Women and men in conversation: a consideration of therapists' interruptions in therapeutic discourse |
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| Authors: | Jacqueline Stratford |
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| Institution: | Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Downend Clinic, Buckingham Gardens, Downend, Bristol BS16 5TW, UK |
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| Abstract: | Studies of day-to-day conversation have shown that interrupting can be used as a gendered means of determining both conversational topic and speaker. This paper explores the nature of interruptions in therapeutic conversations in this light. Drawing upon two recent studies of therapists' interruptions, the author offers some preliminary ideas for consideration by therapists, clinical supervisors and researchers. |
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