Psychology in Africa or African Psychology? Discourse on paradigm shift in psychotherapy and psychological practice in Africa

Psychology in Africa or African Psychology is a million dollar question that remains to be debated by psychologists in Africa and those in diaspora as to the true status of psychotherapy and psychology practice in Africa. What is Psychology in Africa, or should it be African psychology? The focus of this paper is to present a discourse on the need for a paradigm shift in psychotherapy and the practice of psychology in Africa. The following questions will further assist us in the direction of debate: What is the current practice of psychology in Africa? Do we need to have African African-centred psychology? Do we need a shift of approach from Psychology in Africa to African psychology? The answers to these questions would be the platform and departure on which the status of psychology is discussed in Africa anchored on the debate on the relevance of culture in psychology teaching and practice in Africa.