Publications

Publication details [#45817]

Wahlström, Jarl and Katja Kurri. 2007. Reformulations of agentless talk in psychotherapy. Text & Talk 27 (3) : 315–338.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

agent | face maintenance | footing | psychotherapy | reformulating

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/TEXT/html

Annotation

This paper discuses how a psychotherapist reformulates his client's agentless problem narration by varying the footing, delicately managing the protection of the client's face and the institutional goal accomplishment of helping the client.