Different place, different action: Clients' personal narratives in psychotherapy

Text and Talk

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-305

  Bercelli, Fabrizio ^a   Rossano, Federico ^b   Viaro, Maurizio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Personal narrative; Psychotherapy; Sequential organization; Therapeutic interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 44449139426     PISSN: 18607330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/TEXT.2008.014     Document Type: Review

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