Conversation Analysis and Psychotherapy

by Edited by Anssi Peräkylä , Charles Antaki , Sanna Vehviläinen , Ivan Leudar

• ISBN13: 9780521179829
• ISBN10: 0521179823
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

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 peoples 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.