Therapy talk: analyzing therapeutic discourse.
Therapeutic discourse is the talk-in-interaction that represents the social practice between clinician and client. This article invites speech-language pathologists to apply their knowledge of language to analyzing therapy talk and to learn how talking practices shape clinical roles and identities. A range of qualitative research approaches, including ethnography of communication, conversation analysis, and frame theory, provides a background for the case presentation of a 13-year-old girl who stutters. Asymmetry is a feature of the therapeutic discourse presented , with evidence of recognition of the client's communicative competence emerging. Applications of analyzing therapy talk are discussed, illustrating the relevance of this approach for clinicians.
Leahy
Margaret M
MM
Clinical Speech and Language Studies, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. mleahy@tcd.ie
D000293:Adolescent; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010700:Phonetics; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013070:Speech Therapy; D014705:Verbal Behavior