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A Tape Recorder as a Therapeutic “Witness” in the Treatment of an 8‐Year‐Old Girl
Author(s) -
Tuber Steven,
Seckin Banu
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/jclp.21921
Subject(s) - witness , girl , tape recorder , session (web analytics) , psychology , depiction , video tape , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , visual arts , developmental psychology , art , computer science , acoustics , physics , world wide web , programming language
A tape‐recorded session of an early moment in an 8‐year‐old girl's psychotherapy experience is presented. The use of the recording device is immediately taken up by the child as a means of creating a “witness” for her depiction of both intensely distorted experiences of her therapist and poignant portrayals of her life as miserable and despairing. A discussion of both the process and the content generated from the use of the tape recorder is described, with implications drawn as to its effectiveness in the therapeutic process.