The hardest words: Exploring the dialogue of suicide in the counselling process — A discourse analysis

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-71

  Reeves, Andrew ^a   Bowl, Ric ^b   Wheeler, Sue ^c   Guthrie, Elspeth ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

assessment; counsellor; dialogue; discourse; psychotherapist; risk; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750709367     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733140412331384068     Document Type: Article

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