Therapeutic ways with words / Kathleen Warden Ferrara.

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Ferrara, Kathleen

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Oxford studies in sociolinguisticsPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 1994.Description: 1 online resource (x, 199 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

1423735684
9781423735687
160129932X
9781601299321
9780195083378
0195083377
9780195083385
0195083385

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Therapeutic ways with words.DDC classification:

616.89/14 20

LOC classification:

RC489.P73 F47 1994eb

NLM classification:

1994 C-959
WM 420 F374t 1994

Other classification:

17.24

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Contents:

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.

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

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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