ABSTRACT

Good relationships depend, above all, on our skills in conversation. Harvey Sacks' method, Conversational Analysis, was the springboard for The author's research into psychotherapy as a social activity that depends for its success on the quality of the therapeutic dialogue. The author wrote this book not only for therapists, but for all those who do not understand what psychotherapy is for and are curious to know how it works. The author offers us new tools for all kinds of conversation to work for, rather than against, us.

part I|69 pages

The Principles of Speech and Human Social Behaviour

chapter One|13 pages

The silent revolution

chapter Four|19 pages

The therapeutic relationship

part II|84 pages

The Therapeutic Dialogue in Practice

chapter Five|17 pages

Getting clients to talk

chapter Six|26 pages

Troubles-telling

chapter Seven|26 pages

The identification of the client’s problem

chapter Eight|12 pages

Conclusions