Therapeutic ways with words /

Ferrara, Kathleen.

Therapeutic ways with words / Kathleen Warden Ferrara. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1994. - 1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : illustrations - Oxford studies in sociolinguistics . - Oxford studies in sociolinguistics. .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-196) and index.

1. Introduction; 2. From Out the Shadows: Background on Psychotherapy; 3. Facets: Retellings in Therapeutic Discourse; 4. Visions Through a Prism: Dream Telling and Interpretation; 5. Reflections: The Role of Repetition; 6. Glimmers: Therapeutic Uses of Metaphor; 7. Double Vision: Aligned Speech in Joint Productions; 8. Afterword; APPENDIX A: Background of Clients Who Participated in the Study; APPENDIX B: Transcription Conventions Employed; NOTES; REFERENCES; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W.

This is a linguistic analysis of the discourse between therapist and client in psychotherapy sessions. Ferrara emphasizes the interactive nature of the discourse, and shows how language is mutually constructed as the participants interweave bits and pieces of their own and others' sentences, metaphors, and narratives into the discussion.

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Psychotherapy patients--Language.
Psychotherapists--Language.
Discourse analysis.
Psycholinguistics.
Psychotherapy.
Language and languages.
Psychotherapy
Psycholinguistics
Language
Patients en psychothérapie--Langage.
Psychothérapeutes--Langage.
Analyse du discours.
Psycholinguistique.
Psychothérapie.
Langage et langues.
psycholinguistics.
pragmatics.
PSYCHOLOGY--Psychotherapy--General.
Discourse analysis.
Psycholinguistics.
Psychotherapists--Language.
Psychotherapy patients--Language.
Psychotherapie
Sprache
Taal.
Psychotherapie.
Discourse analysis.
Psicolinguistica.

Psychotherapy


Electronic book.
Electronic books.

RC489.P73 / F47 1994eb

616.89/14

1994 C-959 WM 420 F374t 1994

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