Talking about violence : a micro-analysis of narrative processes in a family therapy session
Rober, Peter and Van Eesbeek, D. and Elliott, Robert (2006) Talking about violence : a micro-analysis of narrative processes in a family therapy session. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 32 (3). pp. 313-328. ISSN 0194-472X (https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2006.tb01609.x)
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In this article, we look at the development in family therapy of narratives about domestic violence. We report on microanalyses of a family therapy session, using narrative research methods, including some conversation analytic tools. The main questions posed in this investigation were: How does storytelling of a highly charged and delicate topic like domestic violence develop in the session?; how do the different actors in the therapy room contribute to telling such stories?; how do actors try to put forward domestic violence as a conversational topic?; and how do different actors react to these attempts? Our research illustrates how the recounting of stories of violence seems to go hand in hand with modes of interaction that discourage the telling of these stories. In the back-and-forth process between voices of hesitation and voices of reassurance, the participants weigh the level of safety in the session. In as far as the voices of hesitation can be reassured of the safety, it becomes gradually possible to talk about delicate, problematic experiences, such as violence in the family.
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Item type: Article ID code: 27734 Dates: DateEventJuly 2006PublishedSubjects: Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > Psychology Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Psychological Sciences and Health > Counselling Depositing user: Professor Robert Elliott Date deposited: 27 Jul 2011 12:46 Last modified: 08 Apr 2024 18:10 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/27734