Discursive Research in Practice

1. Discursive research - themes and debates Alexa Hepburn and Sally Wiggins; Part I. Psychology in Action: 2. Managing subjectivity in talk Derek Edwards; 3. Emotions in meeting talk Pirjo Nikander; 4. Negotiating consciousness: parapsychology and the social organisation of reports of mental states Simon Allistone and Robin Wooffitt; 5. Apologizing-in-action: on saying 'sorry' to indigenous Australians Martha Augoustinos, Amanda LeCouteur and Katherine Fogarty; 6. Mind, mousse and moderation Jonathan Potter and Claudia Puchta; Part II. Professionals and Clients: 7. When patients present serious health conditions as unlikely: managing potentially conflicting issues and constraints Anita Pomerantz, Virginia Teas Gill and Paul Denvir; 8. Thinking errors and arguing: cognitive distortion as a members' category in sex offender group therapy talk Clare MacMartin and Curtis D. LeBaron; 9. Members' and analysts' interests: 'formulations' in psychotherapy Charles Antaki, Ivan Leudar and Rebecca Barnes; 10. 'Suppose it wasn't possible for you to go any further with treatment, what would you do?' Hypothetical questions in interactions between psychiatrists and transsexual patients Susan Speer and Ceri Parsons; Part III. Youth and Institutions: 11. Doing reluctance: managing delivery of assessments in peer evaluation Jakob Cromdal, Michael Tholander, and Karin Aronsson; 12. A valid person: non-competence as a conversational outcome Alessandra Fasulo and Francesca Fiore; 13. Discursive practices in talking problems during a school-family meeting Richard Buttny and Sandy Kellog Rath; 14. Food abuse: mealtimes, helplines and 'troubled' eating Sally Wiggins and Alexa Hepburn; 15. Discursive research: applications and implications Sally Wiggins and Alexa Hepburn.