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Discursive Methodologies for Couple and Family Therapy Research: Editorial to Special Section
Author(s) -
Tseliou Eleftheria,
Borcsa Maria
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/jmft.12308
Subject(s) - special section , pragmatics , family therapy , context (archaeology) , conversation analysis , discourse analysis , section (typography) , field (mathematics) , conversation , semantics (computer science) , psychology , distress , linguistics , sociology , epistemology , psychotherapist , computer science , philosophy , communication , paleontology , mathematics , engineering physics , pure mathematics , engineering , biology , programming language , operating system
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