I remember that the day was lovely with blue skies and a fresh breeze, but my mother and I
were too anxious to enjoy the weather. I had accompanied her to a neurologist because she …

Background: Research into the practices of speech–language therapists in clinical sessions
is beginning to identify the way communication in clinical interactions both facilitates and …

This article draws on a case study of a narrative therapy session to explore issues related to
relational responsiveness in therapeutic conversations. The central question posed, is “How …

Speech and language therapy (SLT) is absorbed in an empirical (or 'scientific') discourse. A
case study, involving a single practitioner, is reported. SLT's application of an empirical …

In 2004, the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit (funded by the
Chief Scientist Office, Department of Health, Scottish Executive) had an opportunity to host a …

This article presents the development and piloting of a mediated discourse elicitation
protocol. Grounded in situated theories of communication and informed by mediated …

This paper describes an ap-proach to aphasia treatment termed Conducting Conversation,
hereafter CC. This treatment approach is somewhat of a hybrid of Holland's (1991)" …

Over the years, linguistics seems to have been gaining a stronger foothold in psychotherapy
research. By this I mean to say that discourse structures are increasingly being taken into …

Proctor, 1984). Now that language intervention has expanded its horizons, the task of
characterizing the nature of these clinicianchild interactions becomes more formidable. More …

Major theme: Evaluation of therapeutic outcome. Logical development of the theme: We
suggest a way for practitioners and researchers to assess if they are on track in conversing …