Illness narratives in the psychotherapeutic session
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Brigitte Boothe
Abstract
The systematic exploration of transcripts (narrative sequences in patient-therapist interaction) reveals that there are prototypical patterns of narrative self-thematization in the context of illness, suffering, and deficiency. The articulation of an illness career, the formulation of typical situations, the communication of disintegrative processes, the narrative evocation of emotionally stirring events are equally prototypical patterns of narrative self-thematization in the context of illness, suffering, and deficiency. Psychodynamically informed narrative analysis explores how dramaturgical organizations of oral narratives in the psychotherapeutic context are related to interpersonal dynamics and the curative potential of the patient-therapist relationship.
Abstract
The systematic exploration of transcripts (narrative sequences in patient-therapist interaction) reveals that there are prototypical patterns of narrative self-thematization in the context of illness, suffering, and deficiency. The articulation of an illness career, the formulation of typical situations, the communication of disintegrative processes, the narrative evocation of emotionally stirring events are equally prototypical patterns of narrative self-thematization in the context of illness, suffering, and deficiency. Psychodynamically informed narrative analysis explores how dramaturgical organizations of oral narratives in the psychotherapeutic context are related to interpersonal dynamics and the curative potential of the patient-therapist relationship.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction to narrative matters in medical contexts across disciplines 1
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Narrative texts on illness and medicine
- Autism and the American dream 17
- “Woundable, around the bounds” 33
- Pox pain and redeeming narratives in Renaissance Europe 47
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Narrative practices in health contexts
- Illness narratives in the psychotherapeutic session 73
- Narratives that matter. Illness stories in the ‘third space’ of qualitative interviewing 99
- “I would suggest you tell this ^^^ to your doctor” 117
- A genre analysis of reflective writing texts by English medical students 141
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Narratives and the medical humanities
- Against compassion 167
- Applying narrative to medical education 183
- Bionotes 207
- Subject Index 211
- Name Index 215
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgments vii
- Introduction to narrative matters in medical contexts across disciplines 1
-
Narrative texts on illness and medicine
- Autism and the American dream 17
- “Woundable, around the bounds” 33
- Pox pain and redeeming narratives in Renaissance Europe 47
-
Narrative practices in health contexts
- Illness narratives in the psychotherapeutic session 73
- Narratives that matter. Illness stories in the ‘third space’ of qualitative interviewing 99
- “I would suggest you tell this ^^^ to your doctor” 117
- A genre analysis of reflective writing texts by English medical students 141
-
Narratives and the medical humanities
- Against compassion 167
- Applying narrative to medical education 183
- Bionotes 207
- Subject Index 211
- Name Index 215
