Overview
‘Analysing therapy talk’ is a six-hour eLearning course that provides insights into the mechanics of interaction with clients.
Psychologists have extensive clinical and professional experience in therapeutic talk, but this CPD – drawing on research in conversation analysis and discursive psychology – details how interaction works predictably across large datasets, in different types of therapy, and with different practitioners.
This course provides a detailed study of the sequences of interactional practices that lead to particular outcomes. Evidence-based activities reveal, for example, how misunderstanding can be repaired, how formulations are adopted or rejected by clients, and how goals can be pursued while maintaining a positive therapeutic relationship.
The course covers five key topics:
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The rules of talk-in-interaction,
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The sequential organization of talk,
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Managing misunderstandings (how we repair our talk),
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Formulations (how therapists frame clients’ talk), and
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(Re)interpretations (how therapists layer their perspective in therapeutic talk).
Level of Learning
Foundational. This activity is targeted to those new to the topic.
Target audience
Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Psychology students, Allied Health Professionals, Social Workers, Educators, Counsellors, and Academics.
Duration of access
Registration provides participants with ongoing access to course materials, readings and resources.
Successful completion of this foundational course, qualifies participants for ongoing CPD in clinical interactions offered by TALK Seminars.
APS CPD-Approved
This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality. Learn more about the APS CPD Approval process.
About the presenter
Dr Amelia Church is a conversation analyst who researches how people talk at work.
As an academic, she investigates how people make sense of one another in professional communication. She has been lecturing at universities in the UK and Australia for the past 20 years, and has a record of teaching excellence in higher education and professional development.
Amelia founded TALK Seminars to share research evidence and expertise in applied conversation analysis and discursive psychology with psychologists. Her research is published in international journals, she has authored and edited a number of books, and is a speaker at national and international conferences, see publications here, or at Google Scholar.
Dr Church is a Life Member of the International Society for Conversation Analysis and a Professional Affiliate Member of the Australian Psychological Society.
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