
AIDS Counselling
Institutional Interaction and Clinical Practice
Anssi Peraekylae(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 22. December 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-521-02288-0 (ISBN)
Description
Conversations between AIDS counsellors and their clients bring delicate and potentially threatening issues into play. In this study Anssi Peraekylae applies the principles of conversation analysis to his exploration of AIDS counselling, using data from video-recorded counselling sessions in a London teaching hospital. He meticulously analyses this data to show how various questioning techniques, in this case arising from the Milan School Family Systems theory, operate in these situations, and how counsellors attempt through the design and placement of their questions to achieve the cooperation of their clients, with varying success. His conclusions provide a timely and illuminating insight into the management of a sensitive topic through various techniques of indirectness.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-02288-0 (9780521022880)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. The quasi-conversational turn-taking; 3. The client as owner of experience; 4. The management of co-counsellors' questions; 5. Some interactional uses of co-counsellors' questions; 6. Addressing 'dreaded issues'; 7. The interactional power of hypothetical questions; 8. Conclusion; Appendix; References; Index.