Evaluating the talking cure: The contribution of narrative, discourse, and conversation analysis to psychotherapy assessment

Qualitative Research in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-247

  Georgaca, Eugenie ^a   Avdi, Evronomy ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conversation analysis; Discourse analysis; Narrative analysis; Psychotherapy assessment; Psychotherapy evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449581261     PISSN: 14780887     EISSN: 14780895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14780880802146896     Document Type: Article

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