Couture2006

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Couture2006
BibType ARTICLE
Key Couture2006
Author(s) Shari J. Couture, Olga Sutherland
Title Giving advice on advice-giving: A conversation analysis of Karl Tomm's practice
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation Analysis, Family Therapy, Advice, Karl Tomm
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Year 2006
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Journal Journal of Marital and Family Therapy
Volume 32
Number 3
Pages 329–345
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DOI 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2006.tb01610.x
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Abstract

In this article we challenge a common definition of therapeutic advice as a linear, one-way accomplishment, enacted by therapists toward clients. We also offer a novel conception of advice as a dialogical “performance, ” to which both therapists and clients contribute. We discuss the results of a conversation analysis of a family therapy session by Karl Tomm, showing sequential practices employed by a family therapist and a family as they jointly work out common ground to set the stage for the therapist's eventual offering of advice. We discuss the results of this study in light of the literature on advice provision in various contexts.

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