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How Africa Developed Psychotherapy

6 min · 16 jul 2026
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Ghosts of the past haunting your present? Explore the psychology of ancestors and traditional healing from Africa. Discover how ancient wisdom can unlock modern well-being. #Ancestors #Therapy #Psychology #Africa #Healing #Spirituality Enjoying our Youtube videos? Get full access to all our audio content, videos, and thousands of thought-provoking articles, conversation cards and more with The School of Life Subscription: https://www.theschooloflife.com/the-school-of-life-youtube/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=How%20your%20ancestors%20are%20influencing%20your%20life%20-%20and%20an%20idea%20from%20Africa Learn, heal and grow. Get the best of The School of Life delivered straight to your inbox: https://www.theschooloflife.com/signup/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=How%20your%20ancestors%20are%20influencing%20your%20life%20-%20and%20an%20idea%20from%20Africa FURTHER READING You can read more on this and other subjects in our articles, here: https://www.theschooloflife.com/articles/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=How%20your%20ancestors%20are%20influencing%20your%20life%20-%20and%20an%20idea%20from%20Africa “We may feel that it is a uniquely Western neurosis, especially one afflicting people who have spent too long in psychotherapy, to go on about one’s relatives and their contribution to one’s unhappiness - to be twenty-five or sixty-two and still turning over in one’s mind how mum or grandpa have been responsible for spoiling one’s relationships or ruined one’s life…” SOCIAL MEDIA Feel free to follow us at the links below: X: https://x.com/TheSchoolOfLife/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theschooloflifelondon/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-school-of-life/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@theschooloflife?lang=en CREDITS Produced in collaboration with: Hannah O'brien https://www.hanobrien.com/ Title animation produced in collaboration with Graeme Probert www.gpmotion.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

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