Pawelczyk Talk as Therapy

Psychotherapy in a Linguistic Perspective
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-934078-67-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 7, 264 Seiten

Reihe: Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL]

The book is an empirical study of naturally occurring talk between psychotherapist and clients experiencing various anxieties and traumas that most of us recognize and can relate to. By relying on contemporary theories about sequential, situated discourse as well as drawing on “praxis” literature, it aims to investigate how psychotherapy as practice is contextually and interactionally accomplished. By scrutinizing patterns of language use, which reflect the core norms of the speech event of psychotherapy, it offers a unique look into the therapeutic dialogue at the micro level. The book presents a host of practical guidelines as to how to conduct ethnographic fieldwork at the (inter)professional research site in order to produce practically relevant findings. It also addresses the infiltration of therapeutic norms and strategies into new social contexts. is about disclosing one’s (usually) dysphoric experiences, clarifying and exploring them in the interactional here-and-now as well as focusing on their emotional aspects in the safety of the relationship with the therapist.

Zielgruppe

Research Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students of Applied Linguistics; Graduate Courses in Sociolinguistics, Discourse Analysis, Applied Linguistics; Psychotherapists in Training at the Graduate Level

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pawelczyk, Joanna

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Textlinguistik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sprachpsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Acknowledgements;6
2;Contents;8
3;Transcription Conventions;10
4;Introduction: Talk as therapy;12
5;Chapter 1. Situating the study;22
5.1;1.1 Relationship-Focused Integrative Psychotherapy;22
5.2;1.2 Psychotherapeutic discourse outside therapy room;27
5.3;1.3 The psychotherapy session as a research site;33
5.3.1;1.3.1 Introductory remarks;33
5.3.2;1.3.2 Early and current studies;34
5.3.3;1.3.3 Researching the professional setting;38
5.3.4;1.3.4 The interprofessional discourse site;40
5.3.5;1.3.5 Researcher and the community;45
5.3.6;1.3.6 Research ethics;50
5.4;1.4 On data collection and transcription, participants and context;54
5.5;1.5 Methodology and methods;56
6;Chapter 2. The transparency of meaning: Personalizing the meaning in psychotherapy;62
6.1;2.1 Introductory remarks;62
6.2;2.2 Positioning therapeutic interaction: Therapy as activity type and discourse type;65
6.3;2.3 Meaning making in ordinary conversation and psychotherapeutic interaction;73
6.4;2.4 Personalizing the meaning in psychotherapy;77
6.4.1;2.4.1 Probing questions;78
6.4.2;2.4.2 Overt continuers;85
6.4.3;2.4.3 Non-verbal into verbal;90
6.4.3.1;2.4.3.1 Aspects of kinesics;94
6.4.3.2;2.4.3.2 Paralinguistic cues;97
6.5;2.5 Concluding remarks;104
7;Chapter 3. Self-disclosure;108
7.1;3.1 Introductory remarks;108
7.2;3.2 Self-disclosure in the process of psychotherapy;111
7.3;3.3 Psychotherapeutic self-disclosure as interactional achievement;120
7.3.1;3.3.1 ‘You know’ as a discourse marker;121
7.3.2;3.3.2 ‘You know’ facilitating intimacy;124
7.3.3;3.3.3 ‘You know’ and ‘I don’t know’in resuming self-disclosure;126
7.3.4;3.3.4 Repetition;134
7.3.5;3.3.5 ‘Fishing’ for self-disclosure: Information-eliciting tellings and reformulations;142
7.4;3.4 Concluding remarks;158
8;Chapter 4. Communication of emotion;162
8.1;4.1 Introductory remarks;162
8.2;4.2 Emotion in socio-psychological perspective;163
8.3;4.3 Emotions in the process of psychotherapy;167
8.4;4.4 Expression, construction, and experience of emotion in the psychotherapy session;171
8.4.1;4.4.1 Topicalizing ‘feelings-talk’;173
8.4.2;4.4.2 Constructing a client’s less socially-acceptable emotions;180
8.4.3;4.4.3 Non-verbal communication of emotion: Aspects of ‘silence’ and ‘crying’;187
8.5;4.5 Concluding remarks;194
9;Chapter 5. Emotional support;196
9.1;5.1 Introductory remarks;196
9.2;5.2 Strategies of emotional support;198
9.2.1;5.2.1 Emotive extension of the client’s account;200
9.2.2;5.2.2 Emotive reaction;202
9.2.3;5.2.3 Validation;204
9.2.4;5.2.4 Mirroring;206
9.3;5.3 Therapist’s emotional presence;209
9.4;5.4 Concluding remarks;215
10;Conclusion: Reflecting on talk as therapy;216
11;Notes;222
12;References;234
13;Index;262

Über Autor(innen)

Pawelczyk, Joanna
Joanna Pawelczyk, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland