by Rafiq Lockhat
On the news the other day they were discussing the suicide of a teenager when the announcer said suicide is now the second biggest cause of teen deaths in South Africa. Disturbing as this is, it did not surprise me. In 1986, when I was a psychology intern, I worked at...
by Rafiq Lockhat
I consulted with a 65-year-old woman some time ago. For 42 years she had been involved in a relationship with a man she described as “beautiful”. He had died from colon cancer a few weeks prior to her seeing me. She was lonely and missing him terribly. I...
by Rafiq Lockhat
I attended two funerals this week. One was a 32-year-old who was killed in a motorcycle accident and the other was 78-year-old who died after a long struggle with cancer. What was interesting for me was the response of the mourners at the two funerals. For the young...