Staff Profile:

Dr Memory Munodawafa (She/Her) Degrees: M.Soc.sci Clinical social work (UCT); BSocSc Honours in clinical practice (UCT); PhD in Psychiatry, (UCT) Position Title: Lecturer Location: Office 5.04 Leslie Social Sciences Building, Upper Campus, UCT E-mail: memory.munodawafa@uct.ac.za Tel: +27 (0) 638510504 Consultation Times: By Appointment. E-mail or call to request an appointment. Key Roles in the Department:  Convenor and lecturer for SWK2001F Introduction to Social Development Lecturer for SWK1006S Basic Professional Interactions Lecturer for SWK2060F Social work assessment, intervention with groups Lecturer for SWK4030F Contemporary families in a changing society Lecturer for SWK5060S Psychotherapy with individuals Lecturer for SWK5058S Psychotherapy with Families and groups Supervisor for SWK5011H Masters Internship Postgraduate research supervisor

Brief Biography:

Memory Munodawafa is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Development at the University of Cape Town. Her research interests include mental health, psycho-oncology, family and couple’s therapy. She completed her PhD dissertation at The University of Cape Town in 2108. Her PhD research topic was “Filling the Gap: Development and qualitative process evaluation of a task sharing psycho-social counselling intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha”.

Research Interest Areas:

Development of psycho-social interventions, student and staff wellness, mental health and oncology support in the workplace, trauma debriefing, grief and loss counselling, palliative care, psycho-oncology, couples, and family counselling.

Teaching Areas:

SWK1006S Basic Professional Interactions

SWK2060F Social work assessment, intervention with groups

SWK4030F Contemporary families in a changing society

SWK5060S Psychotherapy with individuals

SWK5058S Psychotherapy with Families and groups

SWK5011H Clinical Internship Supervision

Recent Publications:

Munodawafa M. Reflections of an oncology social worker: Inspiring hope in the cancer journey. Live for Life 2021. Anne Lake Publication. P3: e15.

Nyatsanza, M., Davies T, Schneider M and Lund C. Filling the treatment gap: developing a task sharing counselling intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha. BMC Psychiatry 2016, 16:164.1-12.

Munodawafa M, Mall S, Lund C, Schneider M. Process evaluations of task sharing interventions for perinatal depression in low and middle income countries (LMIC): a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis. BMC Health Serv Res. 2018 Mar 23;18(1):205.

Munodawafa, M; Lund, C and Schneider, M. A process evaluation exploring the lay counsellor experience of delivering a task shared psycho-social intervention for perinatal depression in Khayelitsha, South Africa. BMC psychiatry 2017, 17(1):236.

Conference/Congress/Seminar Presentations:

International:

2022 – ICON presentation on breaking bad news

2021 – BIGOSA presentation on Advance care planning in patients with metastatic breast cancer

2019 – SACO presentation and panel discussion on home nursing of patients

2017 – ICON presentation on psycho-social support to elderly patients

2015 -  Presentation on AFFIRM-SA preliminary research at the 5th Annual Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Development Conference

2015 – Presentation at Centre for Public Mental Health Seminar

2014 – Presentation at Department of Psychiatry research day