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Publication details [#63868]

Canestrari, Carla and Alberto Dionigi. 2018. The use of humor by therapists and clients in cognitive therapy. The European Journal of Humour Research 6 (3) : 50–67.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
The European Journal of Humour Research

Annotation

This study centers on humour use in psychotherapy, initiated either by clients or by therapists. When clients began humour, therapists replied in three diverse ways. When therapist began humor, clients replied in four diverse ways: in these cases, the clients always laughed, thence notifying their help. An assay of the cases shows that humour is an easy integrated therapeutic device which may be employed to aid positive shifts.