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BibType | ARTICLE |
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Author(s) | Aija Logren, Johanna Ruusuvuori, Jaana Laitinen |
Title | Self-reflective talk in group counselling |
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Tag(s) | EMCA, CA, Ethnomethodology, Discursive Psychology, Counselling, Therapy, Psychotherapy, Institutional interaction, Health, Cognition, self-reflective, diabetes |
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Year | 2017 |
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Journal | Discourse Studies |
Volume | 19 |
Number | 4 |
Pages | 422-440 |
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DOI | 10.1177/1461445617706771 |
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Abstract
Reflective processing is a joint social action that develops in interaction. Using conversation analysis and discursive psychology, this article focuses on self-reflective turns of talk in group counselling for adults at risk of type 2 diabetes. We show how reflective processing unfolds in patterns of interaction, wherein group members take an observing, evaluating or interpreting position towards their own actions and experiences. Self-reflective talk is neither exclusively dependent on counsellors’ actions nor limited to the niches the counselling programme structure offers. Self-reflective talk is one method of generating joint reflective processing. Such talk makes a topic available for discussion by connecting details of counselling with individuals’ experiences and enabling sharing. Self-reflective talk thus serves as a way for group members to participate in constructing a lifestyle problem, to invite or provide sharing of experiences and to display their orientation to the institutional task at hand.
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