) on psycho-social adjustment of people living with VVF. Thus, the present study examined the counselling implications of CBTH on emotional, physical, and social adjustment of VVF patients in Kano state, Nigeria. The study discussed the causes and effects of VVF, psycho-social adjustment of VVF persons, concept of CBTH and its counselling implications on psycho-social adjustment of people living with VVF. The study concluded that CBTH provides effective counselling for optimizing psycho-social adjustment of people living with VVF. The study recommended that relevant stakeholders should uphold and maximize CBTH for treating psycho-social maladjustment of VVF patients.
Keywords: VVF, counselling, implication, CBTH, psycho-social adjustment.
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