The process of enabling change: a study of therapist interventions in family therapy

We describe the application of discursive analysis to the task of researching family therapy process. Through the analysis of a central theme in two family therapy treatments, we found that individual family members move to using a wider range of discourses on the central theme by the end of therapy...

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Published in:Journal of family therapy 1998-08, Vol.20 (3), p.253-267
Main Authors: Burck, Charlotte, Frosh, Stephen, Strickland‐Clark, Lisa, Morgan, Kevin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Discourse analysis
Family psychotherapy. Systemic therapy
Family therapy
Medical sciences
Processes
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychotherapies. Psychological and clinical counseling
Treatments
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Summary:We describe the application of discursive analysis to the task of researching family therapy process. Through the analysis of a central theme in two family therapy treatments, we found that individual family members move to using a wider range of discourses on the central theme by the end of therapy. Using the example of one family's therapy sessions, we examine how the therapist contributes to the new meanings and views that emerge, and present our analysis of the therapists' interventions in relation to the ‘production’ of these alternative meanings. It is argued that discourse analysis can fruitfully be applied to family therapy process research and could contribute to theoretical concepts of change and therapeutic competence.
ISSN:0163-4445
1467-6427
DOI:10.1111/1467-6427.00086