Discursive Methodologies for Couple and Family Therapy Research: Editorial to Special Section. (8th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tseliou, Eleftheria; Borcsa, Maria
• Is Part Of: Journal of marital and family therapy. Volume 44:Number 3(2018:Jul.)
• Page Start: 375
• Page End: 385
• Publication Date: 2018-03-08
• Subjects: Marriage counseling -- United States -- Periodicals; Family psychotherapy -- Periodicals; Counseling -- Periodicals; Family -- Periodicals; Family Therapy -- Periodicals; Marriage -- Periodicals; Gezinstherapie; Conseil conjugal -- États-Unis -- Périodiques; Thérapie familiale -- Périodiques; 616.89156
• DOI: 10.1111/jmft.12308
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0194-472X

Abstract

Abstract : In this article, we aim to introduce the special JMFT section on discursive research methodologies for couple and family therapy research. These are qualitative research methodologies which resonate with the systemic emphasis on the semantics and the pragmatics of therapy discourse. First, we provide a brief overview of such methodologies and their use in the family therapy field. We then introduce the context and the content of the special section, where four approaches, including conversation analysis, discursive psychology type of discourse analysis, poststructurally informed discourse analysis (subject positioning analysis), and semantic analysis, are introduced by means of analyzed extracts from a Tom Andersen consultation session with a couple in distress and their therapist. We conclude with implications for the field. For Tom and Michael