“It sounds silly now, but it was important then”: Supporting the significance of a personal experience in psychotherapy
(2019)
Journal Article
Burdett, M., Pino, M., Moghaddam, N., & Schröder, T. (2019). “It sounds silly now, but it was important then”: Supporting the significance of a personal experience in psychotherapy. Journal of Pragmatics, 148, 12-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pragma.2019.05.007
The article examines a previously undocumented practice whereby psychotherapy clients support the significance of their experience against the background of how it can otherwise be heard. This practice is the phrase “it sounds X, but Y” (e.g., “which... Read More about “It sounds silly now, but it was important then”: Supporting the significance of a personal experience in psychotherapy.