Energy psychology and health, wellbeing, cultural trauma, C-PTSD & PTSD.
Community psychology: sustainable systems & ecologies, and social compacts.
Open methods research, and journey research methods.
Somatic health modalities, inquiry, and psychology.
Narrative and reflexive inquiry, and “The wounded researcher: Research with soul in mind” (Romanyshyn, 2007).
Books
Kruger, J., Lifschitz, S., & Baloyi, L. (2007). Healing practices in communities. pp.323 - 344 in Duncan, N., Bowman, B., Naidoo, A., Pillay, J., & Roos, V. (Eds.). Community psychology: Analysis, context and action. Cape Town: UCT Press.
Potter, C. & Kruger, J. (2001) Social programme evaluation. pp. 189 - 211. In Community psychology: Theory, method and practice. South African and other perspectives. Seedat, M., Duncan, N. & Lazarus, S. (eds.) Johannesburg: Oxford University Press Southern Africa.
Butchart, A. & Kruger, J. (2001) Public health and community psychology: a case study in community based injury prevention, pp.215- 241. In Community psychology: Theory, method and practice. South African and other perspectives. Seedat, M., Duncan, N. & Lazarus, S. (eds.) Johannesburg: Oxford University Press Southern Africa.
Journal articles
Fiona, F. & Kruger, D.J. (2004). Volunteers at risk! Experiences of lay counsellors at a support centre for abused women. New Voices in Psychology, 2004 (30), pp. 97 - 109.
Butchart, A.; Kruger, J. & Lekoba, R. (2000) Perceptions of injury causes and solutions in a Johannesburg township: implications for prevention. Social Science and Medicine. 50 (3), pp. 331 - 344.
Nell, V., Yates, D. & Kruger, J. (2000) An extended Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS E) with enhanced sensibility to mild brain injury. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 81 (5) May 2000 pp. 614 - 617.
Professional positions, fellowships & awards
SAIDE NADEOSA courseware award in 2008
Executive Committee of the Division for Research and Methodology of the Psychological Society of South Africa from 1998 to 2001.
The poetics of education in post-apartheid South Africa: a depth psychology inquiry.
Learning ecologies, teaching and hosting ‘eductive’ encounters in higher education.
Unpredictable large-scale climate & ecological change; and systems adaptation.
Recovery from determinism, atomism, reductionism, dualistic thinking, materialism, hyper-positivism, hyper-individualism, scientism, epistemic supremacy, erosion and exploitation of the public commons, greed-based economics, and biocidality.
Climate adaptation, historic and cultural traumas, and civilisation.
Indigenous research methodologies, methods, and inquiry.
Transpersonal research and inquiry, and transformational research methods (Braud & Anderson, 1998).
Other
Dissertation supervision (list of completed dissertations):
Callebaut, J. (2022) Psychological counsellors’ experiences of barriers, vicarious traumatisation, coping and resilience in helping refugees and asylum seekers.
Mahlangu, S. (2022) Clinical psychology master’s students’ experiences of in vivo community based training: reflections on the journeys to professionalisation
Olivier, C. (2021) Lay community healthcare workers' perspectives concerning the origins, dynamics and recovery from substance addiction
Norman, C.L. (2021) The burden of identification: entanglement of stigma, shame and pain associated with Colouredness.
Sukhdeo, A. (2021) Juggling the intersection of multiple identities in the South African context: Indian lesbians’ experiences of their coming out process.
Molefe, J. (2021) Who are you Mosadi? The Influence of psychological academic discourses around Black femininity on the discursive practices of identity construction in post-apartheid South Africa: a critical review of literature.
Raditladi, L. (2018) The perceived psychosocial contributions of choral singing in a Setswana-speaking community.
Mojapelo, C. (2017) Psychosocial perceptions of skin bleaching and beauty among Black South African women.
Pereira, J. (2017) Immigrant acculturation and mental health of Portuguese women living in South Africa.
Jonathan P. Y. Gilberg (2016) Young black men’s psychological experience of surfing in post-apartheid South Africa.
Sfiso Emmanuel Mabizela (2015) Experiences of student peer helpers in an open distance learning institution.
Stephanie Terre Blanche (2014) Liminal Spaces: Therapeutic Encounters Between Horses And Adolescents.
Beatrice Khaile (2014) Skills Development Learning Programmes And The Development Of Emotional Intelligence Competencies.
Jaco Crous (2014) Group Soulwork As A Context For Fostering Narrative Agency Among Men During Midlife.
William Solomons (2013) Facilitating Innovative Youth Encounters For Well-Being And Healing.
Mosa Moremi (2012) Volunteer Stress And Coping In Hiv And Aids Home-Based Care.
Werner Wichman (2012) Systems Theory Training As A Context For Healing – An Autoethnography.
Thanda Mtetwa (2011) Growing Up With Violent Fathers: Conversations With Daughters.
Deborah Ashdown (2005) “Dancing with change”: Evaluating an ecosystemic substance abuse intervention programme for youth.
Recommended readings for prospective Master’s students:
Capra, Fritjof (1988). Uncommon wisdom: conversations with remarkable people. Simon and Schuster.
Greenspan, Miriam (2003). Healing through the dark emotions in an age of global threat. Tikkun, 2(18), 19–22.
Meadows, Donella H. (2008) Thinking in systems: a primer. (Edited by Diana Wright). Earthscan publishing.
Moore, Thomas (1992). Care of the soul: A guide for cultivating depth and sacredness of everyday life. HarperCollins Publishers.
Watkins, Mary; & Shulman, Helene (2008). Toward Psychologies of Liberation. Palgrave MacMillan.
