Therapeutic Ways with Words (Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics) by Kathleen Warden Ferrara
English | ISBN: 0195083385 , 0195083377 | 1994 | 216 pages | PDF | 10,2 MB
Therapeutic Ways with Words provides a unique glimpse into language use in psychotherapy, an important speech event which has previously been shrouded in mystery. This important book shows how both clients and therapists accomplish their aims through language, which, paradoxically, is both the method of diagnosis and the medium of treatment in this cultural practice.