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Publication details [#57407]

Muntigl, Peter. 2013. Resistance in couples counselling: Sequences of talk that disrupt progressivity and promote disaffiliation. Journal of Pragmatics 49 (1) : 18–37.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative asymmetry | communicative effectiveness | face-to-face interaction | marriage counseling | opposition

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/web-editions

Annotation

Drawing on the video-recordings of a complete case of couples counselling, and conversation analytic methods, marriage counselling practices familiar with handling client opposition, are critically reviewed in terms of their efficacy.