Overview

This book represents a bold attempt to address contemporary issues in both metaphor and psychotherapy research. On one hand, metaphor research is increasingly concerned not just with describing metaphors in discourse, but how they could be used more adroitly in purposive ‘real world’ contexts such as psychotherapy. On the other hand, while a growing number of mental health professionals believe that metaphors contribute in some way to the psychotherapy process, their ability and willingness to use metaphors might be compromised by a relative unfamiliarity with the various nuanced aspects of metaphor theory. The present analysis of metaphors in authentic psychotherapeutic talk brings these theoretical aspects to the forefront, and suggests how they can be applied to enhance the use of communication of metaphors in psychotherapy. It should be of interest to metaphor researchers, mental health professionals, and discourse analysts in general.

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Author:   Dennis Tay (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Publisher:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Imprint:   John Benjamins Publishing Co
Volume:   1
Weight:   0.545kg
ISBN:  

9789027202055

ISBN 10:   9027202052
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   25 July 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

1. 1. Introduction: A metaphor renaissance; 2. 2. The nature of psychotherapeutic discourse; 3. 3. The ideational resources of metaphors: Embodied, cultural, and individual-specific knowledge; 4. 4. Metaphor types and the rhetorical development of metaphors; 5. 5. Metaphoric consistency and variability as therapeutic discourse strategies; 6. 6. From therapeutic discourse to the discourse of therapy: THERAPY IS A JOURNEY as a discourse metaphor; 7. 7. The co-text of metaphors: Discourse markers as signalling devices; 8. 8. Summary, emergent themes and future directions; 9. References; 10. Name index; 11. Subject index

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