Therapeutic collaboration: a conversation analysis of constructionist therapy

Sutherland, Olga; Strong, Tom

doi:10.1111/j.1467-6427.2010.00500.x

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“…Extract 4 (Sutherland, 2008; C, client, T, consulting therapist) The client complains that the consultant may be present because the couple's therapist (Nancy) had found the client and her partner Dan to be a 'challenge' (line 3). The consultant counter-argues by justifying his visit as a routine institutional procedure and not a special case of dealing with a challenging couple (lines 7Á15).…”

Section: Conversational Evidence Of Progressmentioning

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Conversational perspective of therapeutic outcomes: The importance of preference in the development of discourse

Sutherland

Sametband

Gaete

et al. 2013

Couns and Psychother Res

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Major theme: Evaluation of therapeutic outcome. Logical development of the theme: We suggest a way for practitioners and researchers to assess if they are on track in conversing towards client preferred goals. We offer a critique of more conventional approaches to studying therapeutic progress, suggesting how a discursive (i.e. focused on interaction and language use) lens can address these limitations. Through this lens we examine therapeutic progress evident in 'preference work', where clients demonstrably indicate, imply, agree and disagree with where the therapeutic conversation is heading. Such 'preference work' offers a form of evidence of within-session outcomes in a process of reaching larger client preferred outcomes. Authors' point of view: We present the results of conversation analysis Á a qualitative approach to the study of therapy Á to illustrate our discursive perspective on therapy progress and change. Implications: we suggest a way for practitioners to assess if they are on track in conversing towards client preferred goals. We propose that our interactional perspective may significantly contribute to bridging practice and research in therapy.

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Section: Conversational Evidence Of Progressmentioning

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Conversational perspective of therapeutic outcomes: The importance of preference in the development of discourse

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Gaete

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Couns and Psychother Res

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“…Sousa et al, 2006;Berge et al, 2009;Sutherland & Strong, 2011). These models are in a stage of ongoing theoretical development, still in the process of being incorporated into wider practice (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…These models are in a stage of ongoing theoretical development, still in the process of being incorporated into wider practice (e.g. Saleebey, 2001;Berge et al, 2009;Sutherland & Strong, 2011).…”

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The collaborative professional: towards empowering vulnerable families

Sousa¹,

Rodrigues²

2012

Journal of Social Work Practice

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This article describes the authors' journey in an attempt to understand why considerable efforts of professionals working with vulnerable families are not compensated by better results. The authors propose guidelines to support professionals to develop a collaborative approach, which would empower them as well as the families they work with. The guidelines focus on the front-line professionals, whose main tasks include (i) promoting their own resilience (and of other professionals involved) through reflection and supervision; (ii) building up a trusting relationship with families, which can be achieved by being flexible and informal, providing instrumental support, using time in active, extensive and intensive ways and (iii) promoting and reinforcing small positive family achievements during the course of the intervention. The proposal poses a challenge to professionals' actions and expertise as well as to agencies, being simultaneously a response to their aspirations to do better.

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“…Pioneered by Harvey Sacks in California, in the 1960’s, CA analysts understand meaning‐making ‘as a “between” process that requires meticulous co‐ordination of intentions, preferences, and understandings of all conversational parties’ (Sutherland, , p. 57) and core to this is the process of detailed transcription. The transcription is based on the system developed by Gail Jefferson (Jefferson, ), and Table below shows the transcription symbols used.…”

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Jointly created authority: a conversation analysis of how power is managed by parents and systemic psychotherapists in children’s social care

Watson¹

2018

Journal of Family Therapy

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Social care settings provide a complex landscape for systemic psychotherapists, particularly in relation to issues of power that are particularly pervasive. Conversation Analysis (CA) was used as a research method to understand the detail of how systemic psychotherapists and parents work together in the safeguarding context. The study aimed to examine the power issues arising, and how they were being managed. CA literature, seen as a reminder of the centrality of ‘talk as action’, is used as a lens through which to present the findings, and the concept of authority as joint action is introduced. The findings of the study showed how systemic approaches, put to use through systemic techniques, can uniquely contribute to safeguarding work in contexts where issues of power prevail, with a particular emphasis on the importance of the concept of self‐reflexivity. Practitioner points Notice and work with the complex circular ways that power issues arise in relationships in social care settings Use the concept of Jointly Created Authority to provide a relational frame for managing issues of power Revisit the concept of self‐reflexivity which is of primary importance to effective working in this context Develop understanding of how, using reflexive practice, adjusting responses in the moment can invite agency in clients

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Therapeutic collaboration: a conversation analysis of constructionist therapy

Cited by 53 publications

References 50 publications

Conversational perspective of therapeutic outcomes: The importance of preference in the development of discourse

Conversational perspective of therapeutic outcomes: The importance of preference in the development of discourse

The collaborative professional: towards empowering vulnerable families

Jointly created authority: a conversation analysis of how power is managed by parents and systemic psychotherapists in children’s social care

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