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Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy

By Anssi Perakyla , Charles Antaki , Sanna Vehvilainen , Ivan Leudar (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0521871905, 9780521871907, 9780511394904
LCC
P95.45 .C66435 2008
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1012 kB (1036103 bytes)
Edition
1st
Pages
234\234
Topic
Medicine Therapy
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
conversation analysis;sociolinguistics

Description

Psychotherapy is a 'talking cure'- clients voice their troubles to therapists, who listen, prompt, question, interpret and generally try to engage in a positive and rehabilitating conversation with their clients. Using the sophisticated theoretical and methodological apparatus of Conversation Analysis - a radical approach to how language in interaction works - this book sheds light on the subtle and minutely organised sequences of speech in psychotherapeutic sessions. It examines how therapists deliver questions, cope with resistance, reinterpret experiences and how they can use conversation to achieve success. Conversation is a key component of people's everyday and professional lives and this book provides an unusually detailed insight into the complexity and power of talk in institutional settings. Featuring contributions from a collection of internationally renowned authors, Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy will appeal to researchers and graduate students studying conversation analysis across the disciplines of psychology, sociology and linguistics.

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