About

Professor Annabella Osei-Tutu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Ghana, Legon. She specialises in counselling and cultural psychology. She has facilitated various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. In addition, she has supervised numerous undergraduate research projects, as well as master's and doctoral theses.

Education

Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA.

M.Phil. in Health Promotion, University of Bergen (UiB), Bergen, Norway.

B.A. in Psychology with Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon.

Research Interest

• Conceptions and experiences of well-being within Ghanaian settings
• Counselling and psychotherapy practices in Ghana
• Experiences, and interventions related to forgiveness

Publications

1. Affram, A. A., Adams, G., Omar, S. M., Dzokoto, V. A., Kenin, A., & Osei-Tutu, A. (2024). Happiness from here: Conceptions and experience of well-being from Ghana. In: Happiness across cultures: Views of happiness and quality of life in non-western cultures (pp. 171-184). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
2. Ndinyun Tawam, L., Salifu Yendork, J., & Osei-Tutu, A. (2024). “They are not as strong as we think”: symptoms of mental illnesses among Ghanaian pastors in Protestant, Pentecostal, and charismatic denominations. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 27(5), 445–459. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2024.2378881
3. Osei-Tutu, A. & Affram, A. A. (2024). Conceptualization and models of Muslim counseling in Ghana. Journal of Muslim Mental Health, 17(2). doi: https://doi.org/10.3998/jmmh.181
4. Osei-Tutu, A., Adams, G., Dzokoto, V. A., Affram, A. A., Kenin, A., Vural, N., & Omar, S. M. (2022). Conception and experience of well-being in two Ghanaian samples: Implications for Positive Psychology.          International Journal of Wellbeing, 12(4), 51-64. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v12i4.2123
5. Osei-Tutu, A., Dzokoto, V. A., Affram, A. A., Adams, G., Norberg, J., & Doosje, B. (2020). Cultural models of well-being implicit in four Ghanaian languages. Frontiers in psychology, 11, 1798.
6. Osei-Tutu, A., Belgrave, F. Z., & Dzokoto, V. A. (2023). Conceptualizations of effective parenting: Perspectives of religious counselors in Ghana. Journal of Black Psychology, 49(1), 3–31. https://doi.org/10.1177/00957984221077510
7. Osei-Tutu, A., Worthington Jr, E. L., Chen, Z. J., McElroy-Heltzel, S., Davis, D. E., & Washington-Nortey, M. (2021). Religious homogamy affects the connections of personality and marriage qualities to unforgiving motives: implications for couple therapy. Religions, 12(11), 917.
8. Osei-Tutu, A., Osafo, J., Anum, A., Appiah-Danquah, R., Worthington Jr, E. L., Chen, Z. J., ... & Nonterah, C. W. (2020). Is cultural adaptation needed beyond using Christian-accommodated reach forgiveness psychoeducational group intervention in Ghana? An efficacy study comparing a Christian-accommodated version against a version accommodated by Christian and cultural adaptations. Spirituality in Clinical Practice, 7(2), 73.